Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-11

with unusual care on fertile soil, until the
Weld will be as large as it is possible for the
soil to produce of any other variety of wheat.
g. MIDGE-pRooF.-Ihc glumes, or chat,
of certain varieties of wheat grow with an
open chaif, which enables the wheat nudge
To commit its rayages with very little him
drance, while the chaff of other varieties grows
close to the kernels, thus offering very
effectual preventive to the entrance of these
nests of the wheat field A variety that
,row5 with a loose and open chaf should be
rejected, and kind of seed chosen that grows
with the chaff close to the kernels.
l. \ This SKIN, OR BRAN.-Some varieties
ofwheat will yield several pounds more of
flour than another variety. For this reason.
that wheat which will yield the largest guam
tity of -four per bushel is more profitable to
cultivate, than a variety which affords a large
per centage Of bran
) HARDNESS OF WINTER.-Very few farm
ers in our country recognize this character
stic of wheat, Either they do not believe it,
or have not given the subject sufficient though
to satisfy their minds, that one kind OF
wheat may produce tender plants that the cod
Will destroy, while the plant of another var
igty growing in the same soil will not be in
jured by the cold weather. i consider this
characteristics of wheat one of the most ex-
cellent features that can be named in any var
iety of winter grain. No wheat plant can re
list the action of the frost in heaylng out the
roots, when wet ground freezes and thaws
But what | desire to be understood on this
point is that on dry land, which is naturally
dry, has been made 50 by under draining,
the plants of one variety OF wheat will en-
dure the rigors of winter without IN jury
while those which spring from another va
rcty Of wheat sOwed at the same period will
cxi crience such serious injury by the colo
weather-not by being lifted out by the frost
that the product of grain will not be half a
crop. y farmer can determine by observation
whether the dead injured stems and leaves
remain as they grew ii wheat plants die
without being lifted out by the frost, the
evidence is conclusive that the variety is not
20 hardy as it should be. Every wheat-gcower
should take critical observation on this sub
.iect, with purpose to reject variety that
will not endure the winter satisfactorily, and
to improve those kinds that appear most hardy
d REGULARITY or Rows OF GRAIN A per-
feet variety of wheat will produce regular
and uniform rows Of grain, and the kernels
will appear of Il uniform shape and color
" hen the variety is not perfect, the heads
Will exhibit irregularities of form. The And
riolo shows a perfect wheat. The form of
the heads. the color and shape of the kernels,
may always be relied on as a certain index to
the purity Of the variety.
d STIFFNESS OF SIRAw.-SOmC kinds of
wheat will lodge, or fall fiat to the ground
long before harvest time, while the stems of
another kind viii maintain erect position,
until the grain is perfectly matured. HI
ears of gram will never swell out full and
plump, filled with large kernels, if the stems
are not kept in an erect position till harvest
time. Grain that has slender straw, there
fore should be rejected, and variety should
be chosen that produces stems which VIII
not lodge, unless the growing crops is beaten
down by protracted storms in connection
with driving wind.-The Wheat CuAur1st