The Lincoln County herald., 1869-06-10
AGRICULTURAL, DOMESTIC, Ell
Cultivation Il Barley.

Cultivation II Barley.
Barley has not received the cultivation
and attention which its importance 10 the
family cereals, and the high price which
it commands, entities it to. To most
farmers, it is o crop about which they
have very little experience and informa.
ton, and now that its cultivation il be-
ginning to be regarded profitable, many
inquiries are making concerning it. As
there are two principal classes, spring
and fall barley, the 6rst in importance 10
the spring barley.
The spring varieties are six.rowed,
four.rowed and two.rowed. The two.
rowed spring barley is good variety, and
yields q medium crop. Similar to this,
except that the grains she'll like grains Of
wheat, is the two.rowed naked barley.
This is not . favorite with brewers, how.
ever, as it is said to sprout badly. So
far as experiments on .an extensive scale
have gone. tho California Spring Barley,
when acclimated, 10 considered tho best.
It acclimates readily, too. and adapts it.
self to any soil that will grow crop of
corn. It has tho largest grain Of any va.
riety, and yields more to the acre than
any other spring variety. Brewers seek
II for mailing, and tho market prico Is
higher than that Of most other varieties.
The Nonpareil Spring Barley is very
similar to the California, differing manly
in the spikes and tho size of the grains.
Nor does it yield quite so largely. Both
voricties stool we'll, start and grow rap.
idly, and ripen about the Same time. For
spring sowing, the ground best prepared
is plUughsd in the fall. Sod fields that
have been worked in corn also make good
bailey fields. They should be we'll
ploughed and rolled, 20 that tho soi is
thoroughly pulverisen and settled before
sowing. The seed should be drilled in,
using . bushel and D half to an acre, If it
10 carefully cleaned, and all light seed
blown out. When this is not done, two
bushels should be sown. as it will not all
germinate. I prefer thin sowing, with
perfectly clean and sound seed. I have
thus obtained better yield. and Of bet.
ter quality. .i.',.
The seed should be sown to the depth
Of an inch, and If sown BY hand, should
be we'll narrowed in, and smoothed down
with sled. A sled is made Of two osken
planks, shaped like ordinary sled runners,
boarded on tho undcrside. Drawn over
the Geld, IL brushes clods and smooths
the surface, making finely pulverized,
level field. Il also presses the earth close
to the seed, causing it to gcrminate
quickly, and giving strength and Arm.
ness to the roots. Barley is often sown
on fields which were cultivated in corn
the preceding year. When these can be
ploughed in season, and 10 good condi-
ton, they yield good crops. Sometimes,
too, when the field hoe been thoroughly
worked in corn, the stalks are narrowed
down and the seed is sowu broadcast. and.
shoveled In to the depth Of two inches,
aud then narrowed level. ,,-
Good crops or barley are sometimes
raised IL this way, but THE kind Of cult.
sation 10 not to bc recommended, except
Vhen the spring 10 late and vet, and the
ground cannot 30 ploughsd 10 time. This
4ethod. H. better than sowing late, for
acithet oats nor barley will pay the
It0ubleto SOW late. 3, =! ..~.;,c.~
is Barley -sAould be sowu % early q the
'oil will admit, and II 10 in good condi.
lion either for ploughipg or sowing when.
'ver il will pulvSriEe in your hand. Rich
mould slways produces The largest crops
md upland crops are Of the best quality.
The crop should stand until fully ripe,
'ut not over.ripe: II cut with reaper,
{ should not Be thrown in shsavcs, but
. swsths, and then left to lie for . day
'r two until Il 10 we'll cured. II tied
nto sheaves like wheat, IL will mould,
md become Of dark color. II the
vsather 10 favorable, barley should be
tackled or housed - soon d II 10 dry,
!hsn II will have . dne bright color.
. may be bound 10 sheaves, or loaded
10 wagons with barley forks, the former
.efh.ps being preferable. II is mostly
hreshsd with dails, OF trauplsd out With
'ossss. II thrsshed with Q machine, the
'eardt Of swns sdhere TO the grain some!'
That, and Il should still b tsamplsd with
'orses to get rid Of them. 4
Calsfolois barley yislds almost forty. a
igbt boshsh Of prime ssed to % sore, On
lrst'rsts soil. Tho Nonpsrsil will yield
rom forty forty.6vs bushels on soil Of
imilar quality. 0eil that 10 vet aud
osrss will not produce . !Srgs crop nor