Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-03-12

Exo,rim ants in Gown, q ~.

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tire" BEST are, tho Sarprisc, Sw dish and New
B'u,'w'cS. The best variety Of black Oats
3 The Black Now Brunswick. All Of these
w"g'' from forty to forty-fve pounds per
bushcl. Tac Back W Brunswick n l4pts
itself t, nearly al kin l. Of soil, ant will yield
fro sixty to eighty bushels to the acre.
Ia the three w'ite v],rietics there il but
Ii's'" difference. place the Swedish first rs
to q1'lity AMI proiuotiveness, AMI strength
OF straw, and cTliness IF ripaning.
The s ,rprise is next, and the N Nv Br1n..
wick next. | believe this to BE- their relative
1tard,ny. ticking them On all XII d. Of soil.
III" New Bcu ,-wick viii yield most IN a mari
Or 'o'nv soil; the SSaIi.h will 4, best on a
clay soil. AMI yield b liter tn IN any other va
rir;y, and tn. Surprise will 81 :ccci best on
%"l.nvi'l, loany and prairie spills, and rip n.
e~'rIiest. The Swedish rip ms second, tho
\ " B'nnsw,c: third. anl the Black New
Is u 'Swick f"ntth. The Rmslell " rwiy
r'p-"s Gsth. b,i"y hoth tho p o est IN quality
all 1r'ntity and last to ripen On tho farm.
|; Yielded less Per acre th,n any other. land
We Shed only thirty pounds per buslel. while
tho common sid. ont. weighed thirty ak
p"uni Is aud yielded from thirty to forty bush,
els per acre. The yield Of the different va.
%rieties ws as f,ii,ws: Swedish. eiyhty.6ve
bushels per acre; Surprise. eighty bu shells;
Naw Brunswick, seventy bushels; Black New
Is unswick. s,v'nty bushels; N,rway. thirty.
1--we bushels; con non Black Poland. forty
bushels; co.nun"a White O .ts. forty bushels.
Ohn xr,ino Of Swedish produced 1900 grain:
one grain of Sirorise Produced 1910 gr.ins;
one griiu of Wv Brunswick produced ll9o
grams; one grain Of Norway produced 800
vrains Que grain OF Black POLAND produced
40 grains; one grain OF CD nnrnun Black
Oats pr'du .el 80 grains one grain of com.
m ~ White O,ta proihc.d So grains and
On. gr in Of Risky Mountain Oats produced
1870 grains from twelve stalks.
These diff rent varieties were ill weighed,
and the grains counted, aud planted on one
kini OF soil. AMI received the same treatnsen..
Th" accuracy Of the experiment. was sone-
what interierei with by cattle breaking into
the 6c'd AMI destroying or d 'n.sging each
kind s,nrwI,t. Tho exparim mt will Ia
tried again this spring with Il Thousand grains,
cnch IF twenty diff aren't %v,rieties
A. FIR ~ the experiment vas successful,
however, it is pl.inly seen tn It the Swedish,
Sarprise AMI New Brunswick are tire best
white varieties; aud the Block New Bruins.
wick the best Bi,ck :ts.
| have saen it stated tn 1t tho Norway and
Surprise NV" yielded one hundred and fly
bushels per acre, AMI the st,te,mant hid ar.
marA' ,mes attached to than. Snne have
even gone 80 far ,s TO assert that ave han )red
hu shels cou'l be r,isci from II single acre
IL tivilu ,ls making these statements must
hive learned snl. process u1kDowm 81 the
r:st If m'nkind. or their bushels must be
mnch s%n,llrr, ~ | their acres m,ioll f.ryer
thin those IN con non use. We world I'd.
wise those Who feel Discouraged bee ,tSe they
ctnnot approximate these f,b ,us figures, not
to d"spair They are in n. inrne iinse dan.
ger Of finding any pe,~,n who has aeeD any Of
these wond .rful yields. Where there is one
farmer who raises II hundred bushels nf oats
TO an acre, weighing thirty.two pounds to a
bu~hel. there arc thousands who raise less
than fifty.
Il is always tho cheapest plan, though, TO
by tho beat seed that Gan DO had. even
though the price ii very high. And IT, pos.
lille procure and sow several varieties. and
cxer"is" your own judgment as to which W..
riety W y hest suit your locality and aoil -
There is tho same diversity with n,ts asthete
is i"t 9 case Of WHEAT. AMI experience, alone,
viii determine niich ia. best. At tho same
tim" [ would not recommend to ~faralers "a
indulge in fancy varieties ut from ten 20 twsn.
f ty dollars per hushel, which prizes are ofsen
! asked. and more thin should he paid. For
the purpose Of experimenting. | have procured
oats which cost nc twenty.three dollars PC,
hnsheh: md IL small Quantities some which
were still more ccSxppennssiSSe. a.
[Erperimentul Farm .LouynaS.
q IN SEAacH OLA A!oME.--The aHillsbngu
On. @ } Rscnrler'' anys ..An oa 4cart nlsd
. with wpmenani child,e en- p,asod through this
t,wn on Wednesday evening. Tw,Jncn and
= hull calf were pulling the cartAztLe bull ID
! the midaftes,' and a ,naan inifhssssad Ia roTa and
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