New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-08
STATE FAIR-FARMERs CLUB.
THIRD EVENING

sUBJEcrs Sheep coinued from last evening" The Culture
of Whest-I desirable for the farmers Of the State OF
New.YoTk to increase its cuture'
The meeting this evening at the opening was not az
full as last evening the reefs beiog very muddy and
dark but people continued drop in till all the seats
were over filed by several hundred very intelligent
farmers who took deep interest In the dlscussions
sypopsia of which give:
The Chairman, the Hon. T. G. PETERS called the
meeting TO order, and introduced LEwEs E. HEsToS
of Genesee County who said: My farm is on Limestone
coil. drill two bushels OF seed wheat per scre'
usually after peas and harvest % bushels an acre.
The straw feeo to sheep. hnk 1t desirable for the
farmers to increase the wheat culture as we can Craze
sheep on clover and feed them straw In Winter.
SOW one peck of timothy with the wheat, and six
quarts of cloverseed per acre, in the SPRING do not
cut clover for hay, bat pasture it and pow 10. The
soil is almost inexhauslble. once spread the earth
from the bottom of cellar. and the wheat grew 90
rau that it did not head we'll cultivate 100 acres,
aud 50 of it i'll wheat. is common practice to sow
clover and timothy upon ali wheat land.
Mr. Bowen, Orleans County-Some OF my neigh
bors raised IS bushelsp OF Mediterranean wheat
Some Of them SOW 10 acres 1t ls put in the last OF
August and at present 1t looks well.
Zen. HARaAH of Geneees County-We can take q
wheat crop every third year and improve our land II
we feed of the clover with sheep always SOW tim,
otby in the Foil and clover in the Spring upon all
wheat land and 80 ] do with all small grain. We turn
under the clover sod in June, with the Michigan plow,
and then work it with gang plow till hrst OF sep.
t.mber and then SOW Mediterranean s'ed oy orli
fy will eat it all up; rather, that was the case.
/ have not la ely ieen the Hessian ny. Tbs Cod
en- Drop and Dayton wheat are much sown IN my
district tried Spring wheat some years but II DOM
nav for growing. There is two weeks difference IN
" heat maturir from seed from the same district L
have sown forty sorts of wheat in year, from all
sections. The Virginia May wheat rPens earliest OF
any with me. All of the finest strawed wheat rlpens
earliest am not satisfied that seed from the South
will ripen any earlier than the same sort grown here
I do not think there is any other crop that
can be grown to 80 good advantage as wheat
Turn down clover for corn, first spreading manure
Then SOW oats or barley seeding again with clover
and timothy and that clover plow under after now
ing or pasturing it year. so tina. get wheat crop
every third year. do not plant all my wheat aud 10
corn as have about 30 acres in wheat ana III acres
in corn average 80 40 bushels Of wheat per acre.
90 not believe that there is gradual decrease in the
producveness of wheat land in this State though the
crop has decreased in consequence OF the m'ge' Ihe
use Of platter on whsak prevent us early nPsh
Of ashes per acre win insNsa Ne crop four bushels
per acre. Plaster sow1 hsSefnA will do more good
than il will put on the MIA
Mr.. WALwORTH OF 81. II senee County, tmnk
Spring wheat exhausts the sol less than Winter wheat
We used to Summer fallow for wheat, and our fields
became very foul With US stock farm IL more profit
able than wheat farm. We have now abandoned
Summer fallows. Oar principal grain crops now are
Indian corn. We alfo raise maoy roots, and prefer
carrots The best crops Of grass come alter Spring
wheat.
The CHAIRMAs stated that the best wheat lands are
up upon the Ontario Basin, aud with Gen. Houan the
soil will produce better clover than in NJ. Lawrence.
The average yield of wheat, Mr.. WALwoRTH salu'
did average over fifteen bushels per acre. ,o,,
GEO. MILLER of Csnsda--I have grown oVv push
els Of wheat year. but do not find 1t proNiao'e. l
grow about 20 of roots year, prlneiPaiy 20
baRas with an acre or two Of carrots anu OTe's ii
cattle which cultivate well, and pillow the ANA Us
soon rs the roots are off and again In the spring shu
sow TO Spring wheat or barley, and seed aud then
NOW two or three tuns acre, and heh pasture TWO
or three years and then plow again. eau get ten or
6ffsen busbels An acre more OF Spring tnan Niner
,rbest. 4 Got from bushels of seed, which L sowed
Of The rate of lees than bushel per acre, 393
bushels of grain put manure upon al green crops.
/ carry manure in Winter upon turnip land, and put
dat ia the turnip dIill in June lpreier to pow un
der wheat seed.
A. II. DICKESsOS--I deny that the wheat crop of
this county has fallen from 50 bushels per acre 70 II
bustela. don't believe the agreeable product has ever
been better than this year since 1916. The land of this
State is exhausted tor wheat. The census gives
ths most false state Of things in regard 10 the VIII
crop. The inquiry this year refers 10 wheat aud how
much grown last year. when there was a universal
blight. have known II bushels OF Winter wheat per
acre in this State-that cannot DO done with Spring
wheat The reaEOn we don't raise root as thes do In
CaIgdR il hsCaQfe lee corn, aud 81 rather