Ellsworth American., 1867-04-26
Wheat Raising Sc.

Wheat Raising St..
We were sitting III our OH &c quietly. or
a much so as is possible. one day last week
when a farmer of Ellsworth. (doa't forget
the town walked in and commenced chat
ting on raising wheat. IL: gave us his ex-
perience in raising wheat. and also in US
ing it in his family. IN three years. he said
he hal not purchased bbl. Of -four. and
he has plenty Of the best of tlour all the
time for hi. family, Last year h sowed
three acres to wheat, gathered ninety four
bushels. This was a great yield. aid the
wheat ''comes in handy" when flour is
from SIS to s29 per b5l. II: also uses
wheat as substitute for coffee, and the
family like it much. We had strong in
clination TO turn farmer, eat coarse and
pure bread, and 50 cure dyspepsia and the
blues. Fer fear that our faith in the sweet
ness and healthfulness of homc-mad. and
home raised bread might be a little faint.
the Capt. Black sent us five bushels OF
nice whca. and we forthwith sent it to the
mill with the following result Dbl Hour
2-3ds do of shorts aud bushel OF canal =
or I'd. quality of flour. We are living high
OIL the latter, thinking every meal of the
donor. his successful farming operations.
and his generosity.
We give place to the following which we
take from the Maine Farmer, which we
think is from Capt. Blacks pen:-
WHEAT G ROWING.
MEssRS. EDITORS I'm the number of
the Farmer. for March l4th. appears a
communication. headed shall we raise
Wheat?' answer yes, by all meaus. pro-
vided we have suitable soil. properly pre-
pared for good wheat crop; otherwise. it
is useless to SOW wheat. have for a num-
number of Years raised wheat. and have
found it IA remunerating crop. In the first
place. You want good seed, and have il
roperly prepared before sowing. You
want a deep. light. sandy or gravelly loan.
that can be pulverized and made as fine as
flour, if possible. prefer ground that was
hoed the previous season-either potato or
corn ground. l have always prepared my
seed some three or four days previous to
the time for sowing. | wash my wheat in
a strong pickle, made of salt and soft water.
then put in my wheat and stir it up. when
all dirt and small seed such as pink, and &c.
will rise to the surface: then take tin
skinner and skim it all off. so that there
will be no other seed than wheat. not even
oats then let it stand in the pickle until
consider my land prepared for the seed.
l then drain of the pickle and mix lime or
plaster with the wheat. This tends to sep
aratc the kernels SO that it can be sown
1.1. b,=t
then SOW from one and three-quaters to
two and one half bushels to the acre-meas-
urcd dry. Judge OF the quantity of seed
bv the condition of my land. After INV
wheat is up, say one and one-half to two
inches high, SOW one and one-half to two
casks of plaster to the acre. which hastens
the growth and strengthens the straw. so
that you may have no fear of its falling.
which has been great trouble with many
fields of grain when the soil was in good Or
der. Last season | sowed three acres to
wheat. and harvested ninety-forr bushels
of nice. plump wheat; and | think if had
not been prevented from cutting it whom it
ought to have been cut. by a heavy rain
storm that lasted three or four days. and
caused it to shell out very much in harvest
ing. | should have had plump one hum
dred bushels. IL makes nice bread, better
than any flour sold i'll our market. l will
assure you il has been rather more comfort
able and much pleasanter for me the last
winter to- 90 to my granery and measure
up five bushels Of wheat. from which get
Il barrel of fine fiour. two bushels of shorts.
and about a bushel of second quality of
-four than it would have been TO have gone
to my pocket book and paid ont eighteen
or twenty dollars for Il ba rrei OF flour. ev-
Ell il | could have always found 1T there.
when the good woman would call for q new
barrel.
l consider wheat and barley the most
profitable grain for me to raise. Barley
can be sowed after your hurry for putting
in other crops is over with, and pretty sure
prospect of a good crop.
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