The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-09-19
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W hat Variety OF Wheat to sow.

This depends on the character and condi-
ton 81 the soil. Shorthorn cattle, that have
been bred for the purpose of taking on flesh
randy, require rich food and plenty OF 1t,
and no sensible farmer thinks of keeping
them on poor, scant pasture. lie selects
q breed adapted to his land. 1t is SO with
varieties of wheat. Some require more and
richer food than others. Take variety
that, with o sufficient quantity of appropriate
food, will produce forty bushels of choice
wheat per acre, and SOW it on poor land,
where it cannot get food enough to form
twenty bushels, and what will be the result
Let the shrunken grain of the past harvest
answer.
We know two farmers in one of the best
wheat growing counties of Western New
York, who have just harvested and sold
their wheat. One had thirteen bushels OF
wheat per acre, that weighed "a lbs. per
bushel; the other had 81 bushels, that
weighed 624 TBS. per bushel. The former
was glad to get $3.50 per bushel for his
crop, and the other sold his at the same time
for $3.50 per bushel. One crop brought
S21. 1t per acre, the other brought $1oO.5O
per acre. In the same neighborhood there
are two farmers that last fall had two filters
of pigs from good common sows, crossed
with thoroug hbred Essex boar. The one
farmer fed the SOW literally, and the little
pigs had the run of a barn-yard during the
winter, where cattle were fed on grain and
clever hay. The pigs soon learned to eat
the heads of clover, and on this and the
grain they picked up, throve astonlshmgly.
During the summer they had the run OF a
good clover lot, with the waste of the house
and sour milk, and to-day would sell to the
butcher for $50 head. The other litter
al, hot q cnyp
to breed well must be kept thin," and who
winters his cattle on straw, and lets his pigs
have the run of the barn-yard in winter, and
of the roadside in summer. This litter OF
pigs to-day, though the same age and of the
same breed as the others, would be dear at
Sc head. Naturally enough, he says that
. Essex hogs are humbug." And he is
right for his style Of feeding common hogs
would be better. They will not grow as fast
on rich food, nor suffer as much from
scanty supply. 1t is just so with varieties or
breeds of wheat. We must select those
adapted to the condition in which they are
to be grown. If you have a very choice
piece Of land, capable of producing IS bush
els of white wheat per acre, it would be I'M
wise to SOW it with Mediterranean wheat
On the other hand, if you have poor run
down, neglected, half-tilled weedy piece,
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than Is bushels of Mediterranean, it would
be unwise to SOW it with Diehl or Soules.-
1t would be like turning flock of Cotswold
sheep into billy pasture, where Merlnos
could hardly get scanty subsistence.
The farmer who got one hundred dollars
an acre for his wheat has no better land ma
turally than the one who got less than twenty
two dollars an acre. The climate is the
same, and there is no other difference except
in the management. One cultivates thor
oughly and manures highly. He employs
good deal of hired labor. Does not work
much himself, but sees that those he hires
earn their money. He has taken the prize
for the best farm in the State, and is one OF
the most thorough, energetic and prosper
Gus farmers in the country. His land is
clean and rich, and NO matter what the sea
son is, he has almost invariably excellent
ieved he could make good crop of corn
if not drog of rain fell from the time it
was planted till it was harvested. He would
depend on frequent cultivation, keeping the
ground mellow and not suffering weed to
grow. His land is as rich as it was when
first cleared, and he can raise just as good
wheat 1t is not owing to the variety, for
the kind he raises is the good, old-fashioned
Soules, that SO often tails OF late with ordi-
nary treatment.
In view of the state of our finances, the
general stagnation of trade, manufactures
and commerce, combined with high prices
for nearly all the necessaries of life, we
could almost wish that we had, for year or
two, a choice variety Of wheat that would
give large returns for poor treatment. But
there is no such variety, and it is vain to
search for it. The only way to raise good
wheat is by good culture. Make the land
right and then get the best variety to be
found. If the land is poor and you have
not time to enrich it, be content with sowing
an inferior variety. 1t will do better than
the choicer kinds, which need richer food
and better treatment. And in the mean
time, make calculations for the harvest of
1870. Select a small piece Of the best land
you have, and if it is not clean break it up
this fall and pillow it again next spring and
again after the corn is planted; cultivate,
harrow and roll till every weed is destroyed.
Then pillow again in July and again just be-
fore sowing. Drill in two bushels of the
choicest variety of white wheat you can find,
and you may reasonably expect good crop,
and the land will not forget such treatment
for years. If seeded with clover, it will
give grand crop of hay, and if this is cut
early crop Of clover seed may be expected
that will alone pay for all the labor of the
Summer fallow. Will some of our readers
figure up the difference in the profits of q
crop of wheat that brings 500 per acre and
one that only brings S2l per acre?
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