Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-03-23
ufaloe TIP. March II, 1855.
Spring Wheat.

preaching spring. and contemplating how
they may best occupy their land, may find ii
( profitable 10 read the following, which we
take from the Rural NeU- Yorker:
MrRox ADAMS, of East Bloomfield, has
raised spring whea, for sixteen years. He
says: Last year, owing to the backward
season, sowed on the 25th of April, not fin
ishng until the 9Th of May. Iprocured four
bushels of the Fife wheat-but it was very
foul, not better than three bushels Of pure
seed. After heading out l noticed it had a
peculiar appearance. so much resembling
Soule's wheat as to be called such by all who
saw it. 1t promised to yield well, and be
earlier than the Italian growing beside it. and
! therefore took the trouble of wedding all the
oats and barley from it before cutting. 1t
was harvested the 2slh of July. and the yield
was fifly-,hrec bushels. The Italian also pro-
duced well, as got thirty-two bushels from
two bushels sown. AS 10 insects, do not
know as any variety is proof against them.
Last year they did no damage TO my spring
wheat, and no very serious damage 10 my
the sowing of either winter or spring wheat,
on account OF insects, as long as can get
yield of twenty-five bushels 10 the acre.
J. B. KooS, OF Auburn, ~. u, hos raieAd
variety called the Tea wheat, for two years.
He says: The first year l raised over
thirty bushels to the acre. Last year II
Welded about twenty-five, not coming up TO
the wear before, which consider owing en-.
iirely 10 the drouih. For the Two years that
| have raised it, have not discovered any
sign Of the weeyil, neither has ii been known
10 rust. 1t is bearded wheat, resembling
the Mediterranean wheat when growing and
in the berry. /, weighs over sixty pounds 10
the bushel and consider ii equal, If not su-
perior, to the Mediterranean in quantity and
quality of -four. 1t can be raised on any kind
of land where oats or barley will grow"
n. ". CAnI, of Yates, Orleans county,
raised the Canada Club wheat last eason,and
found it no, affected by the weevil, though
winter whea, was nearly destroyed only three
rods distant. The Mediterranean wheat
raised on the same soil was very severely
visited-he found sixteen Of the l:tle yellow
gentlemen hugging one kernel with most des-
tructive affection" He has the Fife and
Worden wheat from Canada but has not tried
them yet.
J.R PACE, of Sennett, Cayusa connty.says
he last spring "procured from Wisconsin one
barrel of spring wheat this was sown in the
same enclosure with piece of winter wheat
-Soule's variety. The Wisconsin was cut
six days later than the Soule's, the injury by
midge hardly noticeable, while the winter
whea, was nearly ruined. Spring wheat sue
ceeds best in this neighborhood when sown
about the 25th of May, after corn planting.
Without doubt Western spring wheat can be
procured of the Rochester millers. / know Of
none for sale"
J. l.. Med, of Chemung, n. Y, procured
some spring wheat last season from Wiscon-
sin, and sowed The same April 10Th, on rich
warm soil. This grew well, but like his win.
ter wheat, suffered severely from the weevil,
though some Of his neshbors who sowed
from the same lot Of seed, and Of soil of like
character, were not troubled by lis ravageS.
S. PETrIr, of North East, Pa, says he
raised noble crop of spring wheat last year,
entirely free from the weevil. weighing sixty
pounds to the bushel, and making excellent
flour. Name of variety unknown.
S. II. AISswoRrH, Of West Bloomfield, has
raised nameless variety Of spring wheat,not
injured by the weevil, and nearly resembling
winter wheat. tyields in that neishborhood
from twenty-five to thirty-si1 bushels per
acre.
These extracts show that the experience Of
farmers is very variable on the subject and
that generally spring wheat proves safe and
profitable crop.