The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-07
WHEAT FOR SEED.

IL has been fully established by the ex-
perience of several extensive cultivators of
wheat that Che best means Of preserving
the crop from rust and the ravages of the
nudge, are to procure hardy, early ripen-
ing varieties, and to SOW them as early
as possible, say in the last week in Au-
gust or the first week of September. In
mentioning these dates, we do not mean
to say that the farmer should not be guild
cd by the state of the soil and the wealth
or, at the time of sowing. We do not
approve of sowing in soil that is too
dry TO cause vegetation, but we would
certainly sow at the time mentioned, If
the ground was fit to receive tho seed.
BY sowing early kinds, early in the fall,
we will have the crop ripe ten or twelve
days sooner than by the ordinary way OF
managing, and by those means it is very
probable that both the rust and the fly
will be avoided. Mediterranean wheat
has withstood the fly for the last two
years, better than any other kind, merely
because it ripens earlier, aud has Too far
advanced when the insect commences TO
deposit its eggs. Every variety of crop
is greatly benefited by a change of seed,
and We could not give better advice than
to tell farmers to procure good SEED Of
early varieties, from warm, early ripening
districts. OF course the seed should be
thoroughly cleaned. He is not worthy
the name of farmer, who sows chess o.
any other weeds, among his wheat. There
are some persons in Ohio and New York,
who have procured from The Southern
States variety called "Early May
Wheat" 1t is said to ripen early, and
10 produce WELL 1t would be well TO try
some of il in Michigan.
All seed wheat should be picked in
strong brine of sale and water, before it
is sown, and then dried by being mixed
with lime, Smut, uredo .tetida, is COM
posed of an immense number of minute
spores. 1t is calculated that single
grain of smut contains four million spores,
and that it is by means of these the dis
ease is propagated, as they are absorbed
by the roots of wheat, and carried up
ward by the sap. By the aid of the mi
croscope, the progress of these spores may
be traced throughout the stem to the
head. they adhere to the grains of the
wheat by an oily substance which pick
ling or stepping in salt and water dis
solves and washes away.
In selecting seed, which is entirely free
from smut should always be preferred;
but picking should be resorted to in ev-
cry case. 1t is not advisable to make
the surface of the field to fine and
smooth, at the time of sowing, as wheat
succeeds. best in soil comparatively rough.
The inequalities on the surface retain
snow, and protect the plants from frost,
and from the hard winds of spring
Narrowing and rolling in spring will level
the soil, break all Jumps, and provide
nourishment for the roots of the young
plants, and an even surface for the reap
er. detroit Tribune.
ADVICE TO FARMERs.-At recent
term of the Cfcuit Court, Chautauque
county, New York, at which number of
young men were convicted of crime and
sentenced to the Western House Of Ref
uge, at Rochester, or 10 the State Prison
ut Auburn, the Hon. r. p. Marvin gave
tho spectators the following excellent adj
vice, which cannot be too often repeated
or too earnestly put in practice, Said his
Honor:
'tBefore sentencing these boys, I have
q few words TO say to the mon of Chau
taque county, the agriculturists in partic-
ular, some of whom are here to-day, look
ing on al the saddest scene it has been
my lot to see in this country; so many
boys, farmers sons, too, all Of them, to
be sent TO the penitentiary for stealing
and burglary.
Farmers of Chautauque county, when
Your boys get large enough 10 work, find
work for them at home. On no account
let them go into the village to work; nor
let them go to teaming. care not if
they can get $50 q month; il will be a
dead loss. They will just as surely fol-
low the example Of these boys now before
you, as they leave the sacred and restrain
ing influences Of home. GiUe them olen-
W Of good books and papers, make home
pleasant, and keep them there until they
are Of age and have The visdom to resist
the temptation Of high aOages on a road
or IN a taUern bit obtained ot the err
pense Of good character"
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To PREpARE ToMAToEs.-Cut ripe TO-
natoes in halt, lay them in dishes, with
the skin downwards, in the sun, until
about half dried. Sprinkle a thin layer
OF sugar IN a, jar, then put in layer of
tomatoes. CRATE a little nutmeg over them,
then another layer of sugar, until the jar
is iuil then I'LL up with strong vinegar,
and keep in cool, dry place. :
hUokLEBERnIss Fs-F. Palmer a Co., of
Pittsburgh, N. Y, bought and sold in a i;t,la
more than week, over four hundred hn.haI ~