Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-09-05

tho result was not favorable enough
to induce them to continue the prac.
tice. Others we have known to SOW
very late in the season. Such, as n
general rule, are the easy ort of
farmers, and the preparation they
give their land for seeding is none
too thorough. Their go-ahead neigh.
bors shake their heads and remark
they couldn't raise wheat sowh so
late, and they guess that crop won't
amount to much But the crop
commonly turns out better than it
is expected to, perhaps because high
expectations are not formed. And
if the preparation of the land has
been excellent the late sown crops
are sometimes the very best grown
in the locality.
ave do not advocate very late
sowing of wheat. nor do we believe
in extremely early; in the one in
stance the plant does not have time
to attain sufficient growth-to be-
come well established and store up
supply of nutriment for future
vigorous growth-beiorc winter; in
the other it advances too rapidly
and far, it is apt to turn yellow and
be attacked by insects and worms,
and there is. even danger that the
seed stalk will start. During the
early stages of their growth the
roots of our cereals increase much
more than the leaves of the plant.
There is reason to believe that, at
this period, most of the 0rganizable
matter is stored in the roots and
that this store is afterwards applied
to the formation Of the seed stalk. 1t
has been observed that rye plants,
six weeks after sowing, had leaves
five inches long and the roots of
the same plant measured two feet.
After a certain time has elapsed.
and the requisite Development TAX
en- place, the energies of the plant
are concentrated on throwing up
the main stalk and perfecting the
seed, The nutriment stored in the
roots is withdrawn and appropriate
ed to the seed stalk which now grows
with great rapidity. The Autumn
and Winter are the proper seasons
for the root growth of the plant to
take place, and for it to store up it's
supply of nutriment, and the spring
is the proper season for the seed
stalk to shoot. But if wheat being
sown too early, long, warm au.
tumn may push it too far ahead, and
induce the main stem to start, and
thus a portion of the strength of
the plant, needed for thrifty growth
the next season, will be wasted
and if sown too late the plant may
fail to store up in its roots matter
sufficient to ensure II vigorous
growth before the season shall urge
it forward.
"Many farmers say Il shall SOW
when | get my ground ready If
one manages to have it in order ut
Just the right time this is a good
rule. otherwise not. 1t is certainly
a mistake to be late in cultivating
the soil buo if it is throughly pre-
pared it is wiser to let 1T remain a
few days and give it all extra har-
rowing, than to sow too early. In
this locality we think the best aver
age success is had with wheat sOwn
between the teuth and eighteenth
Of September
Wheat and Rye should be sown
on highly MANFRED land, thickly,
for soiling in early spring. A farm
er on Long Island had six acres OF
wheat on which he turned his cat
tie as soon as it was large enough,
and secured six hundred dollars
worth of milk from the cows during
the time they fed on it, having the
land in time to get in a crop for the
Autumn harvest.