The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-07-05
No. VIII.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
J, AUSTIN SCOTT, Editor.

WHEAT TURNING 70 CHEss.-Mr. D. G.
Brown, "a wealthy and respectable farmer
of Fairfield, Iowa." calls upon us, through
the Iowa Farmer, to demonstrate that wheat
will not change to cheat or chess" He
might, with equal proprety, -asl.-u3 to dem
onstrate tina. pigs will not turn 10 sheep
The transmu,ion would be no more unnat-
ural in the one case Than the other. The
Creator, with a wisdom beyond our corapre-
hension, has impressed upon all his works
system of perfect order, from which the most
minute can no more vary than the most stu
Ipendous. The same Infinite Wisdom which
created and directs the revolutions Of the
planets, commanded that every plant bearing
seed, should bring forth " fruit after its kind'
No variation from this command has ever been.
proved. In every cline in every age-no
matter how long the seed has been kept. or
how fair it has been removed-(if its vitality
has been kept, or how far it has been remog-
edit has brought forth seed af.er its kind,
whether it be wheat, chess, or some other
kind. We think, therefore, that we may
safely place our reliance for proof of ous
position, that wheat will not turn to chess,
upon this unalterable law of the God of Ma
ture, guaranteed as it is by the fiat of the
I ohN tLlC COuTSG Ol HdllTt
from the time the command was first issued,
/" let the earth bring forth grass and herb
yielding seed to the present day. But this
is not all. We have more practical de n
onstration of the truth Of our position, in the
fact tn ch.ss can be as entirely eradicated
from farm, as Canada this.les or any other
weed. This could not be true. if wheat pro-
duced chess. We might refer to many
instances where this has been done but one
is sufficient, and we will only cite the case of
our friend, Mr.. John Johnston of Seneca
county, an extensive wheat grower. Twen-
ty years ago, he believed, as did most of the
wheat-growers around hin, that it was i'm
possible TO raise wheat without more or less
chess with it, because he supposed the wheat
produced chess. On reading the discussion
which took place at that time in our old
Genesee Farmer, he was led to test thu ques
ton for himself. He says" This contro-
versy was entirely the cause of my finding
out that wheat would not turn to chess
picked FIVE bushels of wheat by hand SOW
ed 1t on patch that had been in potatoes
two years in succession, and had no doubt
but that should get some chess, but could
not find even one stalk. Then, and not till
! then, did believe that wheat could be rails
ed without chess" Like sensible and wise
man, he lost no time IN eradicating the chess
plant from his farm, and having been careful
from that time forward, that no chess was
sowed with his wheat it has ceased to grow
on his farm, and he has thus demonstrated
practically and prefta5ly, that wheat will not
turn to chess. What he has done Mr..
Brown of Iowa, or Mr.. Anderson of Michigan,
or any other farmer, may do, if he will
Will not these gentlemen follow the example
set them by Mr.. Johnston and multtides Of
others, and thus convince themselves that
wheat cannot be made to produce chess, and
then come forward and help US eradicate this
pernicious error from the minds of those who
still cling to it Will you do it, gentlemen,
or will you admit that you cannot do what
other farmers have done 20. CdhiUltor.