Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
.8arnlers Department.
g From tho Country Gentleman.
NOTES FROM LEVIBARTLETT.

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fAo4 From the Country Gentleman.
NOTES FROM LEVI b BARTLETT.
THE RAPE PLAST.-Inthe Co. Gent,
of Sd JAM, is published some account
Of my experiments in the cultivation
of the rape plant. I am doubtfula about
the fal sown' plants surviving our
winters. If will not, they cannot
be probably grown. here for the manu-
facture of oil from the seed. But |
thinkthe plant is worthy Of extensive
cultivation as green forage for COWS
during the usually dry autumns we
experience. IshaIl SOW the seed this
year at different times, say in May,
June and August.
/ placed IN my cellar last autumn,
some half a dozen Of the stumps from
which the tops had been cut. They
are now in a furnishing condition, and
probably will produce abundance of
2 seed. Butt think / ought to have
saved the perfect,sor uncut plants for
seed, than the stUmps.
WINTER HEATN New HAMPSHIRE.
-@AIan and boy | have lyed-will,
its no matter how long, but will say
about fftyiyears, more or less, and 1
never saw a field of winter wheat TIL
the. summer of 1853. The previous
summer d852l a'gon Of zone of our
farmers was in Western New York.
On his return, he brought in his valise,
thirteen quarts Of. White Flint winter
wheat. This was sowh on one third Of
an acre of spine plain land" The
land was in corn iii 1S51-oats-1S52
in consequence of severe drouth, a
light crop. Some weeks after the oats
were harvested the land was covered
with a dense growth. Of Roman worm
wood and.barn grass. About the 10th
of September there was applied to one
sthirdsof an acre se%yenloads Of compost
manure; the compost, weeds and stubble
were all turned under by the use of a
good plew. The 13 quarts aof seed
sewn, &C.; producing the next season
2 sixteen bushels of prime wheat-at
the rate Of 4S bushels per acre. The
crop was readily disposed of at three
3 dollars. per bushel for seed-the yield
of which, the next year was generally
satisfactory, Observation-Disclosures
ed BY: the early and severe drouth of
that season. A mach greater amount
was sown in the fall Of 1884, Theyield
was good. The. earlines of ripening,
put the grain aAhead of the weeEils and
the straw beyond the reach of rust,
that is so injurious to. the late ripening
wheat.
Q Last autumn there was a still larger
breadth of land sown with wheat. Il
GENES out this spring bright, and now
IS Iookmgsplendidly and [ thinkit will
compare fayorably with the wheat Of
the west or any other wheat-growing
section of the country. Six years ago,
our farmers would as soon. thought OF
attempting to grow the lemon and
. range, as winter wheat.
q, DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF FOREIGN
WHEAT FROM PAT. 0FFIcE.-In Che
Co. Gent. of 20th.D Dec. l gave a short
sketch Of several varieties of winter
wheat received from. Patent Office
The Wheattwa vas sown in drills, 18inches
distant, IL rods long; land sloping tC
the east; rather poor, light, 'gravelly
soil, dressed with guano, at the time
of sowing the seed, about the Goth O.
Sept, TAT least three weeks toe late.
[ had. several papers of the. Algerian
Flint wheat from the province of Gran
. This variety has a. remarkably large
berry; rather dark colored, and weigh
ing 20 lbs. to a bushel. Isowed three
drills, making 80 rods in length. ]
think this. variety appeared the mos
promising lastfall, butnearly the whole
of it is winter-kilIed, though recently
afew dozen plants appear to have some
vitality in them. The driIlnext nortl
OF the Algerian, 1 think, is the early
Noe wheat from France. This is The
best looking kind in the lot, although
two other varieties appear nearly al
well. Two other sorts have about hal
the plants destroyed.
If I am correct in regard to tht
Early Noe, 1 think it must prove the
3 best variety of the lot Saysthe Pat.
ent Office Report-"This variety has
the propriety of ripening some days
). before the common sorts; if it succeeds
. in eur climate in this respect, a great
point viii be obtained. A single week
thus gaized in ripening, would otter
secure the crop from injury by the Hy
or rust, aside from the advantages tC
.'be acquired from an early market"
may further advise you respecting
these several kinds Of wheat after har.
vest.
CARE OF CHIcKENs.-h rearing
fowls for the market, the early treat
ment of chickens is Of the highest i'm
portance; they should be warml.
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