Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-22
From the Mobile Daily Advertiser

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DIR. Editor I'm article few days since, I IN
derteok to prove that it was profitable to the planters
of your State to raise more wheat think have shown
that even with the poor OF preparing the land
the wheat crop is profitable than any other crop
and SET out now to give my notion how land should
be prepared If the land designed for wheat is in stub
BILE or has been laying out it should be plowed Deep
then let it lie until seeding time when it should be we'll
plowed again, and well narrowed both ways with
heavy harrow. to break up all clods, and kill out all
grass and weeds 1t sowo broad cast, from one and
quarter to ard onehalf bushels should be son
to- the acre, and narrowed in and the ground well brush
ed so as to leave it smooth. which will be found
to be very great advantage III cutting. After
the sewing, narrowing aud brushing is over
then water furrow should be run ev.
| cry ten feet, in fat land with vohorse pillow, an
made deep to properly drain the land. 10 upland The
water furrows might be from sixteen to twenty feet
apart It will De found to be great advantage to
the wheat crop to keep the aud thoroughly dranei-
But, am fully convinced that the really proprr way
to wheat is in drills say from nine to twelve inch
es apart. Prepare the land just as you would for
broad cast sowing, and after getting it thoroughly pre-
pared open very light with small scooter the proper
distance and wheat will spread until all the space be
tween The rows will be filed up. a mschine might be
made for laying eff, say take small harrow frame,
and put in three teeth behind. Have the teeth abont
four in2kes broad, something like the teeth to cult
vator. They would Olen the ground sufficiently dep
to in and then it should be carefully and regularly
.owed. The saving would be in seed and the ncreas-
ed quantity produced. O0e half OF the seed would o2
saved and the quantity raised probably he double that
made from the broad cast sowing. The big wheat rails
ed by Col James Porter which yielded two bushels and
one quart from pint of seed drilled about egh
eei inches but that is wider than necessary twelve
inches is pIenty wide and will produce better. Nothing
has gone far to convince OF the wheat growing
qualities of your land, the node OF putting it in
1t is usually sowed on the ground and plowed 10
and the land left very rough, and still produces
we'll. How much more would be produced by properly
preparing the land the planters find cut by trying,
aad they will be thoroughly convinced by trial.
They will be we'll paid for all labor. Why SIR if
We were to put in wheat in The manner | see
N put in here, wa would not calculate on moe than
half crop, if thai. Another thing notice here, in cut
ting. The planters many of them to very
little how it is saved work with any kind of cradle,
sometimes with half the fogers out, and the conse-
lqueDence is that they leave about onefourih the
ground. We certainly have mechs hicai skill enough
among people, to make good cradl g, and man
with fifty acres ct grain will enough to pay for
set Of good cradles They say the hogs will get it, no
loss, &c. but it is easy to give it to the hogs il
other way besides the satisfaction to have your work
nicely DONE hope Alabama planters will feel the
urgent necessity for raising much wheat possible,
and will take pains to have it put in we'll I would
think nothing would make man feel prouder than to
have his table the best quality Of flour OF his own
raising, also, meat vegetables, &c, &c He can have
it as good as ever from the West North if he
will only make use of the means an All Wise Create,
has blessed him with The proper time to SOW is from
the 10Th to the 18th of October, and why think SO is
that it too lac for the fly which is great destroy
of the young plant, aod 1t is sufficiently late for To-
wheat to take coed root before the hard etz OF the
winter The crop wed at that time and we'll put in
will rarely fail to gaden the heart of the planter
A kENTUCKIAN.