New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-29
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This We append - follows;
90" has been suspected for long time that our seed was
in fault ., least for part of the dsp,<.ois d-ns-ncy IN
The .hsa; crop could not see Why aoar min Cleanse
should be the best thing 10 prepare wheat FOR sosnx
Ill experienced miller too me soaid an enshNi OF
r. kefectng this fact Was LED 70 see ~nAs effect the
common thrssbng mill would have, when MANY ke,nes
re broken the operation These suggestions have been
experimental upon and il 10 found 90 repeated uAs OF
samples IN common saucers and broadcast IN the
ground that fourth Of the largest kernas are
fied and never ermnaie and some will produce shoot
root-the sprou beng killed by tue machine
ibis accounts in Tor our whs. coming up
thick enough but shortly becoming thi May kernels
from native strength shoe, up, bat taviog ~ riots die
d" In Cur -four mills may be seen the caps Of the root
prout blown ou' by the blower or n q1d-r the h,ppr
ore told had tried the experiment by scid-n
ally having barrel Of whes; thrshec by hand aud sosi
with another barrel threshec with machine and the Ill
ference least quarter Thus i - seen thai one
cusrer Of the seed killed by the machine for hreshng
and then the whole through ord nNy flaming MILL
all together and from the mass We RAISE our ShsA
yesr after year from shout threeQusrt-r OF thu seed
sown and that Of the poorest quality the best aud fisst
herg killed Now 20 mind. this enough 20 account
for the cmnu;on OF the wheat crop RON 20 10 30 dowao
from to s bushels No seed earth could stand such.
test Form erly the wheat threshed with hsl and
vnnoved in the nth west wind ana then the seed taken
carefully from the northwest corner Of the Pile, 50
that very little WAS sown except the first order OF
kernels. Some went 80 far as 10 select heads
az the lrgest and best growth, By pulling them rom
the sheaves gentleman, who tried the last experi
uent, had q quart of wheat. which v~s sowed on
Of The field and be assures me that be could see the
difference IN the grsn, a. or 80 rods the plants oengs
darker green broader leaf and taller growth II this So
ii- Oh time that attended to Which of our intel
Es.nt readers will experiment upon i this fAi trying
wheat see ted by hand threshed by hs and by machine
equal Of each side eide and report to Us
the result In 1885, over 100000 bushels OF wheat were
rrobsbly sosn in Michigsn We have not At hand the
statistics Of the other Western States yet this statement
correct not only were more than 100000 bushels OF
Wheat throsn away State, but the next crop WAS
much diminished. 80
There il said to be strange disease among the fsl
vhest in Wisconsin However well and thick may LOOK
in the fall it dies and dries up in the Spring leaving the
field bare May not this alleged fact in part account TOR
what is other~se so oIiicutto explain
The Country Improving.
The editor of The "a fVr it and Gazette Pitsnef MAS
Gays OF recen, tour through the country;
1T deiRl ted us much 90 see In the front d)OrySrt,
tlsce where We used ia old times, 70 sse pigs aud
geese-sId where. more recently the lilac hedge snd
Other bushes which have not the property OF beauty to
recommend them giving pisce to the noble Engnsn cnerfy
than which few beautiful. sinciy - sh 40
trees the dwarf pear equally besutful in over aud IN
fruit md variety Of other choice SHRUBS snd trees Far
be II from US 20 exclude beautiful shrubs sud flowers be
osu.e they bear fruit The eye u ~ worthy OF being
fessted the palate, sud there - rea substantial al
vansge in pleasing it, but when beauty and utility can
be combined where both the sye and tho pa tie can
be- stsuied ss ea,ily as enc, we like 10 see II
done Bot this cultivation has no; stopped WITH
the court yard and other enclosures adj acsnt 10 me
house used Ia be Ia put the solr red cherry,
in long in the highways The birds were vastly more
numerous then than but still there Vas but e com
plant There were cherries enough tor mel and ords
We the good old custom returning Fruit trees OF VA
rous kinds placed by the road side We noticed some
cozers which learned were the chocer are
ties If Enshb cherries placed adjacent TO the grounds OF
Hubbard in the north west par. OF Great arlington
The example noble and trust others will do the
same But say one the boys and the brds will steal
"th.m all" This we do not believe and II the example,
Of which have spoken general the rights OF prop
cry woad respected this in other things and tue
fruit would be safe the corn or the wheat A. to the
birds we would give them cherries for catching Insects
and that you'd make all of that thog even while the puo-
lie good would be much promoted
Laying out surfaces.
few simrle rules are oftentimes convenient TO those
who are not converssnt With surveying operations; VIII
ter in The E'tera Horticultural Reve~ has commuaicA
ted 10 work good ones some OF which we
cory. and to which we add = lev others; .
10 lac out an aer ~ a circle-Firs liz center and with
rope az radius rods three links and three eighs
long one end attached TO the center and kept uniformly
the sweep Of it at the other end will lay out the
acre
teen links will o- the right length.
For one eighth of acre, rope two rods and thirteen
links will be enough.
acre make zach side nineteen rods five and half links
long
will contain eighth OF sn acre
70 oy Oufaa oipse 0vai-Se three stakes in TRAN
eusr pc son ArouI there str tch rope. Take away
The It Ike At be apex OF the triangle which will BE- where
the sice Of the oval is 10 come move the stake along
against he rope keeping tight and Il will rsce out the
oval
square 10 contain acre ojust one hundred and siK
~ rods should have each Of its sides just twelve rods ten
feet and seven tenths long
To d,ar an oral of g,rea seThe long and the short
being gven-say twenty feet for the shoer and
one hundred for loDgerdvds the short diameter into
any number Of equal parts say ten and rom each point
Tong d.netsr into the number Of equal parts item
ara each point draw line parallel to the short diam
Corresponding line cuts the ohe on the outside and this
connecting mark will describe The oval or eipss rsqursd
Maine Farmer
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.