The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-11-06
Experiments IA Wheat Cuiuro.- -pnl
ing. and Hose Il leing.

The Secretary ct The Gnoihue ras
ner's Clnh OF Minnesota. commnni
Gates 10 the American Aericullur ST
the following interesting statement in
regard to some eXl erinen's in wheat
culture male by one OF The members
Of the Club.
Field No. 1.-Two bushels 10 the
acre was sewn with the broadcast SOW
or and cnliiva'or combined. ana the
seed was painted at all depths from
the surface. to 3 or iour inch > deep.
Field No. : --Was sown with a.
common wheat dril. east and west.
one an quarter bush els hrinc used
70 tho acre, planted ahout % inches
deep.
Field No. 5 -Threc pec,,s Of seed
were drilled in. east and west. 81
inches deep. and Is inrhes apart. Il,
was cultivated but once when about a
loot high. with u ilye.tnoihei waking
cnlfivator, at an expense oi 81 per
acre.
TIE results are TINS stated: "No.
] was good wheat, not damaged hr
heat, head Medium in length. well
fllcd, stood mi, apon the ground -
Was unequal. some straws 5 and )
feet in length, and some only . ie 7.
Some heads were very green while
others were ripe. The weld is e-ti.
mated at from 20 to % bushes Der
acre. No. 2 was ni hettcr c,lrrdnr.l
ing growth than No. I. Very even
IN straw and degree ot riueuess. -.
LEADS about even. OF extra length ~
Bundies very heavy. and the Weld is
estimated AT 80 bushels per acre. No.
3 was extra at all tines. It's unusual
deep green color and broad leaves AZ.
tract-d much attention. No one sup
posed it the same kind of grain "a
lots and 2. II STUDIED out mich
more than either Nos. oro. II VS.
On form in len'gh OF straw and degree
OF ripeness. The heads would aver
age one third larger than 30. |. and
the largest and heaviest wheat We ".
er saw. Strangers here picked Tor the
smallest heads. and then shelled from
60 I" 50 kernels from each head. Oar
binders tani " had some from other
STAT who had had much experiences !
said they never saw sncli large heads
or such heavy wheat Of this kind I
nam, ~. China Tea. Tie yield is e.
tinated at 35 or 40 bushels 70 III.
acre.
q The Climb arrives at the c,nclnsion
that they have been in the hahit If,
nsiny too much seed tr srrlnr wheat:
that wheat needs cnlrvatinp: hat ri
half lnehel ot eed we're used 10,
acre. and sowed in drills Is inches
apart. and thoroughly cultivated. tl..
average crop Of Wisconsin might u.
They recommend. more
over. the expenditure nf the price az
the seed saved in giving the lani a
more thorough narrowing. IL TIN.
they are vice; there ia nothing
which wheat So quickly responds "A
tillage. and il may h.. a o'r.s {
lion whether this should hp done pre-
vlous to sowing or after the grain i
up. There are "ther interesting sub
|eds for investigation before any ON.
can speak with authority. The exact
amount OF seed Ter acre. though DE-.
pending IN a measure upon The Kind
d wheat and the character Of the snil. 4,
nay tie nearly approxi,patcI. Thc
distance apart OF The drills il anothrr
'nhject for experiment; 90 inches ha-
been recommended. 1t j. difficult ~ |
between those which are
much nearer. and no Doubt the root :
.ill bill the ground between them AZ
his distance.