, 1861-08-02

tcIukn tAt 1uln018 E8rmtt, July.1
Cnstcm,, fer lorg series of year,, has set
liEd the time Of soWlug winter wheat and ryc.
The last half Of August has been considered
the best by these advocating early SOW ing, but
tEtte have too often found that they are lust
in time tor the miller Of rhe Hsssiau aY to
lsy their tgge in the young plant. The lsst
attempt that we made Of early sowing Eas a
this insect with an early lodgment for its Dc,
stluctlre brood. This effvrt alone has Induced
rs to advise 3armers to epE latc IN Sspielnber,
to avoid the fly, but in rhls We often meet an
Gfher drawback. Should il prove dry at thai
season, as is often the case, the seed does not
ccne up N time to BECOME sufficiently estab-
littGd to sta.d the severe cha1gsa OF winter,
and betEeln tAsse two dilemmaa the culture
ct winter What has to = great eXteut beeu
abandoned. Now, it is evident that some new
process, or some Other time must be selected
70 .make the culture CT winter wheat good,
ifof Fsyirg crep.
+'Hn The culture Of spring wheat for long
the the practice common ut the East was
eecpted, but with very Indifferent success
but so coon as our farmers abandoned tha5
for fail ploW!rg aad early seeding from a
ptesa1ious and comparatively insignificant
crop. it has assumed prominent position,
ard become the ses6ing E:sple Of the COM
mercial metropolis Of the West It is not
therefore improbable that by q like change
winter What and rye might agaIa take rank
where It etocd before the Hessian fly and
The open country sunk them to the second
rank On the prairie gosd pasture IL al.
ways desidesatnm, aud many people are
so~irg rye for thia purpose and fad it =
profitable practice. Ne last year sowed
some ten or dozen acres In the early part of
August. As soon IS it came up the calves and
colts kept It fed close; as the season advanced,
and the fall rains increased its growth, the
horses and COWS gave it little chance to make
headwsy, and it Was not only eaten close, but
thoroughly trampled Inlo the earth, and when
winter set in no one would suppose that this
Held would ever return the seed Gown; but
20 eoon Is The spring rains came On it came
out with v1gorona~ growth and soon covered
the ground, and the result was the best
erop Of rye that We have seen. Some may
say that this is an ieolated case, and should
not be relied upon for general practice. In
anewer to this We have to aay thu. in the new
| State Of Oregon, which is aaid to be one Of
| the best for Wheat, the farmers now practice
| sowing in June, pasture the crop through the
summer and fall aud make ine crop Of
whea1. In Ofegen the winters are opsn, and
!! the wheat, unless fed do7n, would head out
| the Eane season and be lost. But by sowing
| two months In advance they have the benefit
of fine pasture and an increased Jie1d. The
old sunmer fsllow ts generally abandoned,
snd with the proposed ehAngo will soon b.
| Eame principle Of treating it as 3
| hiennial will be retained. In this case we
sow in the pasture field, and are not at the ex-
| pense Of Separate field. Should this prove
| correct in practice, wheat ana stock gro wing
| would soon become the leading feature Of
western farming, and tleir profits greatly en-
| HANGED.
The wheat growing zone is limited one,
| Ehfie The consumption OF flour is universal.
There is therefore little danger of an over
eupply Of this grain; while corn and the
grpsser staples, thst have wider range, are
often in excess, and their price subject to
great fluctuations.
We thiAk the experiment well worth try.
ing, and as 1t ie too late to commence with
June, We can do SO with July. The de-
struction OF our spEirg wheat will gi7e Il.
the opportunity Of teating It, and NC hare sent
South for seed Of the MsJ or Ala5am. wheat
which we ehall put in Is soon - It comes te
hand White winter rye can he had here II
abundance, and We khali repeat the e1psF!
meat with thia also We are eAtls6ed thsI
| early toFn rye makes one Of the cheapest O
1sil pastures, ard Is worth sowing for thil
purpose alone but 1t in addition 10 this vi
can get twenty-five or thirty bushels to ths
| acre, 1t eeftaiEiy IL sn otj-et~ Shonld Hinta'
WHEAT Coz q1saljy N we'll, the days Of spriae
"hest WNl &c huuRereG, and tho prairie. o
o'i1 S:%te Viii stand forth E:ih renewed value
R1oIs At NoRFo1R, vA-Th. Norfolk d..
BOOK reports the nightly occurrence of rlot
| there Hetween the eolaiers and tho citizens
! erd 'tat fhe fo2d:ers thve entered the house
Of esEztEs xxd cozEnttttG horribsa Eeprtd a