Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-16
FARmERs' COLUMN.


@AeAe Cmlfures
Mr.. Ed REYNOLDS, in communication to n.
Alnericdn Farmer, says
If we managed right we ought not 10 have lats
scton wheat or late planted corn If the experience n
the writer has taught him ANYTHING It isl that ain
early in the ground gets so well rooted that 4 IS sol
dom lonter k1led, and then puts out early in the
spring and early Dl0,aed corn generally takes the
start and holds on 10 IL throughout though il NAV
sometimes happen that the late planted produces
most But watch our good farmers-those who
stand high as such, and who are seldom behind
~ All all their operations the farmaLd see if the
rue cause OF their success does not arise from the
Iaet OF their having every thing done proper time
Tour correspondent, in fact, cannot use language
TOO strong when he again urges his fellow farmers
70 commence all sorts Of farm work rather too early
IMAM not to be in time; begin late and you are late
an through the year. and will end late, which will
e@uNe iate beginning the following year-and so it
goes with some all their lives.
Mr.. REYNOLDS saws 1--WE should not have apy late
sewn wheat" We add, says the american Farmer,
nor any badly cultivated wheat land, l. e. imperfect
y Grained or plOughed, or insuficiently MANFRED.
"hiie wheat IS the "sta of life" to man, no plant
10 80 dependent as it upon mans care. A vigorous
ana productive grower, when its wants are proper
ysuppied, 1t Is poor weak helpless thing, preyed
on oy al sorts Of enemies when not well cared for
ms remark has been well illustrated this season.
we nave seen on the same farm and under the same
circumstances, except of culture, field of well
prepared clover fallow early sown making full
crop ana held Of corn land wheat quite capable,
unuer favorable circumstances of producing half as
nuen' yielding absolutely nothing-not fit to put the
seylhe INTO The strong growth the former resisted
ana dened It's enemies, while the sicky condition of
the other invited the attack which it had not the
vital energy to repel. We wish to call attention To
this remark, and we hazard the opinion that taking
two fields, one of which is capable, under favorable
circumstances, of bringing 80 bushels Der acre and
the other 10, the 30 field will, in course Of
SIX or eight years yield twice as much but four
times as much as the other In the animal economy
we see constantly that weakness and disease invite
lhe alack OF parasites 1t is not the healthy well
leu animal mat lice swarm upon, but the ilcondi.
toned poor beast that from want of proper food or
from exposure Is deficient in vital force We NAV
rely upon It, there is an analogy between the animal
and the plant. The enemy is attracted by the con
dition which offers the least resistance to his one
fatlons Of one thing let be certain as the ills
that flesh is heir to will follow man to the end Of
time, so fly and nudge and chineh bug and army
worm, and rust and smut will not cease from the
earth any sooner Protection both to man and plan;
is best found in healthy wellfed vigorous cousti
tuition
Now the question arises how is this best secured
Tor the wheat plant? Any intelligent practical man
can give the answer, viz by right condition and
preparation of the soil by abundant available nu-
trment, and by allowing proper time for growth
The first we have dwelt on repeatedly. A good
dry loan from which the first crop of clover has
been cut, ard the second fed or ploughed under as
early as it may well be DONE then well compacted
by rolling or narrowing, and the grain put in by q
very shallow moving o. the surface. This makes
the best condition of soil, and the nearer we can
approach it the better. The common corn land
sowing is thing not fit to be done The question
of nutriment every one may determine for himself
among the the numerous fertilizers If not already
rich the ground must be made So The plant must
have ample food at hand. Ii must not have to work
for living.
But the point we wish especially TO insist on with
Mr.. REYNOLDS is time; We should not have any
late sown wheat y we believe there is not ore
wheat grower in twenty who realizes the paramount
Importance of " time for perfecting the growth of
his crop. Whea: is not annual plant True it
may be sown in the Spring and mature seed, but
! Spring wheat is an abortion. The plant requires
two seasons to perfectit and for full crop of grain
it is essential that it have ample time in the Fall to
send its roots wide and deep. If fly attack it. for
being early sOwn. let it be fed OF close into the
very ground, if need be, till LIST of April The blade
now is of little consequence but ample roots must
| be made in the Fall, if would have full crop
of grain. We say this without reference to the
casahtes of nudge and rust These make itIof
| course dOubly important. We urge then on every
account and whether early late varieties be sown
that you SOl0 early.