, 1861-05-09
Aghcqltuts.
The Wheat Crop, Cost, 90.


Whils bread is yet ssit ever has been,
The stAff Of liz, Il Is pretty certain that
wheat is not holding its place as the staff Of
farming. There are many reasons for this.
Wheat Is always IS expensive crop. 1t
means hard work, q good deal of it that
must COIue either out Of ones own muscles,
OF out Of Sis pocket II has been calculated
that h We include the interest on land worth
80 dollars an acre, the wheat crop cannot
be put on and realized at less than $ll per
acre. Perhaps, through accidental losses, Of
various kinds, il 10 usually more and il the
land have higher cash value, the cost Of
the crop rises in proportion. OF course it
is not profitable 10 raise wheat, unless the
average Of the crops run clearly above this
cost o. =. 1890 ..rg..
Ills certain that large tracts Of country
have been continuously and injudiciously
cropped Niih lWheat untn the soil L. ex-
hAnsled. As Q sample, in IT'S good land in
Albany, N. z, gave 90 to 20 bushels Of
Whpalper ecre;, In l795, only l6 70 30
bushels per acre; in 1915, l2 to l6 bushels;
and In 1645, The average yield Of wheat
Odds of The county was but l.2 bushels
But again, the price Of labor has advanced !;
AAN-A-I
make thecrop doubtful one; the newspaper
interest Il Is alleged, especially the daily
press Of the large cities, over,estImates the
breadthof wheatevery yearputin theground,
and 90 discourages many from undertaking
the crop; and @cOrh exchanges" screw down
the price 70 the lowest practicable figure,
almost forbidding the husbandInan to realize
. fir rotuFn for his toll rs- ? ~ r-r - =.
This e . formidable list Of discourage.
mants, real and fictitious, general and par.
ticllar. And yet lt Is profitable in many
and large sections Of the country still 10
raise wheat In some parts, tho soil has had
rest and chnnod for ros0scitalion, while the
pests have had corresponding time to starxe
out Qr at laA 70 have their forces consld,
erably weakened. Into such sections the
wheatcrop = properly returning. Alto
golhoH there are many farmers who will,
with good grounds for the attempt or at
lest With 1lr hopes Of success, be putting
IN within few weeks the seed for next sum.
mars Whoatlelds; and for their benefit we
hopa uo have been Of pains 70 gather and
rco0rd few Acts. ''s''
Pracsid,I farmers already know well the
dllerlnoel roquirodin the times and mode
q Preparing light and heavy soils for
uhesl Iheheayy clay soil givesthe largest
and bc1t cron II g can be put In when, in
tho t1el gl conditions; otherwise u offers
~ most chauoes Of ALLURE n not under
drained and with itsnl ral tenacity quite
uncofIorl1l, tho land mS Il Be both broken
up and seeded and narrowed when neither
zoo va nor TO- dry. Lighter coils require
lc1 labor md, being mole warm, they for.
ward lhe crop, and more surely put II beyond
iho rrlcl u ln1ocla -.il4e,
11o Cbaai,y GsHilsMas very properly
ca''s n'lp1I'Qn b ~ fhet that Tor light soils,
au1ner1 lowing L usually necessary; ex-
o1rI u1111 lhoI1nd is Wccdy, and The sort
ol weeds those that propagate By seeds, and
so11 - lIlI11 out By ih5 second blowing;
uI'|1. n IacI. Hhoro il soma danger of max.
.ng ~ ioP Of such . sol too light and pow
o1IT Cor .ho proper roofing of Tie wheat
pIlnIl. II Iho weeds IN q soil are those
prollgaI'ng By The roots, turning them under
oaol deeply and thoroughly Is best They
are Tier le1 70 decay, unless they arc of
un-I||11'o aorla. na tie Canada thistle.
Green ALLOWING 3 an excellent plan, &C
the cI1l can b al he right time removed
aTtuT1od under Such e the case with clio.
VuI, reI.. ID. while corn and heavy grasses
nlr ~ I|bu srbI>S>e I'D put OF he wheat
11I|0| I0inri0uslY. But unless some green
u1I e turned udder, the light soil viii de-
ua.I U.n0F1 tnd lho more substantial
l11 k|1I u manure lhe better. Theionfnal
nIl1II 1nole1 recommends, for covering
ull1Io| .nd Ior he wheat itself light q
gang1 1|or. T'ih1rt 1ptlequonI ,uss of' the
h1rIoF. % a. 10 leave The surIacs rigid, for
c.Il.|1l Ihe rnnul IN winter, and for mulch
inr ~ roots q tho plants, which viii grow
manly n ~ flroW. By gradually ctdlnb-
Ing down.
Nl.|.ses lhs Lind, Or sho time q put,
tnT l 4 1o1 not |op wet, n good heart
end 1.Il'n||y 0a|dgal6d IN accordance with
o. F..I|'.I character, l. indispensable 70 .
god ||.IItIop' Soil t0o wet or contain.
In1 |1I md muck 70 Be- corrected eoonofn.
Ir'||I = 1Id|l1 linn ralt gravel Or md,
lI|' 1'i.I E|oH deeply. Il re sdb-
..'''4'| t11l rpon hring frsIhly TUNED up;
r 20. + .|11|d b deeply stirred and pre-
rl|.I l4ons previous years Of summer
Uopr|1g' With vet or compact ground, IN
11I |1 IllI Of almost any sort, nhderdrain
InE yin prove great aid toward paying
Lr.-1D Mz1 roa czLvns-Tbe Irisk
F,n.l. Gai.is gives The following direo.
dom - l.,I'1n o|I. "a 4, calraa.