Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-09
AGRICULTURAL.


2lst, 22d, 23d and z 18th oil this fnonti,buf
10 bring with them stock Of all kinds and
specimens Of ahe various products Of their
several estates We trust that no farmer
or painter will be prevented from bring
ing whatever he may have. from the fear
flat others may have better articles than
his own. On the contrary, all should act
on the presumption that his own will be |
the best. Last year the opinion was gen
orally expressed by those who had failed
10 contribute. that they could have beaten
anything on the ground. We indulge the
hope then, that the display Of the present
yea. will be ample, embracing every des-
tfiprion oftbe products ofthe field and the
garden.
With this biiefappeal. we shall proceed
to state what should he attended to
ON THE FARM.
TtLeat-As we gave our views pretty
freely in our July number, under the ari-
c'e lleadcd. "IHoughts on tie Cultivation
If Uheat." upon the subject, it's not nc
tcssary that we should repeat them. We
will therefore, refer those who may not
have seeded their wheat, to that urticle,and
shall content ourself by adding. that all
delays now may prove injurious ; that
they should bcslir themselves in getting in
their wheat; and take especial pains TO
securcit against wet, by constructing their
water burrows with great care, as nothing
is more detrimental TO the health aud safety
ofwheat plants, than to be subjected to an
excess Of water at any Time; more parti
cularly during the winter and early spring,
when. from the earth being frozen up, Its
powers of absorption and evaporation are
paralyzcd.
Rw.-Though latc-too late by two
months-this crop may still be put in
Taking a broad view ofihc case, however.
we feel justified in saying, ,hnt ifthe seed
Jug were delayed until just before the
freezing of the ground, SO as the grain
would not germinate till spring. it would
be all the better. We say this from our
own experience. In the year 1886, cir
,unosanccs prevented us from seeding un-
til the 24th of November-that night the
ground becdme frozen. and remained so
until spring The Rye did not come up
ill the 10Th of March following /; but the
crop was decidedly the best we ever made
Of this grain. We do not mention this to
encourage late sowing, for we are the ad
vocatc of scasonabc seeding, but merely
TO state fact. and give the reason of our
present advice.
IHreshing out Gram.-Wc repeat our
advice Of last mouth, as to the policy of
getting your grain ready for the market
and we will add, that farmers should keep
their eyes wide open. and their jud gmenis
clear, in order that they may he notdeceiv-
cd into an injudicious sale. Spectators
upon the labor of others, the world over,
are ever on the alert to make money, and
often succeed by creating erroneous I'M
pressions as 10 the value Of products
Custom seems 10 have sancthed the prac
tee, though sound morals and high toned
honor, would reject it, practice akin to
deception and fraud. These practices are
the more to be apprchended now. as, by
the cutting of the wires of the telegraph,
and the delay OF single day in the trans
mission of the news as to the prices abroad,
the growers Of wheat may he made the
victims of cupidty and avaricc. Our ad
vice. therefore, would be, never TO sell Inn
-. ,,.s;y..,. % 10 ,,I,rrorl, ,,.;r,.
,,.b;rh ,ro,.on, e,r,;,,r ,dv;ccs from, heinz
received, as the farmer would have right
to suspect, from the past, that, upon all
srch occas;nns ..so,nc,l.;nr ;s rn,,cr II
Danmnrl.
/, NAV no ,roper for MS here ,o state
Thar from all the information We have been
able 10 qet-apd webave coref,llv enaeav.
ored 10 obraip it-our opinion is, that the
wheat crop has been large one. and the
ouali,y generally good.
Faiteaipg Hors.-lt is tro soon for
pcnninc YOUR hogs for atteninc; but not
800 som TO he making arrangements to
procure rough materials to put into their
pens, TO be fcrrilizcd by their industry. and
by the solid and liquid products Of their
bodies. There are, perhaps, no better
manufacturers of manure but indepen-
]cnt Of their hali, of turning over such ma
tce;,ls ne NAV from time TO time be thrown
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