Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-31
0RjCUuTURAL.
Thick md Thin seeding.

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Thick md Thin seeding.
The proper quantity Of seed, for the va
r,ous grains, to be sown to the acre, is a
/. subject on which much has been said and
written, especially in England, where
many experiments in relation to IT have
been made The question cannot be fully
settled without long series of carefully
conducted xpeiments,m ade and repeated
under the same circumstances.
The transactions of the New York State
Agricultural Society for 1919 contain the
results of some trials by Adam Clark, Of
West Dresden, Yates county in sowing va
rious quantities Of wheat to the acre. The
communication of Mr.. c. was referred to a
committee, of which John Delafeld, esq,
was chairman,w who submitted areport from
which we take the following:
The experiments of Mr.. Clark show that
wheat planted uniformly at distances of J
inches apart will require about 224t lbs.
or bushels AT lbs. per acre. This
weight of wheat consists of about $780,
220 grains. Mr.. Clark planted portion
ofgfound in this manner, which was har-
vested at the proper season and threshed on
the 22d Of August and weighed on the 18th
MISUNDERSTANDING every ounce to
contain 500 acres, as weighed by him.
nrnJi'aos en- ois 600 ar,;ns nr 1 16o lbs
r Ill, !. - - 20 hnshoIs ~ lhs Of
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III IT. r.. -. ,h,, ,bor,
two hnsbels 81 wbo,, or 1o6 lbs sowed
Dass ''e '..s''.1I 49, H. - H.
90 an - sIou'u =. III, III % 200
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aora " IT, H. axno,;nan, The uumber IF
80. .n,roJ - ~ anra :. ahon, IGIs
Zoo ,''' 'o"'' ~ '''' w. : - $3.50
II La H. ,,u,, ..,;,t,a ,h,, n
broadcas, sou;nn af y,be,, ,,nder ,vorabIe
circumstance as to weather and condition
of the soil. the AVERAGE deposit Of seed is
AZ ora;ns nor sor,ra Go, e 90 a, ,cre Of
l,roa dcas, resu;res . 600 $50 gra;ns. and.
os,imn,ing tins quantity at the weight of
Mr.. Clark's wheat, it gives bushels and
"A lbs. per acre. 1t would have been adj
visable TO measure and weigh the seed be-
fore planting. as welr as after harvest, as
season and cultivation NAV essentially vary
the relative quantity and quality of the
seed and the product. We would have
been pleased to know, also, whether every
seed planted arrived at maturity if not,
what proportion was imperfect or destroy
cd It's well known that large per cent
age of wheat sown broadcast is lost to the
farmer. We need therefore very exact OBJ
servation to approximate fair estimate of
comparisons.
The following is the substance of Mr..
Clark's statement
On 23d September, ls4s, I prepared
four beds of ground to plant with wheat,
on summer fallow that hadS been twice
plowed during the summer. The ground
was prepared by finely pulverising it with
a hoe and rake to the depth of eight inches.
Four beds were accurately measured each
onc-fourth ola rod square, leaving a walk
Of about 7 inches between them they
were numbered and subdivided as follows:
No. l. in squares IL inches each way; No.
9, about 2 inches No. 3, a little short of
3 inches No. 4, 81 inches, including the
outside lines of each bed Then with the
thumb and finger | carefully dropped
kernel Of wheat in the corner of each small
square, of No. and 2 then. with stick
prepared for the purpose, ] placed each
grain IL inches below the surface entirely
smooth. On Monday, 25th, planted Nos
and 4 in the same mannr; they were
all planted with the Soule's variety of
wbeat-the seed, without any prepara-
ton, The soil is a CLAW loan, with a slight
inclination TO the north and northwest. and
fully exposed to the wind from those di-
reciions' used no fertilizers. except n
larre cv,sum on tho 17,b Of Nav wb;le
SOWING on the rest of,he field. I gave the
bed slight coating at the rate of from IA
N busIols nor acre Horvcs,ed Jnly
o5,b. 1slo viii hand cradle and hound
!, IL sbo,yes and c,rr;;rd !, into ,bc harm N
,hon, two vccIs Tho n,rcels corcf,,l,,
sbs,lsd and L.n, son,ra,e IN tho Dbl ~
Ano,s, ,ach parcsl WINS wc;gbed sonar.
a,sIS hv se,ied scales Tho resnlt of which
NAV he found in the annexed table On
the 18th of December, 3 OF. were weighed
insealed scales, and, by counting all the
grains weighed, found that there were
500 grains in an ounce. An estimate of
the amount of seed planted is made from
this data, as well as the average product
from each.
No. Number of grains planted L.
4ss; weight of product in pounds and
ounces. 6 lbs. s or; amount of seed sown
per acre, 3 bushels As lbs; yield per acre
in bushels, 60 bushels 20 lbs.
No.2.-Numbero of grains planted, 2,525;
weight ofproduct in lbs. and ounces, lbs.