Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-09-17
AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIFIC.
THE coAD WHEAT.

the Patent Office. The extraordinary quail
ties awarded to this wheat created conside-
rabie demand for it, and the seed was sold
for four dollars per bushel, and as high as
ten dollars was offered for it. A small
package was obtained from the Patent Of
ice in 1916 by George d. Coad, Esq.,. who
presented it to his nephew, j. Edwin Coad
Esqa of Great Mills, St. Mary's county,
Maryland, who cultivated it in his garden
inclS47. The product was a pint and a
half in 1913, two bushels in 1S49, about
twenty-five bushels were made, twenty of
which were sown, and five otherwise dis
posed of; in 1850 MIR. Coad reaped three
hundred bushels one hundred and fifty of
which he sold or distributed gratuitously,
snd the other one hundred and fifty busl-
els were sown, from which his present crop
was reaped Just before harvest the father
OF Mr.. Coad left with us some of the heads
Of this wheat, (of which he had also about
forty acres in cultivation, )and the accounts
we. had received of it induced us to accept
an invitation to visit him, to satisfy our
self of the character of the wheat then
growing on his own and on the farm of his
son. We arrived there on the 18th of June,
and found some parts of the field ready for
harvesting. We passed through it in vari-
Gus directions, to obtain fair sample of the
whole field, which was brought up and ex-
hibited at the meeting of the State Society
ON the 18th ultimo There is nothing posi-
lively known as to the origin of this wheat
As well as can be remembered by the Mess
rs. Coad, the package from the Patent Of
flee was labelled that it was from New
York, where tifty-two bushels to the acre
had been raised from it; another account is
that it was received in package from Troy.
Fhe heads of the wheat are very compact,
rather long, with three grains in bar
sometimes four are found-the grains unu-
sualiy large. 1t is white and bearded
wheat. The average height Of the field was
fully Eve and half feet though many
stalks were six and half feet high. The
straw is very bright, uncommonly large at
the bottom, gradually tapering to the head,
where it is very small This wheat ripens
slowly but is not late wheat. The grain
has improved each successive year since it
was cultivated showing that it is peculiarly
suited to the soil and climate. MIR. Coad's
soil Is principally white oak, heretofore
lined, and the field had from one hundred
to two hundred pounds of guano to the acre
put on it last fall. Most of the field was
corn ground, the wheat sown after the corn
was taken off last year; it was seeded in
October, some as late as the 18th of No
vember,a and cultivated the same as his 9TH
er Wholesome of it drilled in, Zone and a
quarter bushels to the acre, and some
broadcast Tone and half to two bushels 10
the acre y but no difference could be found
in the field between that where one and a
half and the larger quantity was sown.--
Last year it escaped the rust, though seve-
raj other varieties-viz: the China, the old
red chat, and Etrurian-in its immediate Vi
einity were much injured by 1.-THE Etru-
RAN less than the others. In walking
through various portions of the field we
could discern but little difference in any
part Of it. Last year picked acre, accu-
rately measured produced thirty-6ve bush
els the whole field averaged twenty-five
to the acre. The season was far more ia
vora5le this year. and we can hardly be
mistaken IN saying that the field will pre-
dnce an average of forty bushels to the acre.
VUK. OOdQ HdS dOOul Ouc uuuuACO dSASS III
this variety and his father forty. We have
never witnessed so glorious a sight, and we
doubt If such field was ever seen in this
country before, certainly not in Maryland.
The heads contained an average of seventy
five grains, twice as large as the common
grains; some Of the heads which were
counted had upwards of one hundred grains.
We have shown the sample we brought
home with us to gentlemen from the best
wheat districts of our own and the States of
New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and
with but single exception, they all pro-
.nounced it superior to any other they had
ever seen. Mr.. Coad sold his surplus seed
last year, as before remarked, for four dol
lars per bushel, and has numerous orders
on hand, some remaining over from last
year. He intends sending all he has to sell
TO Messrs. Neale & Luckett, of Baltimore,
put up in two bushel bags, who will sell it
at four dollars Per bushel.-Amer. Farmer.
co'GooD News FOR PEACH GRowERs.-We
have seen peach trees in the District of CO.
iumbia, this summer, having much larger
and more delicious peaches then our more
Northern fruit, and the trees in the highest
state of perfection, in consequence of being
painted near the root by cheap chemical
paint prepared by ]. @. Lewis, Esq, of
Washington. This preparation works the
almostinstant destruction of the grub worm,
the enemy of both tree and fruit, and so
great an enemy that tits a common thing
Z for them to destroy the fruit entirely in
from three 10 FIVE years. Having seen the
perfection of the remedy AMI the vigor of
4; the tree and fruit in consequence of its APP
plication, we can recommend it to our
g friends in New York, New Jersey, Della
. ware, and where ever peach orchards are
in cultivation " Y. Express
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FLlEs.-Take two or three handsful of wal
nut leaves, upon which pour two or three
quarts of water; let it infuse one night, and
pour the whole next morning into tea ket-
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when cold it viii be fit for use. No more
issrequired than to moisten sponge, anc
before the horse goes out of the stable lei
81 those parts which are most irritable be
z smeared over with the liquor; namely, be-
tween and upon the ears, the neck, flank
&c. Not only the lady or gentleman who
rides out for pleasure viii derive benefit
from the walnut leaves thus prepared, bu