Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-07-24

ON one of which The seed was drilled in, and
on the other sown broadcast !; the drilled
welded much the best. Drilled wheat stands
The winter best the small ridges between
the rows are constantly working down. and
keep the roofs IF the wheat coveted.
Mr.. B. spoke Of the Etrurian wheat,
which had been lately introduced, and had
so far done we'll i, weighed Ga pounds TO
the bushel.
Mr.. Lawrence, Of Yates county, differed
from the preceding speaker in regard to the
proper depth Of blowing. The remarks in
favor of shallow blowing, seemed strange
TO his ear. The farmers OF Yates improre
their land by deep blowing. The farm he
occupied he'd been rented for many years
previously 10 lis coming into his possession
had been plowed about inches deep,
and produced IL TO Is bushels wheat per
acre. lie at once plowed it TO Z inches
deep, and raised the first season 80 bushels
of wheat to the acre. Ii was the general
expression, in his county, that deep tiilase
was the best for all crops.
, lie had tried sub.soiling; first Plowed
with a common plow, 7 inches, then run
the sub soil pIow tie same depth cross
powed before sowing wheat; has Invarla.
blv had the best crops where he has sub
soiled has sometimes sub-soiIed portion
of field, and left the remainder pluwed
only in the ordinary way, and the yield is
always in favor of the sub, soiled part. His
Is a strong lime stone soil, and he intends
to subsoil his " hole farm, being satisfied 1t
will pay. lie makes great use Of clover as
a fertilizer, and uses plaster 10 benefit the
clover. Never could perceive that plaster
benefi,red the whea, much, but II greatly
increases the growth Of clover. He attrI-
bu,es the improvement OF the soil by clover
mostly 10 the roots they penetrate the
earth TO the depth OF two TO two and hall
feet, and raise the soluble substances on
which the plant feeds TO the surface, where,
by decomposition. they supply food TO the
wheat crop.
MrL. said wheat was formerly raised 10
Yates county chiefly on !allows. but laltef'y
a more common course is 10 take first corn,
then barley, then wheat-the corn gcner-
aIy manured-bul let ii be remembered,
,ha, this can not be done on q poor SOIL
He had tried aheat after various kinds o'
grain, bu, it does best after barley.
The system of drilling wheat begins 10
be prac,ised in Yates county. and Mr.. L.
concurred with hat had been before said
!. in REGARD to the advantages Of this mode o
can be regulated 10 quar-, 10 The a9rrsa4
o covers the seed /. 10 2 inches deep III,
o rows are 9 inches apart. The cos, of III.
machine is SIS.
, The best varieties OF wheat in Yates
county are the Hutchinson, Soule's, and
Flint. Many preferred the Hutchinson on
account of its ear!iness, and freedom from
rust. Ii ripens Two weeks earlier than
the Red Chaf. Mr.. l.. thought ihey
raised as good crops Of wheat in Yates rs
10 any county in the State. lie had him
sell raised forty-four bushels per acre on
sixteen acres, in lsA6-
Lieut.. Gov. Patterson said his experience
was in favor of deep blowing. The wheat
lands in the Genesee valley. when new,
produced about fifteen bushels wheat per
acre. They were pIowed shallow-,he
farmers generally had not then sufficient
strength Of team TO plow deep; now they
plow much deeper than formerly land obts in
from twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre.
In Livingston county, ,hir,y-6ve bushels
per acre were obtained on some farms.
Some farmers there, now plow ten inches
deep. Deep ,illage has many advantages;
an important one is, that it enables crops
TO stand drouh. As 10 vsrieties Of wheat,
the old red chaf bald had done best with
him. and he had tried many kinds. The
Soule's variety had done better than the
Hint; but two crops Of the red claff are
better than three of flint The blue-ste r
Is being introduced, and meets with favor.
Inc proper time TO sow wheat in the Gen.
esee valley, is from the 18th TO the 25,h Of
September. lf sown earlier than this, il /
is very liable TO be injured by the Hessian
fly. As 10 the quantity Of seed per acre,
he thought busheI and half, if thrashed
with fail or irodden out by horses, was
about right; if the seed was lhrashed with
a machine, Two bushels per acre were
necessary. The difference was owing to
the wheat being broken in passing through
a machine, so that many of the grains
would no, germinate. In regard 10 sum
mer following. he had better success with
whea, on ground so prepared than in any I
other way. and tho'l he could raise whea, 4
in iha, way cheaper than he could corn i
DR. oais. As a crop 10 precede wheat, he :
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