The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-09-17
TO Clean Chess out Of Seed Wheat.

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To Clean Chess out Of Seed Wheat.
On our late visit to the farm of Mr.. Jnhr
Johston, near Geneva, N II, he infnrmed ~
that some years ago lie believer in, and
an earnest advocate Of the theory that wheat
would turn to chess. In some Of lie early
volumes Of the Genesee Farmer he cited
several facts which had cnme under Ills ob
seryation, and whir, appeared to prove that,
IN spite OF botanists and vegetable physi,
tologists, wheat wouh turn to chess. This
idea was cOlnln,ed by several CORE spondcnts
of tie Farmer and. as Mr.. ]. confessed IL us.
he had to acknowledge To himself that he was
worstcd N tl,is"paper war" Fully persuaded
that he had The best side Of the argument. and
thinking that his opponents had the advantage
simply because better skilled ii the use II
the pen. he resolved to prore beyond all con
troversy, by occular and practical demon-
s,ra,ion, that wheat would turn to chess.
lie took three bushels Of wheat 1--WE believe
this was the quantity. but it is immateriall
md lo.sed it all over. grain by grain. pick.
! lug out all the chess When he had finished
he was satisfied that there was not grain ol
chess III the whole three bushrls. Nav, then,
thought he, shall have them; il get chess
! irum this wheat il won't do for them to tell
me that ! sowcd chess with the wheat; and
/ he had no doubt thai, as usual. he should have
!. lots Of chess" The wheat was sown and
| the result was, that While there was an abun.
dance of chess in the wheat cleaned in the
ordinary way. there WGS moi single car Of
chess on The lind sora ,Uih fie ciear ,chedi.
This experiment. whicl, Mr.. J made in order
TO convince the theorists that wheat would
turn to chess, had lhe eiF'st Of convincing
him that lie was IN error. aud that the great
cause IL chess in wheat must bc asCribed IL
sowing chess with the seed wheat.
Once satisfied that wheat would not turn
to chess. Mr.. ]. resolved to SOW no more of
il; aud he hit upon plan Of cleaning seed
wheat which took out every grain of chess.
The method is simply this: After tie wheat
has been cleaned in the ordinary way, bg
running il through tanning mil, take the
riddles ont ol the tanning mill, leaving the
screen in; take of the rod that shakes the
riddles and screen pourthe wheat slowly into
tile hopper with basket Or i halt bushel
Turn the mill little quicker than for or,lina
~ cleaning, and every grain nf chess will
be blown uut. unless where three seed, stick
together. whc, Is sometimes the Case with
the top see,ls Two men will clean from ten
10 Fifteen bushels per hour. if tie wheat i,
light, say weighing from Fifty to ilty FIVE.
pounds per bushcl, considerable wseat will
be blownaway win the chess; but where gnod
Genesee wheat is raised, as in this section,
weighing from sixty 10 sixty -four pounds per
bushel, little Or no wheat will be blown out.
In some eases il is better to raise the hind
en,l 81 the tanning mill about two inches from
the flour; more wind can be given and not
blow away the wheat.
Since Mr.. Johnston adopted this method Of
cleaning his ssed wheat. he has not raised
/" VINE glass fall Of chess in more than
twenty years
We may remark that tie same practice i
very generally adopted in Englln not only
III cleaning seed wheat. but III cleaning all
their grain for market, more especially bar.
ley.
There i high duty on the process nf con,
rcrting barley into mat (abaai seventy five
cents per buslrl) and the malsters naturally
do not wish u pay daiy Oh barley If ~ inf..
rior quality, or oil light grains that will not
gcrhinate. or, consequently, make malt. On
Ibis account, farmers are particularly reful
TO clean their barley before sending Ito mar
krt. Ii is first run through the iansing mill
tp separate tie chat lrum il then through
machiae to break of tie "pales.' or boards;
aud then again through tanning mill with a
iinr set u Riddles and srrern. After this. tie
rul,llcs are taken out. aud the barley is run
through rs in the process. abpts described.
Many FARMERS have mlchineun purpose for
this work. and consider il indispensable. IL
is called " lleaving Machine" A gnoi
sample 81 English barley. when cleaned in this.
wsy will weigh fity.six pounds per busllel.
On Mr.. Iawes' iarm at Roihamste,l, We have
known his experimental barley to weigl, iilty.
eight pounds per bushel Ihis great weight
per bushcl, however. must not be attributed
10 The process Of cleaning alone |, is more
probably due to climate. inasmucl Us the
wheat, no matter huw we'll ii is cleaned, il
not 80 heavy IS Gcnesec WHEAT.
Mr. Juhns'on think every agricultural pa.
per in the country should give this process
nr cleaning wheat, aud urge their readers tn
adopt it. II an, wheat grower will unce try
lii. lie will never again snw wheat without
running il through Iauning mill IN the way
described. Csnasss Fvmu.
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