The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21
Cultivation Of Wheat.

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.f. Cultivation Of WheaL
The following admirable essay on the
cultivation Of wheat was recently read by
George E. Eisenmayer, Esq, Of Mas
coutah, before the 81. Clair county, ILL.,,
Farners aud Fruit Growers Associa-
ton:
About three years ago l intended 70
call the attention. Of thinking farmers
and resdisg economists to the fact Of our
fast drifting TO ruin and bankruptcy by
our mode Of farming, but for some season
or other, / never took the time to prepare
ON article for, publication on that irspsr.
tant subject. The time has certainly
come when q more practical and intelli
gent "tilling of the soil" has to be
adopted than the old ruiueus. system Of
cropping without change or manure the
same land for number Of years. There
are few NEE points connected with this
propositiOa, to which l would beg to call
your attention. t, ......
Fisrt Corn will do we'll aud produce
large crops of healthy, full grown, and
fully ripened grains for hundreds Of
years in succession on the same land,
provided it is very sich alluvial bottom
land, such as is found in the Miami bot
toms in Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri
rivers. and other places. Such is the
fact in regard to corn, one Of the stas
pie and most useful products of the Uni
ted States and if any product is to fail
or any crop to be destroyed, lot it not be
the corn crop. 1t adorns the table, fills
the larder, rmoothes the rough hair Of the
dnmb brute, and when nicely housed up,
is one Of the best evidences Of iotslligent
farming.
Second. Wheat, the great staple Of
the world, in production Of which all
mankind is interested more than in any
thing else, should recievo oSr closest at.
sention and scrutiny. Why il should not
produce 40 we'll as corn the same large
yield sucoessivesy for a long number of
years, aud Why it is subject to greater
number and more injurious insects than
corn, is the query Of this article. Wheat
has never done we'll, so far as know,
more than twenty to twenty five years
successfully in any part to the world. Il
loses its weight, (Which is the mlin
quality in wheat.) and is attacked by
numberless insects, and heHce proves the
ruin of farmers. However, he is not
alone the injured party, but those with
whom he comes in direct business con
necti oo-2ths necAa uic and the merchan,
as we'll as the professional man. Indeed
every body IN general, as the f,rmer i.
the hub upou which turns the whole
wheel of civilized life. But why is thi.
irrational and suicid,l farming practicct
by. usY Wby not rotate our crop,
Why not manure. rest and cloverP Tha
10 tho point which I desire to nuke, enc
which th,s article is designed to eluci
date. The great trouble seems to be tn,
want of proper Judgment, want of science
knowledge, if you please to cala is so
Light, move light, % the cage Of Wsima'
said. l hear it said that our lands are a.
good as ever, and that our small and defect
i've crops are the result Of changeable ant
variable seasons. This, however,, is tru,
only to certain extent. If we hav'
extremely wet weather in May, so mucl
that the grouod is entirely saturated, ant
the roots begin to decay before tb,
warm rays OF the sun can penetrat,
through tho youps green wheat to dr.
up the soiS. then you need NOS look 70
good, plump, Suil grown, we'll. .develo pee
Kernels of wheat. So much We admi
tor the sake of the argument. but tha
the land is as good as ever, after twenty I,
twenty Eve years of robbery, wc do no
admit.
We propose to put the land in Glove
~ the cheapest, best and most proatabl,
way to recuperate snd restore IL; but VI
must frst be sure not to pasture in we
! weather and also not too close But clio
YER, like wheat, prevents the suns ray
and iuvigoratsng dews to fall ON til,
grou nd'; hence after two or three year
elovering lind, it'must be ex xpesed to tn
sun before it will bring wheat. It woul'
yield you an abundance Of straw, but tn
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