The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-09-11
Rarut au& GarSttt.
PREPARATION OF SEED WHEAT.

| uC EullOT OI Tile dWtcTtCuH FQ5HIeF
! (Md.) in July 81, in very Interesting
article on the preparation Of seed wheat.
| writes:
But few cultivators, comparatively
| recognize the value of a due preparation
OF seeds by sleeping in fertilizing SUBJ,
| stances. There seems to be on record
| hardly enough OF reliable testimony to
justify dependence upon any particu-
lar mode orr any particular substance, ,Hr
shus fertilizlng our seeds, but quite en-
ough to call for and to justify the most
| painstaking experiments to determine
how or with what the different seeds
may be prepared to give them that im-
| pulse III their earliest growth which
seems to influence all their after pro-
gress. We know how especially neces-
sary to our great staple, wheat, Fs sucr
an early impulse, that, under our prae-'
tice of late fall sowing, it may be so
rooted in the fall as to enable it in spring,
to bear its burden OF seed. II may be
| doubted whether the marvellous effect
Of mere busting Of Peruvian guano
were not due rather to this effect upofe
| its earliest growth than to any other in-'
| tiuence. When the drill came into use,
Intelligent farmers testified that fifty
| pounds put in contact with the seedS
through the tubes Of the drill, were
edui'a,eiI es.. i ~ ~ 'Mo n"liureu so"h Dtoau
nsS, uas o"in "u -. ae ev e,sn m,m eiis q,,atltS
"rn,,at on e9uAi SppaiLciU .I'o
grain was brined first and busted with
." NJ 80 -. 40 "ouIu ~ Tuuolo ,i w w.
oorio,it,,rnI ob;. az, nSi. ny" wv ~ a.,
areat al al o1en,as,, anu mIo Lac sifvh
tien 90 ',"s.; " ninee.,sa
srtioe pp,b1;sTd pS % .an o,lH ss, sayn ~ an I
Amsrioppn p Earnar. . so iH1sU Dnrl,, ~ sl
constitntod III rooa,.i - onne;stetac'
nj In orosa, no ails'ant. Iii ,'ro,i,,e,''
doubio az oro eleiienss, .st.s VIII p prouure
If We ;nsnrs rsn annn Boou nd Iu'S' u;nnrons au.,
ron,th as ~ pioniP anu 'ihoioo'
..Tbo ~ u,a.t @ ouns pan, ;s,uh.
| COWS r,r.t'av t.pen.ad AN .nnuonu, a',,,, no
,so,,ra ,a' s. . ~ t Hy I eonoe Nv, a.eu
deyaIon nfors nro.ontIr ~ .or nns nn,toyi', ~
| the 1e,ms nF tbo b oanaoIs "! "iiu Pti'eeiy =
Sihle thst tbe S.ao iio" ~ 10 pos-
| ito fntnro ,,.a,ts ,S5 aoC.nta ~ paso l
nlv we connot ,i;,,;,,o. - e. Wv sup, sup
pprattv vii aStot'iishnj IL uuv ~
| ba doyno,t forrr,taY' Ia s;in' oe1ue nlay
ceoo of t%n u,s'' untii uci taiii en-
fnII Io,,aIt WY neCcsSht5 W tleiI
them orei1lieht ond tbms m accuinuiaseS lIi around
tion. tTev ohtain thes apSnanIa,o,, p"I vuitlrs s.
| other nlants Wv "'o'U'A'1 o''A
1,
MuitlPiied experiments have proved
tlaI tithe OF thls quantity, placed near
tne seeu, VIII produce the same effect,
although two-thlrds OF the manure are
composed OF volatile elements which do
hot contain one-nith OF their weight OF
| hiCrogen' ana What is still more re-
ilarkaDle, the hltrogenous or ammonia
cai iiianufes, not only add more than
zen tiihes lnelr WelRnt OF nitrogen to-
Tue plants, Dut those grains that contain
.he nlost nitrogen are least benehtted
Dy n,trogenous manures. Have we de-
rVeu no hihts on thls subject from the
poor Indlan, VINO TO TINS day presses Gus
Cd foo urop9 lie vi DiIn hiiis iaSin ilts
is L;criiHiI, H. not;sad @ ,al' va naiAe nlooo
in"ln tiatJI anoIu ~ nf's, ouDstahe9, eAceeu-
etsto Of onti,it,- -. aIiu oit his u,o
'u set nm ~ fsrnontyst tfy tja " orune ~ Is "pp w
ond tboSa n,ata,rnn,,iS. "'mJ ,.,;ot oi Ooin'
coGo an,I Ptlosoo nuiCn pc
nnn,bar Of p"n:r, p"ray H.. ihrnu.'oi. ,n
,no,ts 49, a,c oi 1".ci1iiy t niSuI eAPeii-
Amarican Earr,or ~. o,I, ~, ~ n - tur0 nv
~ Cion"a,,' ~ HdS, n,oi 40 niauc " tioli'
tnro ,,,Ior pooi't VI -
niaco ~, 49, woshin. uienu - u'ii"ii"ii' oil niS
f'IT s.rhn 80 y. Asiil Ioli,
remart,s ST. hI, =, NJ 0p"is"s evcu' MY, no
| ETvnt,o,s L. ~ ine"uo ".is NV. my
tbe a,t a,,i - i.' fl
tbo+ l. n'aJa -" oos.,, io"ao" 'on oei'e
SvSto', ~ N,rIo nf = neIensai paiC y! tieiI
observotinns oI,i ,iuio,p
boyo oo,ao 70 ,o .ho va, nGu IAPti t. ,i'enas,
ner nromnratio ~ o,,' in, Ho.ueioh o.a. pno
I tS. huGi caaes, fastiy' Pio-
go, al'V peiiIeo 'iia1 tne Hanlo
tfa n.s,aIt;n !Ie Pia.tS iess iiiDl1 W
t any 'lie
"a ineoI.s' anu III siiiall ans
;,,oIl ou mnieil l"'o eutGIy llilie:iteu,
ti,o M onsGe V,io quSnCily anu quaitty va
| .iio SInih' Ie VIZ do ''uuiliS sieuuly "
sru s'Ae' neA4'HiiieSs anu a'nouii' Vi
S'i"m'
"Ihesc observations have been re-
| peatedly cnrr0Dorated by those WHO
have had occasion and have taken sulli@
| cient interest in the matter, to compare
| and examine into the subject.
"As the experiments were instituted
tor my own personal satisfaction, have
not found it necessary to be exact as TO
measurement Of ground and product;
varied paintings, side by side, afforded
the means of comparison for my pur-
poses. At the instance Of friend,
| carefully measured the ground planted
last year in rye andwheat. No manure
of any kind was used.
"The ground seeded amounted tonine
| and a-half acres-seVen and a-half in
rye and two in wheat. The top of the
hill, which thought the poorest, was
sOwed with rye, the seed having been
previously prepared; through the entire
length and in the centre strip of about
two lands was sOwed with the same
seed in its normal state. The ground