The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-12
BRISTOL AND PARIS FARMERs, .1UB
March I'd, 1874.
RAISING WMEAT

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Lad not exact facts 10 present 70 the cl1b on
this qnessron,.y He .Taad net practiced sowing
much whest ar d his success was not salts
i factory and he had about cone uded that
Ih,s laad was not ada pied to growing wheat.
In 1857 and the two following years when
his land was new be- had raised good crops
OF wheat ranging from lwenty TO went y-fve
bushels Der acrc.8 Tt argest crop he had
raised was III 1860 averaging Lhlrty-fVe bush
els TO the acre from ON G and quarter bash-
9 .Aed (fife) sown o be acre. II. He gener-
Eally' 10 ows corn wiihwheaE, the land being
inisnuredffoF corn. Generally plows in the
fall goes over the Land two or three times
with the harrow before sowing ard sows
vii hia road cast eder and cuitivator and
taen Crosses once with the harrow sows
upwards o two bushels OF seed TO the acre.
perhaps Two and q half md never measured
the land ", she, Yield 4ast year wao sixteen
bushels toltne atre some spots being dam.
aged by the bugs. In 1872 the yield was fl.
teen and in@187l ABOUT nine bushels to tie
acre. @
4 Mr. D.. Marsh said he had doue more or
less AZ raising wheay he past twenty -eight
years and IN his judgment success depended
largely on ciimsae influences. twenty-five
ltyears ago We had successive good crops and
such q thing as failure in raising wheat was
unit howns The sowing was generally finish
ed in March, and tho waeat began to turn
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ling = IN 1S47 he had harvested and threshed
l04 bushels He grew wAeat iro n two acres,
The lsnd was heavily MANFRED The manure
being plowed under in he fan. IN 1854
!. had sowed ten acres OF cnh wheat Shlch
Il yielded $50 bushels. Alter sowing club
! wheat dix or seven years it began to blight
and The Fite wheat took its place Had q
large crop III 1860 and go through SOWING
3 March 18th, Generally follows corr or bar.
ley with wheai. The ehiuch hug does tie
greatest injury on following barley. sows
8 from ten to fifteen acres to wheat every
3 year and grows the best wheat on clay land
" heavily manufed.g- His. crop averaged last
year fourt cen bushels TO the acre; thinks tho
b buC reduced the yield fully twenty five pei
cent. A-. j. .H a
M. H. A. Newbury said that while he
I believed the differences in the seasons feet
! ed the yield aud quality OF The wheat, be
was satisfied that the continual coping o
ne land with wheat had IL y large measure
b IeXha0sted thu Constituent elements neces.a-
ry 10 The healthy grow o. the wheat plant
He was satisfied that by the use OF land plas-
ter and the CROWN OF clover with a sh0.
U rotation these elements could b4 restored
and pay ing crop OF wheat raised eve y
year. His principles of farming inyolveG
0 libera manurlng and deep culture. Fl
thought by sowing clover with spring grail
the ravages OF the chiuch bug could 30 mod.
Grated. Thinks we can never expee in this
country to produce such large yieid O
wheat to the acre 20 they do in Engand
. perfection OF growth l. attained. The yielC
d0ssno; deoend 70 Euch upon the larg,
number of stalks to given surface as upur
the length OF the head
Mr.. Cornelius Quick gave his experience
u
i, Ia inanurtne Tor wheat o. q certain piec,
the land being a. OF the sare character b,
had given two acres OF 1t a beralappicaiio,
ofstfa W manure pioweS in In the TALL Tn,
difference was observable as faras the felt
could be seen and the yield was double Oh
the part manfred I Thinks the manure pre-
vented injury by the bugs.
Mr.. Henry Backman said he had no
grown wheat to great extent but had me
with gratifying success sod nearly all biz
:" Wheat at the gra1ery for seed. The variel,
: of wheat he grows is Called Pearl" aud h,
n fobtained le first he 90, ed from Minnesots
Q and has sown@it for ten consecutive Years
= Thinks IL is different from the Tea" or Ric
. Grande,"' or e.se the difference in soil make
}, = wonderful difference in the wheat Iii
soil 10 q sandy clay, aud has been under til,
k plow twenty-six years Manures ubarall,
= and never grows less than IL bushels to III,
O acre, from that 10 twenty-five Docs no
wish to boast but thinks he eau show tn,
finest specimen OF wheat grown In Kenosh.
: 20. IN 1877 The chinch buS d,n't trouble
: malthough they were very plenty on h
7 neighbors land on the other side of he fence
Ii he has good crop of straw 10 sure TO hay,
! " beat in proportion.
Mr.. Abram Guick said he had grow,
y wheat extensively aud found it paid Ms wei,
u as any branch OF farm ing. Wheat REQUIRED
a clay or clay and sandy soil !; does moi
think it can be successfully grown on 3
muck soil. Cannot raise wheat withou,
D manure give him plenty OF manure and h.
4 could raise fair crop Of wheat no mat. e.
t what the season was, admitting that in ,
favorable season the yield wcuId be larger
In York State had sOwn one season about
twenty acres winter wheat in three d,fY.r.n,