Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-20
Seed Wheat and it's Preparations.
Pom tie hork Laas Erpress.

ef'7 prosperity \ wrong selfetoh al sieh wiz
Yleld no rent NH'n Jun,cions oh"'ee VIII ,''i
both rent aha prom. MS i oft'h proved
l3Pon Whatever variety tue iafm"r choic' ine}
tail lac 'aka "a seeet ~, psi fh"'Pie 81 II 'nA'
he eau mel WIN ""ui' Us soon use an lhiez
nor I'h l. my noek. OF an INFERIOR onh l" my
herd 49, =" an INFERIOR gram, DC IL from "ha'-
ever Wen SHOWN hioch' Liz d. ra'u u pr
daec lis B' tins as 1t may win respect TO
INN 'hh fi"v""lnis y uhueii J" i1'"i ~ 'i'
god E'aH Ifou"c1'R R"'" E''lh' n''o gnu '''Ps
81 II i"", ~ F'iitth' ~ Hl."' ar no" :"
ftfY numerous ihai "u'h ah'u''Y ail7tS III
mahIng "a proper eho'''' fail'I''7 ao'''u 10
every son ana 'nioate' are no" St"'IaoS grown
i9ia'A""pt III" h'hRa'" anu NV "'i'r'S u
railway iihe.i' are 81 BIo"t, ihat ''ei9 ia'"ui
my "dh Ordinary care, s,'ia9,S supply ii'''S'"
it4HIH'a 9e - "'ioain'. VIM .',' na''i' "'''
NUNS ~ '3's r'''tz '"''' ~ ~ - 7''
the son aih eilHie ie can ''al'll "Su'iia'h' pu.
mol :" lne gram 'l' s'''i,' fali''''9 pe,ng SOFA
nnarr d'nefeht mines III lnoi ffsP'cuEe os'I'c'S.
o'Nl"te lhls' ne oue'' 10 l'iah' P'i'o"'o"l oA-
'n'E'7 N'.n '"' '''a WI" "'' WI Hn'" !" nun
IN" 3"E "''''i s'''1 o'iu "'''' e.''''''S
Tor 'Ilni'ifs hH'l aeenruhe 10 oIeNht,oh ana
oh'' 'Hcuin-'a'c's') u u'"'r fh'''tI'S h' mus
II IL ms interest l'osi 10 tut'F''' ne en-, ''"s
Keep I" MS Pi"l''nte ShI'''J' As Roheihi Tule'
me fA'nahee 6h"uia be from co'u 10 more
gonna, 'ahhte-iroh a chH1hy sou 10 io@'hy
lii-Iioh Il P'"'S son l" an u any o,heI so''-
m" Guy u H"'u' o''' f'.e oe'Su' IN '''o 'ia
J''i'5 %! GUSTS 'nanE' ~ eo"u "i' o'er9 sui
ana uhdtt every 'afla,'"h "i el.'na'e, nave
derived h'heht rom changes I" seed brought
rom e.hSia''"ple a''lanee on t'tIY sue 10
me extent 81 'uuuIeds 81 llllies out II vas from
seed on which could depend. My iavonte
change Is rom 1t coid ehHlky district 10 mia
ioamy soll.
Nv n',P"i v''si''i"''o'i WI" tHfiy la
MI Nn""io ~ '"''y 10 "S'''iah '"' oaa
9i ms iafh l. grow Tue "" fundamental ware
oes 81 wneat-red wheat ana white %heat-lor
"hloh II Il best "aapteh-"r II WIN aoFhnta-
ssousIy produce p"lh lnd'r lndlcl"os fot"tIon.
Most wheat i"rns VIII 4tefnat''y gre" good
crops OF line quaiIty oil n''h varieties hui on the
o'heT hah'l, very lew 1ains VIII produce So"h
aha Pl"H'lple crops oi VINO atl'"'ih i9hg sue
''sH'"il Its haoli'iy 10 u'Eehtl"'r IN" nnu'",
Is much greater 'hahln the red variety he RED
wheat Is IN every frsPeet more hh,"y' anu l'uch
more to lie depended upon on the average ct
so,is n'nee us "lore 'A''no'a 'u'tF"'ioh' 1t
viii o' GenerhllN l"nha advantageous ON most
lafins' I" deYlnie occasionally from any practice,
however wei II may appear to answer. No one
KNOWS "hen ne mas reached inc utmost bounds
ol production h'hee Whito wheat VIII occasion.
ally produce hIst rate crop on lhhds uusuted
10 is growth an" as II V"rles somewhat III It's
character rom r'a' IL forms desIaole ehahEe
III the i"tatlon. In my own practice, usually
,
il'V'hS proved 'h'in moro lf"htahF' oot iind
ehtnE'' sath n now name 10 be "otn GOOD Tor
my own prom ana 'i, son u grows upon 'llnk
II the SOILS are sntnbe, white wheat should be
grown IN the proportion OF two crops oi red to
one OF white.
Another consideration should be- to SUIT the
NflPtN Ia be -"Wn, 10 the condition anu leflllty
OF the sotl \ rich soil 'honld be sown with
short SuR"ed 'arlety.a poor SOIL with free
growing long -irhwed sort. The season Tor
sowing shnuid again decide Us 10 the Varlety-
Nhltr wheat should not he sewn late IN The sen
soi' or on very uci soils. The red wheat Is bet
ter adapted Tor late seasons and rich soils, The
st1aw of the rcd Wheat takes up more silica or
HnfN Winrf Than Tho white variety; hence that
hnehnos- ON the straw OF red wheat. This, OF
isrti, l. the great causr ct ITS comparative safe
i tsum that destructive parasite mlideW-that
blacN fungus plant ST frequently found growing
upon the talks of the wheat plant, ind prevent
IN II further progress by taking all the juices
designed tor the support Of the wheut, to promote
IL own development.
Having thus shortly given some general out
lines, with n view of directing To proper choice
of wheat for .e,d, will nov 3ller remark
two upon it preparation for sowing 1t has be-
come IA settled conviction in my own mind, that
smut in wheat is manly deryahlr from the smut
y PARTICLES sown alenE with the grain, and by
winch At becomes tainted or imprcguated, 1t is
also derived from or propogated by smut deposit
ed IN the soil from any previous crop, such us
blocks in oats. &c. have proof ot this faint
causing smut nmore eases than one. The great
thing then, is to destroy the power or influence
ol this >mutty dust. If this can be done with
ont injury 10 the Grain, all the better. Much
loss has often eusued from thelneautious use of
arsenic (''whito mercury and sulp hate of cop
per- t"hlue ytriol9 The more simple the re
mcdy, if eilectuaL the moro desirable, and the
greater the necessity for it's adoption. Frequent