The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-10-10
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seed yVi,eat .,nelasts preparations.

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S seed wheat andssts Preparations.
is ss,f Important ,sssubject and deserves
3 fBe most oarefdl attention of every armer.-
choice Of wheat for seed, has long been
Z: z:consid defed OF great moment in promoting the
s iaFfners prosperity. A wrong selection Of
seea will yield no rent; while judicious choice
Yield both rent and profit. This is often
i proved Con whatever variety the farmers
choice, may fall, he ought to select the best
sample pfft that he can meet with. would
las soon use an inferior ram to my flock, or an
iiufsrior bnllsto my herd, as sow az inferior
gram sbe II from whatever well.known stock.
like IS said to produce like" Be this as it
may. the probability is that good grain will
produce good grain, and good crops of it too.
~ he Varieties of what are now so very numer
Ssous, that much difficulty arises in making
proper choice. Varieties suited to every soil
4 aud climate, are now generally grown through
out the. kingdom; and the facilities of railway
Transit are sosgreat, that every farmer may,
with ordinary Care, suitably supply himself,
provided he is9aeguainted with the nature and
= habits Of the spsecise variety he wishes to OBJ
Ssfain; the Soil aud Climate he can readily ascer-
taiin.s but hot so the grain-the same varieties
! being sold sunder different names in their re-
spectiye districts To obvate this, he ought to
make periodical exchanges with farmers, who
4 are we'll Known to him, and occupying other
soils and other climates, (nr climates differ ac-
& cording to-eleyation and other circumstances
oft6ose varieties he finds it to his interest most
10 cnitiyate;- helcan thus keep to his profitable
J variety. EAs general rule, the exchange
SHOULD be from cold, to- a more genial eli
4 mate -ffoplsa chalky soil to loamy soil
fropS peaty soil to all or any other soils
from Clay to sand, and rice versa. In the ma
\ ior;ty ofcases, change is good on every soil,
= and under every variety of climate. I'D have
derived benefit from changes of seed brought
from aconsidsra Substance on. every side, to
the extent of ofhundred s,ef miles, butit was from
Sseed on which i could depend. My favorite
change is from, a. cold chaiky district to mild
loan soil. 81 -
The principal consideration with every far
Iner. Should be fully to ascertain the adaptation,
Of his farrfis tosgrow the two fundamental vari-
etisss 0E EuIeat.red wheat and white wheat
for: it is bost adapted-or, if will ad-
+ Sssan taseeasly produce both under a judicions
rotation. sM e wheat farms will alternately
grow good efols Of 6ne quality of both yarie-
ties; but, SoIl the other hand, very few farms
& swili produce good and profitable crops of white
wheat in long succession; its liability to de-.
!, aSsnente aid Iaiidsw is, much greater. than in,
fhssfed variety The red wheat isin eyery're-
5spaect more hardy, and much more to be dc.
pen,led upon, on The average of'soils; hence its
|. more extended cultivation. 1t wiffbe general
fss3# found sad dyantageous on most farms, to de-
yiate occasi5nall from any practice, however
&svellsi 1T M Az safpear % answer. No one knows
hen ne has reached the utmost bounds ofprc.
3 3 }#etiop: hence White wheat will occasionally
nfoduce agfffst. rate crop, on lands unsuited to
Eits growth and as it varies somewhat in its
sci3aracters from red, it formsa desrableshahge
i'm the rotation. lin my own practice, usually
scfbw the most prolific varieties Of red wheat
ssbSsine proved them more profitable; bHt IL
s fnfi .fefianee, such as now Danis tosee bothsI
.,coa fSssiNyo oen profit aut the soil sit gr6wa;l
s.Son Think II the soilsare suitable, white
Hbeat should be grown in the proportion Of
two crops of red to one OF white.
Another consideration should ,bc, to suit thesl
ynriety to be sown, to the conditioland fertil-
! Sity Of the soil. A rich soil should be sowns
With short strawed yariety--a poor soilswlth
! free growing long strawed sort. The aeaso1s
3 far sowing should again decide rs to the syafie.
80 White wheat should not be sown late ID ]
! tba season, es On very rich soils The red
agheats is better adapted for date seasons and
s. %s;.hso;ls. Pie straw wsoftfse red wheat takest
s J, more silica or5Hinty nature than The white
hence that brightness 90 ibe straw of
ss This. of itself, is the great cause