Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-09-11
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From the AmeriOanaE arlner.


4gyI,,,a From the Observation-Disclosures
DRILLING THE WuEAT IN By
,usr,c. MACIIiNE-b
We prefer this mode oEPatting whea
IN for the following reasons -
L Il Itirequires thrse'eighths less seee
to act an acre OF ndin.-wheat oY tnt
drill: than when bruadcasted. Five
pecks OF seed per aore~by-the drill IS SUI
fcient: whereas, by broad cast, wher
wen done, 8 pecks ofseed are necessary
s,saying of seed II u hundred acre held'
Of rs bushels. :,
Cd The seeds are more equally and
eIieibly distributed, as regards space and
depth. than can possibly be done By
hand. however skilllully performed.
Sd. BY drilling. the labor Of forming
the drill. tropplng the seed. covering
and rolling is performed at one and Inc
same time, thus saving much time and
labor, while The. work, is done better.
Some Of The drilling machines have an
attachment for dspositiing the guanoSt IN
which case, considerable saving OF gu
Sno is effected-at least 25 per cent.
4Ih. BY dIIiling the machine raises q
slight ridge Oil each side of the drill,
which. to It's extent, protects the roots Of
SuG kAoAtS tAOG4 ShO SASSSo Va
cold and vet, the hlignt elevation act
ing as u barrier against wind, waller, and
cold.
s. Should the roots of the plants be
uprooted by the contraction and expan-
slon of the nlterna!ions OF cold and heat
OF winter and early spring. the earth
forming the ridges. settles down in the
ridges and covers the roots, thereby af-
fordlng toicr ably iaif protection 10 them,
rendering ii al easy matter in spring
when frost is cut OF the ground, and the
earth settled and dry enough TO replace
the roots by passing a roller over tile
6elds-au operation Of infinite service,
and which should never be omitted.
=. Wheat planted in drills admits a
ireer circulation of sun and air, than
when broadcasted. consequently the grain
TipeBs several days earlier. The space
between the drills opens direct channel
for the reception and absorption of the
dcws, SO universally acknowledged to be
at once rich source of fertilization, and
promotiye of the growth of plants.
7. Drilling of wheat is said by one oil
tue best. most enlightened and successful
wheat growers in the country, to render
wheat lees liable to rust, than when sown
broadcast. He does not assign the rea.
son but We presume The theory of the
thing to be this that owing 10 the free
circulation of sun and air between the
drills or rows of wheat, the plants de
not suffer SO much rom superabundancG
of water, as do those soWn broadcast, anC
as consequence, vegetation grows OF
more regularly the plants, therefore
are not bU liable 10 be forced into an am
bition of an excess of sap, and by thi
means, escape the evils which would 1oY
from an exuberance Of that fluid :; tn
vessels of the stalks avoiding disruption
no exhudalion takes place; SO that shoul
the close, musky weather, which so ia
vors the parasitic or fungus plants,
which the rus: is referred, occur, tn
stalks Of the wheat plants remainin
whole, and there being no weeping OF
of the sap, no Judgment can be made {
the parasitic tribe and hence they ar
waited away by the wind as it passe
through the spaces of the drills. Fc
the efficacy Of this we do not hold ou
selves responsible, but merely give it {
a theory.
TINE UF SEED1NG.-This is questio
which involves others with it, as locatio
and kind of wheat. We have ever beer
and continue to be the advocate of earl
sowing, and notwithstanding the oft>r'
Feated attacks of the Hessian fly, to whic
the early sown wheat plants are peculia
~ subject, we remain mistaken in o,
belief OF the propriety Of the practice.
is not our purpose TO designate any pa
ticuIar day as the one on which whe,
should be seeded; but will merely urge
our opinion that it should be put in
soon after the Goth Of September as ma
be practicable. regard being bad to Il
variety Of the wheat and location, ar
that favoring circumstances conourriny
all should make their arrangements
have the seeding Of their wheat compl
ted by the 10th OF October or at all even
by the 18Th of that month.
Water FURRows When your whei
is seeded, make your water-furrows
particular SO to make them as they wi
carry off all the water that falls ha,
them examined and cleaned out throug
the winter and early spring. When yoI
water-furrows are made. pass the roll,
cross-wise over them.