Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-06-18

ioNpahihN phAoS oR uERMAN DUCK
WHEAT. There is a grass, or grain calle,
"Hungarian Grass or German Buckwheat,
which is extensively raised in Iowa, wher,
1t was first introduced by Hungarian
Exles. An extensive farmer of Abba.
Monroe county, Iowa, says "that for for
aging purposes it is superior to either
Timothy, Red-top, Clover, Oats, or any,
thing else you can name" He asserts
''that cattle and horses will leave every
thing else to eatit Chickens, turkeys anc
hogs will fatten on the seeds, of which il
will yield from thirty to fifty bushels to the
acre. 1t is certain to produce good
crop in any season at least, so it has pro.
we'd for the last four years. lie states
that the premium crop, for the county Of
Monroe, was eight tuns and two hundred
pounds of good dry hay per acre. That
was raised on common prairie, without any
manure. He says that the common time Of
'cying it with them isfiom the tenth Of
May to the first Of July,bu thinks about
the twentieth Of May is the best time. 1t
appears from what this gentleman writes,
that he considers a crop of this grass
~ " = lt"ii) "o -Ouu as OiIC VI lllOlNS
and one Of oats, at the same time from the
same land. 1t will be valuable if cut in
five or six weeks after it is sown, but will
stand three months without injury.
A gentleman at Yellow Springs, Green
County, Ohio, has sent circular to all
our post offices, stating that he will send
to any individual by mail, a sufficient guam
W pf tbIS SaaI tn roI T,r
the sum of fifteen cents, "frce of postage" "
That will cost our farmers at the rate of
S24 per acre, aside from all their trouble
but as good luck will have it," as the
saying is, there is plenty of this seed in
our own vicinity, and what is BETTER it was
raised in our own State, on our wn soil
and in our own climate; thus proving that
it is adapted to he wants of our farmers
in the State Of Vermont, as well as in
Iowa or Ohio.
Some three or four years since, trave-
Ter passing through Middlesex, stopped at
the Middlesex House, owned and kept by
A. l.. Chamberin, Esq, and left him about
tablespoonful Of the seed, which he gave
into the care ofa neighbor, of his, telling
him that he might raise it to the halves y
He, MIR. Judd, the neighbor, sowed it in
the garden, and raised from it one half
bushel of seed, although the birds and barn
fowls destroyed portion Of it.
1t requires about eight quarts of seed to
the acre, if you sow for seed if for grass,
sixteen quarts. 1t should not be allowed
to stand too long, but cut cary, in order
to secure it from shelling and from birds.
MIR. Chamberlin says that he saw piece
containing just six square rods, from which
Mr.. Judd harvested two bushels of seed,
weighing sixty pounds per bushel.
The grass is not only good for forage
but the grain, when ground and bolted
stands high as an article of food for the
table, to be used for making warm sweet
cakes, griddle cakes, &c. For grass, two
crops may be raised in one season.
Mr.. Judd states that Germans, seeing
this grass and grain, pronounce it to be the
veritable Hungarian grass. or German
buckwheat.
Iffarmers wish to try this crop they car
be supplied with the seed, and obtain al
needed information in regard to it, by ap
plying to the Postmaster, or to A. l.
Chambcrlin, Middlesex, VT, who can fur
nish sufficient seed to SOW fifty or sixt.
acres, at a cost not exceeding s2 per acre
instead of S24, as from Ohio. The expense
ofgetting this seed is so small, that ever.
farmer may improve the opportunity 0
trying the experiment at trifing cost
and, ifwhat is said Of it be relied upon, a
| think it can, it will prove an in
valuable acquisition to the staple agricul
tural products of the State OF Vermont. l
is peculiarly adapted to our coldest all
most backward farms, and it requires bu
a season of from eight to twelve weeks t
come to maturity. Would not our farmer
do well to give it trial !-Green Mou'
ain Freeman.