Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-17

rom 1allufe, provided the seed was
good, and the cultivation Of the wheat
perfect III other respects. a good sub
soil plow to follow in the track of the
common plow once in four or five years
Is what is wanted for these soils, and
there will be but little danger, where
the roots Of thestrees are EMBEDDED in the
soil to the depth that they are here, of
getting down to far. Subsoil blowing
besides mixing light and too stimula-
ting soil, with more compact and less
active one, adds otherways to the safety
of the growing crop by preventing the
accumulation Of too much water about
the roots Of the grain in times Of rain,
since the water penetrates more rapidly
into the ground. 1t also delays its eva
poration at time when certain degrees
OF moisture is highly beneficial.
Is the mode Of cultivation in Wiscon-
sin such as would commend itself to this
Judgment Of the best informed agricul
turllsts IN other portions Of the world?
Have farmers here established a system
OF rotation OF crops, such as long exper-
fence has demonstrated to be ESSENTIAL in
growing good crops of wheat? Wheat
after wheat has been practiced extern
slvely IN Wisconsin and Illinois. Among
what good agriculturlests, except in the
west does this practice prevail? Wheat
atter.oats is almost equally Objectionable
DO our farmers seed their lands to clover
once in four or five years, and then after
CrIU tha coil n fan l.
under the clover sod for wheat? If the
former practice prevails, and the last
named is disregarded, we have not ar
rived at the first stages of good husband
ry The ground when prepared for
wheat, as also for any other crop, must
be we'll cultivated and the weeds well
subdued. It may be truly said " When
all the ground as covered sciM areeas.-
It's lGte IN the day to be soqeing good
seeds"
Perhaps nothing is more manifest
than that the farmers in the west cult
vatc too much land for the labor employ
ed upon it. 1t is good maxim that
what is worth doing ut all is worth do
ing we'll" We are promised "seed
time and harvest" and are also asked
this question, ''Do men expect to gather
Figs from Thorns Or grapes from This
ties" We might also be asked, DO
men expect a horreSt achege the seed IS
not good nor lie ground tceN culiica-
tel
Whatever may be said by the farm
ars themselves III eXtenuation of their
faults in agriculture, The condition ofthe
grain brought t. market raises up Wit
nesseS against them-witnesse whose
testimony cannot be set aside, gainsaid
or oyerborne. TO this fact there are
many honorable exceptions. But where
we find one farmer coming to market
with wheat clear from the seeds of
weeds, oats, cookie and other impurities
we are sure to find those at least who
cannot present clear bill OF lading ~
III these particulars. The same may be
said Of other kinds Of grain. Does this
denote good husbandry and proper
care in cultivation.
1t would be a light task to show that
4 few acres ofland thoroughly jarnata,
yields greater nett profit than many
acres lndlfierently managed. We recO-
ectto have noted more than one instance
II henosha County Of 3 YIELD of one
hundred bushels OF shelled corn from
single acre under thorough cultivation.
Now if by superior cultivation-we NAV
say extra care and expense in cultiva-
ion, we can realize five hundred bushels
u corn from five acres, would it not be .
quite as profitable as raising the same
number Of bushels on fifteen acres, bv
oestowing only the ordinary care that is
low customary among farmers. The |.
'ame argument applies equally to wheat
md barley.
AS an Illustration of what can be ac-
by skill and energy in agri
culture, 1t is stated that OH the lands Of
| certain English Nobleman, the aver
lge yield Of hay was eighty tons to the .
-cre for single season. The report
appears incredible, and many well in
ormed men on this side Of the Atlantic .
AVE questioned lis correctness. But
IN the other hand the fact of such
ield was substuatiated by the most
redible testimony. The question is how
re such enormous crops produced? 1t
nay be stated that long system of good
underground drainage, sub
oil plowing, and a proper application Of
have enabled English ag j.
ulturists to realize great results not
lone in hay, but in other articles pro
uction
The first consideration among Euro
can agriculturIlsts in raising grain is
he selection Of their seed and this is
one OF the wisest precautions
hat an agriculturaIist can exercise in
lis occupation. No one can be called
good agriculturlist, or really qciSe
aan, who uses for his seed anything but
he most perfect and most uneXception-
bic grain. The germ must be sound
nd healthy if TIE expectations are that
he grain it is to produce will be good.
This is the law that peryales all ami,
nate and inanimate life. Now the
question comes right home to the farm
+ at least Of this portion Of Wisconsin
nd a part Of Illinois, do you manifest
proper degree Of foresight, spirit and
intelligence in the selection Of your seed
Wheat. you do not how can you say
'ou are good farmers. Some would buy
good seed fit was broughtto their door,
tut we never find hucksters standing at
very corner with seed wheat.
1t is to be hoped that some farmers
will have sufficient spirit and enterprise
O go even q distance to secure good
wheat for seed for themselves and their
icighbors. Canada Club, raised in Can
ida is advertised for sale both in Chica-
20 and GAINESVILLE, and sample Of ex-
;ellent wheat, brought from Ahnapee
" is, north on the Lake shore, has been