Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-09
Aar1eultarM.
A few Facts and Considerations
ahont ir.Seeding.


Machines FIR drilling in wheat and ether
grain are Applicable for al! KINDS "i gran
sown in the .p,ing. IS Seli ss for winter
wheat. for sil kinds OF soi's eA'eFf
,hose which are so fuil Of stones san cay
cios. or o,ber ohs:ructicns - ihfoa them
cut Of order, or pre:cni then DEP osi'i"s5 ''iF
seed a, proper depths ana distances,
There il one particular depth more 's'o'-
,h,a for the early ard vigaronS gr0%ta o.
seeds than anv other, whether less'r great
er. This depth can be secaTed for all eesds
sy the nae ef drills, so t5at the depth al
which they are dePcsirei shall be uni'or,h
all over field, and in every case exae'g
that which mav have been previously deief-
nine This :esu't.it it IS oh'i'as' can
not be re armed by the brosdeast 'nooe o.
saving. whether h seed is covered ey haT'
rows or in sny other way. Some oil seeu,
viii remsin upon TIE surface ana oe P''Heo
Up BY birds, tempting thFIn- moreover -,
scratch for mere: snd somr Wii.ee ci'e eu
s;,her un,e or les than the amount c. Gov
erino sscertainea 10 he n st isT":so-e 10
hea.'hy growth, n which they VII! e'heF
no, germinate st all, or be more or 'esa
dwindliur cor want Of ad Guate support ans
nourishment. By dePosiing the seeds al
the proper de. ..tb, fhsv oil germ'nate and
ssoducr more vigorous and thirsty plants
than ,hsy would at any other depth.
The propsr depth Of which the SEEDS o.
srsio Of all kinds, indian corn Pe.hafs OK
eepted. has been asrertslied b experiments
10 be about one inch under TIE sur'ace--
When tbs covering of earth II ABOUT one
in.h in th;ckrrss, il is fVUn 'h~t ':'e seeo'
of praia, as well as Of peas, esa''s' &C.
nerminste with the create i''! ~ lfo'ld-
ed the covering is neither f'''' i-1o-' nor too
: hard pressed or consolidated Az or Tag I"
the AMOUNT Of departure i'om tbs aFer
Iepth, seeds will not gcrIniu4'e at ali, or
send up plants more or lees s'c@'y ana ce-
fec,ige. As departures mus; iahs place oy
the common methods Of seeding the foii
broadcast, a portion VI The seeds AMI lerea S
doe, not terminates ard i.i7 s'ch'y shcoIs
from another portion die, so as to c.nse MN
Or bare spots Ffom tins fast ar'ises the
necessity of using a larger proportion
seeding broadcast than By d'ili' tfe reg"is!-
I,v and uniformity Of depth at which seeds
are deposited By the latter method, insuriug
the termination OF all or nearly al @; them.
1t is certainly important that al! ne ? ants
in ,ny crop Of grain saould r'pen at The
same time. New it seems very incredible
that plants which gefininated iaie and sent
UP but s;ctiy shout, should erer o'ertske
those earlier and more vgo GUS plants, the
seeds OF which were al depth better adapt
ed TO healthy growth. Tberenust be losses
from the unequal ripening winch follows 'n-
eyi,abiy from burying the seeds at aFy and
all depths, as must be the case when they
are covered by Idrags ard haTrows in The
usual way. That portion of the seed which
is too deeply placed in the sol "lii reach
the surface several days ialer n II that ~h ch
obtained more favorable position and as a
general rule the more advanced will kes
the lead, and ripen sereraldays sooner than
the other.
To determine for ones self the correct
ness of the above named considerations,
which go to show that the dePOsting OF seed
by the drill at a proper and uD'lerm depth,
i. much superior to the hap-hazarG deposit
ing of ii at all depths in the commcn way of
broadcast, experiments might be made in
the garden, OF in an eXper menta! plot near
the house, IN regard 10 the results of deepi
and shs ow, Irregular and uniform deposit-
ing of seeds of different farm axd field crops.
One reason, we duubt not, why clover
does not succeed as we'll when you so~ - iii
q sprirg crop and harrow it in, rs when
sown early in the spring upon winter wheat,
is this--the weight and form oi The seeds
snvor their working their way too deepiy in
to soils which a,e loose, open and dry.
especially wnen this result or effect is aided
By narrowing or stirring the soil alter SOW
ing. Experiments made in garden favor
the position that the seeds OF carrots, beets.
turnips, like those Of clover, yegetate most
freely when KEEP; hear the surface. except in
very dry time.