Weekly Minnesotian and times., 1859-12-31
By Our Own Reporter
The Farmers Club--Intcl| DcO"'e
on Wheat Growing.

By Our Own Reporter
The Farmers Club.-Intcl+ shhS DeDate
on Wheat Growing.
The session of the Club on Wednt" sday
night last was an instructive and interesting
occasion. The attendance was good, and the
interest marked
Mr.. Wells, of Fillmore county, was called
to the chair, in the absence of the President,
and Il. NJ. Newson, and Judge Dayton, of
Fillmore county, were chosen as Vice Pres-
dents.
Mr. Hunt, of Dodge, opened the discussion.
In reference to the average yield of that
county-which was not heretofore reported
on-hc thought was less than % bushels to
the acre. Some pieces had yielded 30. The
Black Sea had given the heaviest yield. The
farmers in that county suffered last spring
from a scarcity of seed, owing to the bad
crops of 1S5S-and consequently sOwed open.
Hence the yield was probably lighter than it
would otherwise have been. lie noticed the
farms longest cultivated had yielded the best.
The oldest farms had an average of % bushels
generally.
Mr. w. S. Wilson, of Rose township, Ram
sey county, said he thought last week the
average claimed was too high. lie had since
collected statistics of crops, and was satisfied
that the general average would be % bushels.
lie gave memoranda of crops in his own
neighborhOod. One had raised 20, another
23a, another 26, and so on. One had, in
seven years, never raised less than 20, but
twice and that under unfavorable crcum-
| stances.
Mr. Abraham, of Iennepin, reviewed some
Of the remarks made at the first meeting. He
had concluded, as a corOllory, that the soil
best cultivated had yielded the best, and that
as cultivation becomes more thorough in time
| to come, our average would increase.
| Mr.. l.. NJ. Ford, of Groveland, Ramsey
county, was convinced that his first estimate
was not far out of the way. He said one of
his neighbOrs had raised % bushels, another
rs, ION old ground) another 20, %, 25, and
so on 1t would therefore show an average
of 23 for this county. Last year, in parts of
Illinois, the average was 8 bushels, and this
wear, T. SO We ought to be satisfied.
Mr. McDonOugh, of LIE Sueur Prairie, spoke
of the yield there. The Scotch Variety had
Welded about p bushels, the Canada Club
from Is to % per acre. He had seen an
average of % bushels of the latter on 20 acres
The general average of the county would be
about 20 bushels There were $4,000 bushels
raised in the county.
Judge Dayton, Of Fillmore, said he could
not corroborate the stories of enormous yields
in that county. He thought the average
about 90 bushels. A difference Of two O,
three days in the time of sowing will make
material difference in the yield. Offall plow
ing he said it had made difference Of fiv,
bushels to the acre over spring plowed lots.
Peter Wilkins, of Sibley county, spoke o
the varieties used there, the Black Sea ant
Canada Club. The former, he said, hat
yielded best. The average return from seet
was 16 bushels to one sown. He said fal
blowing will produce more. The seed shoul'
be sown as early in March as possible. II
had two varieties of land. One-botton
, prairie, wet, had given 10 bushels. o.
S lighter soil he had 90 bushels lie had no
sown soon enough, however.
E Mr.. Skillman, of Wabashaw Co., spoke G
the relative advantages of fall blowing, an
,, the yield Of three pieces he had sown. TIL
. wheat well filled was less liable to rust. Tn
r fall plowed wheat had better yield II
thought the soil generally too light. 1t need