Weekly Minnesotian and times., 1859-12-31

this city, put better face on the matter
lie had some that averaged about %. Some
of his ncishbors had also. lie believed the
average of the county to be that much
Spring wheat must be got in very early-it
could not be too early, even before the frost
is out of the ground.
Mr.. Stewart, of Waseca, related his expert
ence in sod wheat He scarcely got his seed
back the first year. This year plowed more
careful, and got 30 bushels to the acre. His
neighbors had more. We can, he thought,
| raise, year in and out, as much as other
States, but we must have better cultivation,
deep ploughing.
Mr.. Nutting said one bushel to the acre was
enough for seed There was no fear of the
lands giving out. At Faribault, a farm cult
| waited for Is years gave 20 bushels to the
acre of wheat The subsOil was gravel-gen-
| orally thought the poorest of land.
Mr.. Brooks of Winona County, said some
of his neighbors had sowed a new, bearded
variety, called Mammoth" From 2 pecks
| sowed on two acres, they got 60 bushels This
year he did not remember the yield, but the
weight was 6S lbs The -four was No. J..
Mr. Rogers, of Mower, said the county av-
erage was % bushels Had seen fields av-
| eraging 30. 1t was of the Rio Grande Va
| riety.
Mr.. Butler, of Fillmore, said the average in
| that county would not be less than % bush
els. Some fields would average 10.
Hon. Jas. Ii. Baker, Secretary of State,
elect, being called out, $nid he would have to
correct Mr.. Stocks statement. In the Wat
onwan Valley, where he lived, the average
was not less than % bushels. He raised %
bushels to the acre. The average in the coun-
| ty could not be less than 20.
COL Stevens, of Mcleod, said that county
had to knock under this year. They had not
got their wheat in early enough, and had an
average of about 20 bushels. Wheat must
be sowed early, he said; with fall blowing, the
| land gives one-third more than spring blowing.
| The late sowed wheat is most injured by
rust.
Mr.. Garrard, Of Goodhue, believed that in
| his county the fall wheat was failure. The
spring was good. There arc crops of 80 bush
els to the acre. In the township where he liv-
ed that was the average.
p. p. Furbcr said that in Cottage Grove,
Washington County, the average yield was
| %. The land had been cultivated ii years.
Mr. Watson, of Washington, said the av-
erage yield in the county would be about %
| for two years past. Canada Club did better
The Club here adjourned, the hour being
late. The next conversation, on Wednesday
evening next, will be on "Plowing'-and
"Corn Raising"
Cobb wanted straig ht- forward answer
| to the question. Will he vote for the demo-
| cratic nominee if we can get 90 votes for him.
Etheridge-l will vote for your candidate
in certain contingence, If my vote will elect
him.
After further conversation between Cobb
and Etheridge, Boteler arose and withdrew
his name and nominated Nelson, of Va. Cap
plause and impatient cries of vote ballot.
| Cobb trusted that the objection to harlnO-
ny was now accomplished.
Much anxiety to vote was manifested.
Clark of n. Y. said in speech that he had
been called an anti-Lecomption man and
sometimes accused of bargaining for the sale
of votes for speaker, all of which he disavow-
ed-caed himself States rights Democrat.
| Said he triumphed over an organization in a
district where federal and municipal officers
combined to defeat him. Holding no alleg-
ance to any man or organization, he was free
as the flag that floats DER the Capitol.
| Seventeenth ballot taken. Whole number
of votes taken 236; necessary to a choice | IA
Sherman, 100; Nelson, %; Gilmer, ,; Ether
idge, Z; Davis, Ind, 4; Scattering, Z.
| Winslow desired another ballot and If nc
election, he intended to offer resolution, that
from and alter to-day or tomorrow, as the
gentleman might choose, no further vote fol
Speaker be taken till the 9Th of July.
After some further debate, the House ad
journcd.