The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-03-14
WHEAT CULTURE.

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1 A correspondent Of the American Farmer
seems 10 entertain some doubts about people
making fort, bushels Of wheat per acre. Sc
are sorry that his banter to give any man
| FIVE dollits 10 tell him how 10 do it, did not
Come under our eve sooner, or we should
have stood chance to pocket his money.
Our friend, w. II. Robertson, of winns-
baro', :. c., made upon two acres oil land,
which had been worn out years ago, ninety
six bushels, and upon one acre, tilty-six
bushels good wheat. weighing sixty pounds
to the bushel. He did il 10y deep ploughng
and subsoling, with the addition ot two
hundred and fifty pounds per acre Of Peru
Wan gnano, and thirty five bushels per acre
Of green cottnn seed, sowing one and half
bushels Of Gale wheat to the acre, pIoughlng
Iin, narrowing and rolling afterwards.
The Rev. ]. p. Boyce, his competitor Tor
The premium, made forty three bushels per
acre.
We ask the editor Of the American Far.
mer il that looks like going down hill
We clip the above from the Farmer and
Planter, published at Columbia, S. e., and
rejoice to learn that it has awakened so
much interest in agricultural improvement
a. TO be able TO report the name aud prncess
of the wheat.grower who has raised fifty six
bushels Of wheat on an acre-nnt Of fresh
| land, but land that chad been worn out long
ago" The art Of growing large crops OF
wheat is less considered than the merits Of
the subject demand. Too little pains are
taken 10 cultivate the ground deeply and
perfectly before sowing seed and there is
equal neglect to open suitable water burrows
to carry of all surface water in the winter.
when young wheat is so liable to be lifted
out Of the soil by ice and DESTROYED. We
have often noticed this defect in wheat cul-
ture, and it explains satisfactorily to our
mind the cause of SO great loss in the Chero-
kee region OF this State and in Tennessee,
from recent winter killing. Surface dram
age being defective, water remains too long
on the ground and in the surface soil, where
il freezes and throws up anchor ice, which
breaks of the main roots of many, il not all.
Of the tender wheat plants thus situated,
and they perish in The first hot sun.
A writer in the Maury County (renn.)
Herald, after expressing the opnion that the
wheat crop Of that state Is Every seriously
damaged" by the recent cold weather, thus
accounts for the general misfortune
" How was the last wheat crop, and for that
matter, all previous wheat crops since the
settlement q Ihc country. put 10; On mnst
farms, corn stalks were Gu, down, the ground
plpughed about three inches deep, the wheat
suwn by hand broadcast, bush dragged
over il, and the work was done. In other
instances cotton stalks we're beat doan, the
land ploughed, aud the harrow substitcd for
the brush. A very few farmers put their
whea, upon gras. land. ploughed up, harrow
ell aud rolled; wheat thus put in would
almost invariably stand The winter, and pro.
luce an abundant harvest. ). far, however,
this has been remarkably wet winter, yet
the cpld has continued longer and with
fewer intermissions Oi moderate weather
than for many years; this being 50, il is
possible that even wheat put in as the last
mentioned, has been 10 outlci for the water
absorbed 10 the ground drains being wholly
unknown in this country. With crops pat ~
in either Of the other WAYS, there Is posi-.
bility Of wheat living through such weather.
but unly an infnitesimai probability.
No one can deny that We have assigned
the true cause for the lass under cansIdera.
zion. Some may differ from US as TO the
plan of prevention in future, for il is useless
To- talk about present remedies. We say that
WHEAT can be grown in this country nf = bet /
ter quality aud with equal certainty. n the
travel north with grain Of any description
gives il heavier coat of enamel, thicker i
shuek, and tougher skin, IL nrlrr that The
germ NAV be protected from the cnld. This,
&c course, gives 10 northern tloar or meal +
mUre bran in proportion. ln suppnrt OF he
second, We have the longer time Tor the crnp
To get rooted before the Eost sets 10. our
fails being generally mild and open; We have
the milder winter and the longer rpening
season. Why, then, have We Jailed We
answer simply from the want Of proper man.
agemeni.
In the first place, all of the land in Maufy
county resembles too much sponge ~ ils
capacity TO hold water. Every acre almost
in the county needs draining.
Secondly, there is no system Of rotation
which brings IN lallow or grass lands. Ex
perence hss proved chat science teaches.
that wheat follows clover better than any
crop. The farmer who intends TO raise
wheat, therefore. should have his farm so
arrsnged a. to break up a clover field every
fall.
In the third place, the ground should be
broken up deep aud completely pulterized I;
the seed should be sown either by drill or
machine; never BY hand. A harrow should
follow the wheat, and be followed BY roller.
oae crop so put in will produce more wheat
to the acre than two put in as is the custom
with the most " our farmers, while CORES.