The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30

Killed In winter. He thought Minnesota
could raise more wheat to the acre, than any
other State.
Mr.. Keith, of Hennepin, said be had
sowed spring wheat altogether-time, the
third of May. The average of the first
year was eleven bushels second year.
plowed deep and the average was seventeen
bushels; third year, sixteen bushels this
year, with still deeper ploughing, his aver
age was twenty to thirty-three bushels.
lie said the deeper he plowed the better
crops he got, and if he had team enough he
would pillow twelve inches deep. He thought
the average yield in his neig hborhood was
about twenty,three bushels.
Mr.. Abbott, of LIE Sueur, thought the
time to SOW winter wheat was in August.
He differed from Mr. Shriner about feeding
it down in the fall as it would be more eX.
posed to the winter winds.
Mr.. Abraham, of Hennepin, thought the
average there was from twenty eight to
thirty-three bushels. The kind, Canada
Club, Chas. Brown sowed twenty five acres
of Canada Club, and thrashed thirty bushels
to the acre. A Mr.. Layman raised thirty
five bushels per acre of rye. A Mr.. Nash
raised twenty-eight to thirty-two bushels
per acre of wheat. The average in Henne.
pin county was from twenty to twenty-five
bushels per acre. The best time to SOW in
Minnesota is in August. This will give it
time to get root and will be excellent for
stock-it did not Eurt the wheat to have
the cattle feed it off IN the fall for it grew
up thicker in the spring. 1t would not
grow so high, but would be better filled and
would yield one quarter more to the acre.
MIR. Shrewsbury thought the average
yield of wheat throughout the State would
not come up to twenty-three bushels per
acre. He stated that in Indiana, 229
bushels of shelled corn had been raised
on one acre, and yet the average yield
was but ten bushels; he thought that
no State possessed so many advantages as
Mime ota, but that we should be careful
not to exaggerate them.
Mr.. Stokes, of Blue Earth. said "our
county is the best county and the most
productive" His wheat was sown in May,
and the largest yield was sixteen bushels
per acre-smallest eleven. He was unable
to tell the reason for ibis poor success. He
deprecated sending abroad any but the
most accurate statements about the coun-
try, and alluded to the extra-abominable
repOrts-fat lies, which induced many to
emigrate, who afterwards felt themselves de-
ceived and disappointed. He concluded by
saying that he thought the yield of wheat
would fall little short of twenty-three
bushels per acre-which would be a great
per centage over any other State in the
Union.
MIR. Nutting, of Rice county, thought
that county had not made an average of
twenty-three bushels although I" it was
the best county in the State" Some had
raised forty bushels per acre--but the aver
age would not be over twenty--and thought
this would not be the average OF the State
twenty bushels as an average for whole
State, was an enormous yield. The aver
age throughout the Union was but thirteen
bushels, and last year it was less than
ten bushels. He would not set the average
too high.
MIR. Wilson, of Ramsey county, lived be-
tween st. Paul and st. Anthony; on a
sandy soil sowed Rio Grande and Black
Sea wheat, Il per acre--the Rio Grande
yielded twenty-five bushels per acre ; the
Black Sea would have yielded about the
same, if it had been properly threshed. His
neighbors got more wheat to the acre than
he had, and he did not think much credulity
was required to believe that twenty-five
bushels to the acre was the average Of the
whole State. He advocated early sowing
and planting.
Mr.. Stewart, of Waseca county, could
not state that large crops of wheat had
been produced in his county this year. He
spoke of the absolute necessity of ploughing
deep in order to ensure a good crop-he
would plougl deep enough to stir up the
subsoi. He thought the average yield
from twenty to twenty-five bushels on
Canada Club. He thought we could
produce more wheat to the acre than Illinois
or Iowa.
MIR. Nutting, of Rice county, thought
one bushel sown to the acre was better than
two. AS an evidence of the enduring
qualities of the soil, be stated that Mr.. Alex.
Farribault had raised thirty-fve bushels
per acre of wheat, on a field that had been
cultivated for seventeen successive years.
Mr.. Wells, of Fillmore county, did not
believe twenty-three bushels to the acre
was too high. A good deal of wheat in
this State is sown on the sod, and it would
be unfair to make an average of that in
connection with that sown on ploughed
land. He thought the average of the State
would be twenty-five bushels per acre.
Mr.. Shriner said the average in Scott
county was twenty-five bushels spring
wheat would overrun that.
Mr.. Brooks, of Winona county, had sowed
kind of wheat called Mammoth" on
black alluvial soil, and had got sixty
bushels per acre-weighing sixty.eight
pounds per bushel. 1t was a bearded
wheat, and made fine flour.
Mr.. Rogers, of Mower county, stated the
average to be twenty.three bushels per acre.
One gentleman had raised thirty-fve bushels
per acre, on eighteen acres.
MIR. Butler, of Fillmore county, said the
crop would not. fall short of twenty-five
bushels per acre-knew of no one who had
raised less than twenty bushels per acre
some had raised forty bushels per acre
his own farm had averaged about twenty.
five.
Mr.. T. NJ. Newson made few humorous
remarks, and called on Mr.. j. II. Baker, of
Blue Earth, to speak of that county. Mr.
Baker stated that the average on the Wa
tonwan river would be about twenty-five