The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-07-22
For The CscH Hhis.
Growth and gu!tura Of Wheat,
ON MORN.OrT LANDS.

ON WORN-OuT LANDS.
This Kind Of soil should be poughcd early
il tho fall, or immediately after harvesting
IN oat crop. Plough to the depth Of or 10
inches. with.a No. u Wisconsin Gutter Plow;
hcloT" Ilorging SOW (broadcasD 900 lbs. OF
No. Peruvian Guano per acre, well pulvcr-
Ted. Just before seeding, harrow twice.
"ncc 'roSswisc, and then SOW bushels of
wheat per acre, use either the small plough
"r two hose cn,tivator in the form'a drag
tsrrow, Which will eH.ctually cover the seed
and pferent It's being .winter killed or'trown
ont by the frost Of winter. Where the soil is
left in ron.:h state. the double roller, q say
double rollcr on account Of its being the
o',Iy kind Of roller that should ever enter Il
lain II I'd } as in turning tie Single roller
tears the covering from the grain, and by
using the double roller this is entirely avoid
cd, which will pulvcrizc the clods and benefit
the growth Of the wheat; the compressi of
tie earth or mould on the grain, will give ii
an impetus, which will place it bryond the
rtacl Of being ''winter killed. The enclo-
.rrc should then he laid out in l. or Is feet
i,ntls, and then diasonally at the distance OF
s Feet where the land lies low or level,
thereby forming a complete drainage, and an
rtilctural preventative Of "Winter killing"
V h.at.
Wheat should be seeded or sown as early as
the Goth of September, nerer later than the
18th Of October; thus preventing the s'rust,"
the early sown wheat is, rarely il ever
''a;rnck;' with this fell destroyer, if sown a
the period before alluded to, with the aid Of
t'uano, which is powerful agent in maturing
and rpcning wheat early. Wheat sown at a
late period as the latter part of October or
LIST Of November, is liable to become rusted,
and if not cut Immediately after being blightcd
with crust will shrivul to such degree,
that it will loose one third.
saw this practically demonstrated and
tested, this present harvest. A field was
blighted by crust" about the time of being
filed, or rather after the grain had become
perfect in size, but not without what the
farmers term it ssmlk in the grain,'' which
renders it quite soft to the touch. One third
of said field was cut and shocked, the scap
shcaves" being in a perpendicular position for
nacltcring the grain from the inclcmency of
our ever varying climate. This is better
plan than being placed in horizontal position
The wheat when shocked in this manner ma
lures much better than any other method ever
adopted here. The residue of this field was
cut when 'dead ripe,' and shocked. That
cRt'soon after the blight, and when ripcncd
just below the head, (and the head only par
italy ripe,) upon examination was found to
be perfectly plump and well filed, and of the
usual average standard, G2 lbs per bushel.
yhe part cut when ripe, was shrvcllcd very
much, and was much below the usual stand
"ra; thus demonstrating to certainty, that
wheat thus rustcd, should be cut green, iii so
when '>struck,') will yield the standard.
whilst that cut when the straw is matured will
undoubtedly shriycl so as to render it almost
nnsalcable, EXCEPT at a rate much below the
farmers expectation. ExrEnIMENrAL1sr. &c