Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-09-25
Wheat and It's Culture.
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Bread Is usually the product wheat,
the most valuable grnin given to man
by a ounteous Providence, though ID
can also be made from other grains.
Wheat, known in botanic nomens'ia
ture as hdicum cWque, has boon' SO
long enjoyed IS mankind that It's j.
Gin is entirely unknown, though It
is maintained that the original plant,
now so unlike its offspring rs no, to
be recognized with certainty, fsom
which atl the other varieties have
sprung, is now found growing Wild
in Sicily and tho south Of Italy, from
whence il has been distributed all
over the world. 1t is certain that
during the existence of tho Rolaan
Empire, Sue country thereabauts
furnished The Romans most OF tleir
subsistence, and was aenominate6 by
them the granary OF the world. This
grain is certainly II native OF the tSsm-
perato zone, and is there PRODUCED in
its greatest perfection, protusion and
variety, both wiutcr4nd spring " heats
now bciug produced BY the husband.
man OF these the former is much
the best
The favoritc latitude in tho United
States tor the production OF the best
qualities winter wheat, would sedm
TO range from and about Richmond,
in Virginia, through all the States
west OF this point the winter wheat
of Southern Illinois being umongi The
very host though of course SO useful
and necessary . plant has n wide
range OF territory, and can be grown
from the Gulf of Mexico 10 the He'd
sons Bay Company's territory in
British America In fact, the fur h.
or North, The better is sGid to be the
spring wheat, and the greater the
yield. IN Alabama, whore excellent
winter wheat is grown, the ave.age
yield, per acre, is scarcely it SO much
Is five bushels. In the moro fertile
end tceming far North, whore nature
is moro lavish of her productions as II
greater necessity exists for them,
about the region OF Penn bina, or Lord
Selllirk's settlement, on or near the
line between British America and
the United States, several hundred
miles notth of st. Paul, Minnesota,
Il yield of sixty bushels per acre of
spring wheat is declared to be com-
mon, marvellous and incredible Is it
may seem to the Northwestern far
mer, who is content with q bare, dv-
erage of fifteen bushels.
1t is certain that the flour n4a,4c
from Southern, grown winter wheat
is much better than any other tor
Southern, and probably Northern
use. 1t certainly goes further, keeps
better in the warm ATTITUDES, and is
not so liable to destruction from wee
vii This is said to be because ii
abounds moro gluten aud less in
tarina, than the grain grown I'M the
Northern States proper. 1t is uhdGn-
liable that in the South, aboundingin
insects and vermin, it is exceedingly
difficult to keep any kind Of gr4in
from being destroyed by insects, 'as
il was in Egypt il olden times, whore
this was their greatest trouble, To
guard against taminos, which were
almost inseparablc from so dense a
population drawing its supplies from
such a small territory, they We're III
the habit Of scaling up in amphora,
or huge air tight vessels, in shape
resembling a bottle, several years
supply ahead in years of plenty
This terrific scourge OF ancient times
! is. thanks be to Providence, unknQ% r
/ to us of later days, where large OK
tent of country and facility of com
munication and transportation rem
dcrs famine almost impossible. IL
ease of scarcity in one section, there
is nearly always plenty in someothel
not too far off to contribute out 81
its abundance, and thus the equ,li
brium is kept up and we are spapcC
the sad sight Of ourTittlc ones gonz
about crying for bread, with none,tC
give them though the dreadful ro>
collections Of the terrible Irish fam
inc, not longer ago than 1877, ar,
vet familiar to all, when thousands
Of human beings persisted for want o
food.
e8 Governor Fairchild, Of WiscGn
sin. was one of the bravcst heroes o
the war against the rebellion. !
gentleman who was introduced K
him the other day, observed, is h,
took his hand. that be had lost hi,
left arm. Yes, said the Governor
IN reply, Il attended convention
1t Gettysburg in 1862. and met ;
Southern delegate Who was very anX
ions to walk arm-in arm with me