The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-09-20
Agricultural.
WHEAT SOWING.

press the soil; then be narrowing length
wise the burrows and crosswise. The harrow
| ing should be continued until the soil be per-
| fectly pulverizcd.
| Depth and tineness of soil, are great help
mates in the cultivation of wheat. 1t should
be deep enough, and fine enough, to encourage
the roots to seek a depth offering security
against what is termes winter killing.
| 1t wheat-land be not wet, it should be
subsoilcd-if wet, that operation will not be
beneficial All wet land should be drained -
thoroughly drained-before being SUBSIDIZED.
Wheat seeded on corn-ground, should be
put in with the corn harrow or cultvaor.-
Which every way it may be done. it should be
| done with care and neatness. We are, how
ever, free to say, that we would never seed
wheat, except through necessity, upon stand
ing corn.
Of mamring.-Whcthcr we seeded wheat
upon clover-ley or grass-sward, we would
manure with organic or nutrtive manure,
previous to turning in the clover or grass.
sward. All barn-yard, staIlc-manure, COM
post and nitrogenous guanoes, should be har-
rowed in.
The average product of wheat per acre in
our entire State, some Is or 90 years ago, did
not exceed bushels. There were even then,
some large crops, ranging from 80 to 52l
bushels per acre, OH small lots--but these
were few and far between" Mr.. Whann, of
Elkton, Cecil county, Md, cultivated 10
acre lot, i'll that village, successfully for 10
years IN wheat, and his average product, dur
! ing that whole series OF weary, exceeded 10
bushels per acre. In 1888, we measured the
| ground, as well rs the giian that grew on .
acres Of ncighbol S farm; these acres vicl-
ded lO4I bushels of as fine wheat as we eyer
saw. Mr.. Whann, MANFRED his lot. each
year, With stable manure, which was ploughed
in. and top-tlressed with ashes; during the
series Of 10 successive year S that his lot was
in wheat it was lined once. Our neighbours
= acres, had been in carly potatoes, which
had been heavily MANFRED in the lows with
stable nannre. In preparing the piece for
Wheat, after the potatoes had been dug, he
gave the . acres heavy dressing with night
soil, poughcd it inches deep, harrow and
crosslairow, then rolled, and seeded . BUSH
els of blue stem wheat to the acre, narrowed
and osshaIrowcd, then finished 10y rolling.
The product, as before stated, was lOt bush
els or 52t bushels per acre.
Now we have stated that the average pro-
duct Of wheat per acre, Of our entire State,
some ID or 20 years since, was only I BUSH
els per acre; and it gives us great pleasure to
publish an extended table, from the Com
pendulum of the United States Census; first,
because it gives the most gratifying fact, that
our farmers. though their zeal, intelligence.
industry and skill, had bought up the aver
age wheat product of Maryland from to Is
bushels per acre; it shows too that the pro.
ductve capacity of the soil of Maryland, for
wheat exceeds. that of all the States in the
I',,;., 81 Il,
rye. her average exceeds that Of all the other
States in the Union except two, and her aver
age product of corn and oats, will compare
favorable with that of a majority Of the States:
Quantity and kinds of man,Te.-1 Those
who possess the facilities of procuring Peru
Wan Guano' and arc not deferred by its high
price, vii. consult their interest by manuling
with it. Two hundred lbs. mixed with
bushcl of plaster, will answer for an acre of
land. In claycy soils the plaster may be dis
penscd with The guano and plaster to be
plou@hcd in.-or, 100 lbs. Peruvian with 100
or $50 lbs. Columbian of Mexican Guano, to
be poughed in, or 4 inches.
2. or two-horse cart load of stable or
barn yard manure mixed with bushels of
salt and 5 bushels of ashes, will grow good
acre ofwheat to be ploughed in.
nure, 5 two horse cart loads of liver or creek
mud, 5 bushels of ashes and one bushcl of
plaster will grow good acre of wheat; to be
ploughed i'll.
1. 10 bushels of bone dust mixed with 10
bushels of ashes and bushels of salt, mixed
well together, and permitted to remain in pic
2 weeks, will grow an acre of good wheat; to
be narrowed in.
S. 5. bushels of bone dust dissolved in sui
phuric acid, mixed with 10 bushels of ashes,
will grow an acre of good wheat; to be har-
rowed in.
6. two-horse loads of barn yard or stable
manure, two horse loads of woods mould,
100 lbs of Peruvian Guano and 100 lbs. of
Columbian Or Mexican Guano and bushels
of ashes, will grow a better acre of wheat than
200 a'30O lbs, of Peruvian guano alone.
! Preparation Of the sced-Makc solution
of common salt sufficiently strong to float an
egg; soak your seed wheat therein from II to
"a hours; strain off the brine, place your
wheat on the barn floor, and mix fresh Slakcd
lime with the seed, so as to coat the seed and
separate them. This done, they should be
sown and covered as soon as possible. IL you
have no lime handy, unslaked ashes will an
swer.
Mode of put'ing the seed in.-If sown
broadcast, harrow and cross-harrow the seed
in about 2 or inches in depth. then lay OIL
water burrows, and roll across the furows.--
L you drill in your seed, the drill will drop
the seed, cover them and roll the top of the
drill.
When the ground is properly prepared by
manurng, ploughlng narrowing and rolling,
the putting the seed wheat in by the drill, will
increas sc the yield over the broadcast plan, &C.
cording to the computation of some who have
tried it, q percent, while the drill said o
act as defence against winter killing.
Time of SEEDING Prom the Goth Scptem.
Der to the list and 10 Of October.
Quantity Of seed per dcre.-By broadca st, s
pecks per acre; by the drill, s pecks pei
acre.
TIE TRUE RICHES. Tract visitor
was passing through her district, she was
accostcd by stranger, who respectfully
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