The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-10-02

he Fsvising aslion Of The tsws. admitting /
hem Al once on 10 he earth, 10 be Their
'hs0lbed and iakeH uP a. food Cor he
growing plants,
Z. Drilling . Faid. b. one 0f de hesi
me of he most snlighIen. d. and one ol lhf
most enihnsiaiic farmers IN he country.
10 render wheat less liable 10 rusf. he
does not assign Inc reason. BAT wespre-
sumeihe theory af,he ding n be this ihai.
owing 10 The fee admission Of sun and
ar beiwsen he drills. he plants DO MOI
ssaes so mueh from sHpersbnndsnce ~
wairr. as do hose sown broadcast. snd. .
a consequence. vegetation Rnes On mnErTe
Rnlaily: plsnls. therefore. are moi 40 liable
se he i..srr,l into an absorption al an er-
erss at sap. and BIZ his means escape The
evils which would he consequent npnn an
exnhrranse II that ilnidssshe vessels ofihe
stalks zvaid disruption. M exuiafion takes
plare. 81 that should The close. murky
weather. shirh 50 favors the parasitic
plants. "r fungus, In which The rust is re-
frrrrd. orrnr. the stalks remaining Whale,
and there heing no weeping out Of the
sap. No Judgments ean be made hy the
parasitic tribe; and they are waited away
ilhnuI doing harm. nv The current az All
passing through The spares OF The drills
Tor The tfiiracy Of This we do not answer
So murh Cor theory; and now let ms sea
what thai sterling. strong minded farmer
Of wheslland. Delaware. says. with re
gard 10 the results Of lis practical opera
lion. Ia letter To The Commissioner o
Patents. Major John Jones. says:
"a When commenced drilling. and III
two or three years. was ridiruled BY m,
neighbors; some would advise me % TAX,
! the implement home. break Il ~. an,
cook my dinner with IT," Smarl neigh
bors ihesei]
81. however. disreganled their jeers
and persevered. And now The hest esi
denee that | ran prssibly bring forwar'
10 support OF The drill. over The hroa,lras
system. is she fac, thai al my neighbour
adopted the drill for sowing their wheat
aud mnsi other small grain; and that ",
have three or four drill builders besides II
w. prnnnrk. the inventor Of lie impros
ed ,inll., vi of whom could mol suppl,
the Demands Tor New Castle county ih,
past sras.n. Think ! am warranted il
saving. that three lonrihs Of all The whea
that I'LL he grown in New Castle comfy
the hc,i wear. will be from land sown will
the drill. Cine Of The great advantages a
the ,liill over The broadcast il. illal ilse,
can he constructed Cor SOW ing The cnncen
iraic,i nianures. guano, poudielic, bone
dust, &c. | have one lot Of 100 acres
upon which ] sowed al the same time will
my wheat, fifteen ions Of guano on par
Of which sowef 300 pounds, aud olhe
parts 300 pounds per acre."
The yield Of additional straw on III,
drilled acre. l2 per cent.
The yield Of additional wheat on ih'
drilled acre. 27 per cent.
Such facts require no comment-ihey
write their own history.
Time of seeding. We have ever beer
the advocate oil early sowing; and not
wiihstanding The of repeated attacks o
the Hessian-ily, TO which early sow
wheat plants are subject, we remain IN
shaken in our Belief Of The proprieiy O
The practice. Ii is moi our purpose "a
designate the day on which whfal should
be sown; but merely 10 urge, that il
should he got in as early in this month as
possible ; and 10 express the hope, tina,
when done. il may he we'll done, as the
manner Of putting in crop, exeris ;
powerful influence over lis product.
Water furrnws.--So soon as YOU have
finished seeding. run your water lorrows
and pass the ruler cross wise over them
Quantity OF Seed per acre.-lf sow
! broadcast, il will require s pecks per acre
il by drill. pecks per acre, will be am
pie; so that by drilling, 3 pecks Of seet
will be saved on each acre; matter o
considerable moment 10 the economical
farmer: besides which, out oi The man,
| experiments made 10 test The relative pro
tucii, eness of the systems, the result
are signally in favor Of putting in whea
Ply the drilling machine.