, 1870-04-20
price in market. 'oA ~o''e'

~ eGAEetd, won rOf him Octte1
" foor-RoT m cAyTLE
A correspondent furnishes the Mir1pr an.
Farmer, Manchester, y. H., the fouosin,
remedy fot thiB disease: stput tl.au, in ntsc,
swne1e you can handle their feet, and the,
tAkc bali pint Of common tar and 3. 1n,t,
so5f foap. put them into any .cssel, sud has
tnen together until they get thoroughly uaix
{" taen Icy II cool down GONE, hut not tos
nnehi put on tho parts Affected quite ho.
mn ~ seven caAes out Of ten it Mill elect !
curo, out II It docs not repeat fhc soap and
tar, which Will be sufficient to cuta an1 ca.e
that ever saw, in few days. This il no,
guese-woIk, hut knowledge
CI11vA71os OF WHEAT.
F'Ln As s. Lbs.i. Rtpualt7an, Asr7u IL
Inc following admirable essay On tho cult.
SstlGn Of wheat waa recently rrad nv Gnorr-s
+ Eisenmayer, ESQ.,, Of 3Iascou.sb. bcforn .Ra
-. clair County, Ill, FxfuetS' md Fn;t.
GroTez1' Association:
About three Jeat1 ago intended to ca1l the NJ.
9i.ts - ~ ~ tnin9 1ane.s aud rradne ccoao-
LankEupteJ hJ our mode Of farming, but for soIne
reas9n tF othtr never took time IN nrrn.rs ~,
IT. c1v 1r doI Pobneaaon On that important subject
lEe Hme Aa4 certainly come when a mnre n-srtf.
cal anu sntelaEent ulnk of thu soll b q In -
adopted than the Cld, ruinQus sr5tern ~ r-nnn,nT
,,soSa m.Sa. ensnse CT Mnnurc the same land for
number o. JeaM There arc q few nice po!uts con-
nccLd nth this Ttulaos1tion, TO Fhtch wmi, nev
to call your attention. N"A wv" 0ss
CT @ hsss} SeR I'll ~ ssss ss l., sPa I'm,
.cF hundreds Of yc.:.s IN succession On iheS sarae
lAnd, rtoFfdcd It Is very rich nuyial bottom iand
5nea - 'ound our n .hs Aial bottoms in Oao
Such s the fact In regard to com. ono Of Il" ~
pie and noss useful products Of tie United states:
and II tuT product il to fall q anr crpu to he de-
& II IL ssd 1eo5es eoiR e. lsa !, 0n, m, f
TIE dumb brute, AMI, when nicely ho1sed m ID
ons = o. sse 1sss evidences Of intelligent farming.
second. Whcat, the great staple Of the world,
in the production Of which ali mankInd is interest
ID hoIe thxn IN anything else. should receive on.
sicssst attention and scrutiny. Why it should not
.s;re.r T. ~ "eiI rs corn ne same zge yield sue
ees1se! 1of long number Of year,, and Hhy It Is
kuo]ert 70 Rrczter number and more injurious In
sees than com, = The query Of tas article. Wheat
ss ME'es e., rone VEL 20 II a Know more than
twshtJ 70 ~cnty,nHe Jea1 succesairelyi IN sny part
Q! nc world Il loses its weight {ntIeh Is the NAN
qcahty IN ThcaD. and Is attacked b. numbe7tess
Mseesf. eas aha n he9ss nEoses The ruin Of farmers
those With whom he comes in dlrcct business con
nectlon-the mechanic and the merchant AZ well
the Eho1e wheel u civilized LIE But why Is this
Irrational ard suicidal farming ptactised hy rs .
and cIoseT e snd i fSs bat TSss
dIsire to make. md which this article ID ccsiEped
70 elociaAte fhe Ertat trouble seems 10 be the
wanI o. proper judgment; want OF science
K,asTleass ,s you plsase u call # 50 Light, more
liRht, hA the sage Of Wc!1nar said. hear Il ssld
nat our l,nds aFe Is Guod as ever, anl that onr
kmal and defective crus arr the result Of change
abla and variable seAtons. This. however, Il Uue
Only TO Z Certain extent II We have extremely
VIZ weathcr In Mar, 60 much that the ground Ii
cntisclJ saturated, and the roots begin 10 decay
before the wasn rays Of the sun can pentuala
through the young green wheat to tsy up the noil;
zen zen {an need net ieo5 fos goo. plump, fas!oTn,
admit for the sake OF the argument. but that the
land Is Kood as ever, after twenty to twenty -dre
years of fubbesy, We co not admit
pEepess to put The lsna n s!oyer - he
a and restore It; but ne must trst be surc not to
Iastu1e IN vet weather, Aru- also not too close.
nHi e1ossF ate Mheal prevents nc suns rays and
a1ter tHo or three 5eArsf clorestnG iond, It must
We EXPOSED 70 the sun bef0rc 1t Win tr1nR wheat
II "onld y1elt you an abundance OF Straw, but the
Wheat would he non <.t We now conc tothe best
and sureBt mcihcd OF FAistng wheat, bJ what Is
called summer falow-the land being exposed
to The SUM- aud the dew falling directly on the
ground. II must be great rtstorcr and ducttheY.
Eui ! hear II said: Dews do not fall, bat ralhel
arise frcn the earth IN the shape Of warm yapors,
aud nc ccoler Night ar congeals them, and hence
the dew. The practical farmer cares little for
theories and questions which be knows nse prscu-
ca1y beneficial IN his calling and pursuits: 4nd
whethe. !, dsMs ne o. fa1i, whether thetn Is any
net All practical men admit that this Ii tho surest
way to r1ise wheat successfully. A friend
OF nllhe raised twenty-five bushcls OF wheat
rcr acre, weighing A1ty-four pounds to the bnshel
while 1Fe-E11ths OF Ill tho wheat colds IN St Cait
County have not produced that amount In two
ycaIh In this connection, lei me say th8t no
farmer can HIord to mise wheat at less than
twenty bushels to the eerc, anu Keep even with the
world. TIE second, ann almost Us sure method
OF restoring land and making 1t productive md
rmuneI1t1vc for wheat, Il rotnung In oil and hoe
crors. The former has q wonderful effect upon
the next xEe4t crop, and can't Zee for my life
Nhf BrCsiuA, GtthH / Co, SHOULD not get ali their
hemp and nax SEED from thla country, as well as
their caster beans. Hoe crops would hardly pay
with NJ, get II Is ono Of the means to recuperute
lang and make II produce dne wheat crops
tant ss the preparation Of the soil The most pro
liGc wheat cret raised IL What Is called velvet
chnn, but, On this very account, il unworthy Of
cultivation With us, because the cla0 Is 90 EponGJ
that, in rainy weather, It never dries, and hence
ETtoutH and ruins the Kernel even had It Ia
tprout from heavy hewH 1t is, therefore, moi
ad2pted To our locality, but evidently the wheat
cur nt!Rhbors over the mountains. THE best va
rtet!es for our climate and locality arc evidently
The Tennessee May wheat for our strongest and
l1,hcst !and, and Mediterranean, or Dull wheat
tca!ltd ~ tcme Rcd Sea wheat,, for our poores,
lands- The latter variety mnkes IN inferior 1our
md hence hrtngs from ten to fteeu cents less Pei
bushel In the market than the former; but the
Yield u so many Mbfc bushels to the acrn that Il
r1{E the fafillet better tlhn tht former. Tit
straw is also softer, more easily tGund and bette
liGtt ey cattle and horst fnr feei AZ th!s ques
tion q feeding eati!4 would lead me to anoth
:! fR''ees u which l may hereafter speak,
will close.