Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-08
E'Ese Quaker wheat.

AS an instance Of what one man can
do 10 benefit mankind. allow rae 10 give
an instance, of which | am personally
cognlzant. in the winter OF 81 10.
visited North Carolina on financial bus
Taylor, our worthy President; and either
accidently or providentialIy. (I think. by
Divine Prov; ence) our brother farmer,
David Daily, of Jackson Tp., saw Il to
accompany M, joutnelin ing from three TO
fre hundred miles cut Of his way for
compauy's sake. Whist attending church
az lonely school house in dense pine
forest, IN Tie vicinity Of the shallow
f,rd OF = .ep river. aai not lar from The
far-famel .B.ari's Halter shop, b;oi.e.
Daily heard Of new variety Of wheat.
called there ard here Quaker wheat II
having some distant relations or near &c
quaintaaces thesea50uts, accompanied
one OF tbs bsotl.efs home. ari possessed
himself OF one qGsr. all told OK he ne "
variety Of wheat us he placed IN The
end of his wallet, 10 balance our dinner.
brought safely 70 his homestead. where
IL now lives aud continued 10 sJw and
re sow the pioiuc; which has proven =
greater blessing TO the people Of F.sbe
county than any oshsr acoiient in hsr
/ history; and why! is asked mentally by
scores Of farmers hers who are not adyis-
ed OF lis properties and qualities. ]! is
the very kind Of wheat desired hy All; ID
large berry. thin bran, and II has rlmo ;;
proved impeTyieus - all the owls ate cd
ing the raising OF " heat in this latitude
| II. liks the Mediterranean. is not 50 like
I ~ to destruction BY Rust or devastation
] by the Fly-eiands winter freezing bet
Ger than mos; varieties and take i; al.
! IA all X is the best. because II IS the
sdres, variety raised north OF sout'. OF u
yieldiag from 10 to 30 rs ofAous 10 the
5ushei. SO tor as We know. il has made
at worst (the season Of general rust, and
this year of general winter freezing ana
ravsses OF the Fly) an average crop wi!:lsi
with tho exception O: thess two years, i,
has under good tillago Increased he aver
age product per acre frem twenty 10 forty
! per cent. With from ordinary 10 frs
rate ;iilage or good ground, lis yield vii
range from twenty 10 forty bushels PEI
acst. And SO great has il grown in fave
III portions Of this country. that ii is al
the SO with our wheat growers.
Now mark What this one quart Of whea
has done for this people in the short pc
Rod of nine years. think | am Il
bounds Of reason. when | aver that thi
community has been directly beneGt,e
moro than SI00 coo: and had all tie in
crease OF seed been only applied TO SOW
Ing, the advantages would have been Sii.
greater--iar. far beyond the comprehen
sion OF the ordinary thinker; yes, snillion
aud millions Of bushels beyond wha
even "a mathematician would naturall
suppose. II we estimate thu first guar
: to produce 20 quarts, and continue tina
amount in arilhmatics! Progression, W
have the astounding product =. the mint
; (the pasp harvest. OF sixteen thousan
million Of hels-guite enough 10 see
all crea tion, aud brtst the rest Of man
: kind
have been thus plicit in giving 20
:. the pedigree Of this &Qaaker Wheat, be
: cause Of its paying properties. as also 4,
reach your ear in regard TO the iiscessit
2 and Importance OF not only The ,nembel
Of this association ofhuman bentfac,oI
T bat all others engaged in agriculture, I
t increase the .productivenes of their farm:
If ,he.ayeIage yield per acre in Prebl
equity should be, as it can, increased te
4 per cent; it would add at least Sl00. 90
\ to the wealth of the producers of oil
Pre- bic. From Gen Hendricks AddreS
: at Pretlc County. Fair. Oct. 1854.