The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-09-19
AeRICULTURAL.
Aseus sewing ran wheat


About sowing F.n wheat
Says the Lexington Press. Farmer
are generally busy sowing winter grain
and the area 20 DO cast will be larger,
is thought, than in previous years. Man
will again resort to the old Mediterrnnca'
variety, believing that II is the cnl,
wheat to stand the various dificuI>'e
which have now near stopped It's produc
ton here. A white Mediterranean ha
been introduced which makes a whit,
-four, and possesses, too, the hardy ma
ture Of old sorts. Fine crops Oft, a
much as thirty bushels per acre, hav,
been produced this year.
Mr.. @. w. WEIGH, Of Jessamins
county, says that he has threshed ovei
%, 900 bushels Of wheat this season, and
finds that the variety known as Georgia
white wheat makes by far the best yisld
of any he has threshed this year. He
also states that the quality Is also much
superior to other varieties. He strange
ly inclines to the opinion that the old
blue-stem white wheat has played cut
in this country, and AYERS that he would
not SOW 1t on his ground II il were graf
furnished him. He will SOW
the Georgia white wheat. Our own ex.
perience and observation teaches us that
for strong land Georgia white or Tappa-
hanock wheat are much preferable. As
these are early varieties, not liable to
rust, and having short hard straw, arc
not near so apt to be blown down by the
wind, and, besides, nearly always making
a fair yield and Of good quality. For
thin uplands, yellow Llamas wheat !,
superior to any variety known to US. n
stands the winter better than almost any
A'arrong yignrl p grower,
md yields splendidly. The time for
sowing wheat is near at hand, and farm
Frs should not overlook the importance
of procuring good seed and such as will
be best adapted to the soil.
An exchange says; 1t is a mistake in
wheat culture to sow inferior seed. In
Iced, this is very foolish in regard to any
and every crop. Like begets like.
Weakness and disease are propagated in
The plant world, very much as they are
transmitted from parent to child in the
world of human beings. ns&-s,
pains should be mKeu 10 procure nsrl
choisest seed that can possibly be had.
It will pay the farmer who depends on
his growing of seed, to Gull out the best
portions Of field, when there is precep-
Lible difference, and devote il TO this ina
portant use. Indeed it is wise policy
70 select the earliest and finest heads, and
from these grow seed. 1t is also we'll to
obtain a change OF seed from time 10
lime, as successive sowing in the same
'oil and climate, seems to induce more or
less degeneracy. The farmer should
never grudge little extra outlay in the
purchase Of choice seed. Such outlay IS
pretty certain to be well rewarded. The
choice of seed is one to be made with
,aution. 1t is not every soil that viii
produce white wheat. White wheat
needs a rich soil, well drained. On soils
which are gravelly, or inclined to loam,l
lmber wheats are to be preferred. Diehl
wheat bears a good reputation, and high
price, and is probably The safes. of the
white varieties. Treadwell is an, excell-
mt amber wheat, and may be relied upon
IS proof against the nudge. n produces
choice -four. and yields well, On the
lverage run fofaoils the harder red
rheats win b. mad the safest to sow.
Where it is thought espedient to make
experimenting nSinS nav seds, they
hould be- made 'capfishsly xnd With
mall quantities. lssta whsle crop might
% lost by fafIdfe. As wheat cannot mix
when different varieties are sown usas
'ach other in the Same field. a stria a
ONE new variety might very prsftsbly