Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-09-14
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Wheat Culture.

Wheat Culture
Mr.. Reynolds. in his communication on an
otLer page, says, 1--WE should not have Inv la,e
sown wheat" We add, nor any badly cult
waited wheat land, l. e. imperfectly draineds Or
bowed, or insuffcienlly nlauured M.hLe
wheat is the "staff of lifc' to man, no plant is
so dependen1 as It upon uan's care, A vigor.
ous ani productive grower when ts wants are
P-"perly supplied, it is poor, weak; helbies.
thing. prryed eh by all sorts of enemies, when
not weli cared for. This remark has been well
! Illustrated this season. We have seen on The
same farm and under just the same circurnstaa
ces, except of culture, a field of well prepared
clover fallow carly sown, making full crop
and a field OF corn land wheat quite eapabie IN.
der favorable circumstances, of producing half
as much, yielding absolutely nothing--not ft
TO put the scytbc into Tic strong SroNpll II
the former resisted and dehcd its encrnis4,
While The s.ckly condition of the other invited
the al ack which it bad not vital energy TO re-
! pei We wish to call attention TO this re-
mark, and We hazard the opinion that, taking
two fields, one of which is fapsble, uhdet, Ia
vs'fahle circumstances, of bringing 80 bushels
per acre, aud the other fifteen, the 80 aess field
twice as much, Tut four tii,ics as much as the
other In the animal economy we see con-
stantly that weakness and disease invite thent
tack Of parasites 1t is not the healthy, we'll.
fed animal that lice swarm upon, but tue H.
coi'aiiionca. phor beast, that from w4at, ~
proper food Or from exposure .iss deficient IN
vital force We may rely upon it. that there
Is an analogy between the animal and the
plant. The encmy is attracted by the c5ndf
tion which offers the losIst resistance Co his op-
erations Of one thing let us be certain as
the Ills that flesh is heir to will follow man,to
the end Of time, so fly and midge and .chiEch
bug, and army worm, and rust and smut will
not cease ffcm the earth any sooner. Pfotec-
tion, both to man and plant. is best found iu a
healthy, well-fcd, vigorous constitution.
Now the question arises, how is this best Sc
cured for the wheat plant2 Any intelligent
practical man can give the answer, viz: by a
right condition and preparation Of the SOIL, by
abundant available nutriment, and by allowing
proper time for growth. F., -
The first We have dwelt on repeatedly. , A
good dry loan from which the FIRST crop Of
clover has been cut, and the secoud fed or
plowed under as early as it may well be done,
tAOli HCAi SOhiPdSieu ny EOlllLg OF narrowing,
and the grain put in by very shallow moving
of thessilrfaee. This makes the best condition
of soil and the nearer we can approach it the
better. Ihe common corn land sowing is a
thing not fit to be dohe. The question Of M.
trinent every one may determine for himself
among the numerouz fertilizers. Ifnot already
ricli the ground must be made so.-, The piaht
must haze ample food at hand. 1t must not
have 10 work for living.
But the point we wish especially to insist On
with Mr.. Reynolds is time eve should not
have any late sown wheat" We believe there
is not one wheat grower iitxefty who realizes
the paramount importance of time for per.
fecting the growth of his crop. Wheat is not
an annual plant. True it may be sowu in
spring ard mature seed, but spring wheat is On Z
abortion. The plant requires two scasons 10
perfect it. and for full crop of grain it Is cs-
sential that il have ample time in the fall to
send-its roots wide and deep. IfHy attack i.
for being early sown, let it be fed off close into
he very ground, if need be, till the 1st Of
April. The blade now is oflittle consequence,
but ample roots mast be made in the fall, five
would have a fpll-erop ef gr ain. We say this
without reference to the casualties Of midge
and rust. These make it of course doubly lin.
portant. We urge them on every account,
aud wi e her Early or late varieties be sown,
HAT you so,c eariy----4Ri. Farmer.