The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-10-04

covered shed. The whole was planted
with potatoes. The products Of each
aero were rs follows
Potatoes treated with barnyard ma.
nure:
One acre produced two hundred md
seventy.two bushels.
One acre produced two hundred and
ninety'two bushels.
Potatoes MANFRED from covered sheds !:
One acre produced four hundred and
forty-two bushels.
One acie produced four hundred and
seventy, one bushels.
Tho next year the land was sown with
wheat, when the crop was rs follows:
Wheat on land treated with barnyard
manure:
Ono acre produced forty.one bushels,
eighteen pounds (of sixty-one pounds
per busheD.
One acre produced forty-two bushels,
thirty-eight pounds (of sixty-one pounds
per busheD.
Wheat Oh MANFRED land from covered
sheds:
Ono acre produced fifty-tive bushels,
five pounds (of sixty-one pounds per
busheD.
One acre produced iifty.thrcc bushels,
forty-seven pounds (of sixty-ono pounds
per busheD.
The straw also yielded one-third more
upon tho land fertilized with the ma
nure from tho covered sheds thnn upon
TINT to which the ordinary manure was
applied.-Ncw YORK. Independent.
Profitable Crops.
A large number OF letters reach lis
from farmers who inquire what crops We
would recommend to be raised upon
certain parcels Of land, with view of
getting from them the largest cash re.
turns. These arc very difficult questions
to answer in fact, any answer must be
to n large extent empirical, and the
opinion Enthusiastically, rs there are
conditions to be taken into account, OF
which We eau have no knowledge. The
nature Of the land is to DO considered,
its fertility, its situation, its nearness to
market, etc. Unless land is put up in
good filth, no crop can be raised with
profit. A hundred times have we said
to farmers, cultivate less lind, and put
every rod Of that which is cultivated in
to high condition. It is M axiom in
successful farming that one acre must be
made to give returns equal to four under
the old system OF New England farming.
Make one acre give you eighty or one
hundred bushels Of corn, or thirty-ly
bushels OF wheat, the same Of rye, or
three tons OF hay, and then you are Oh
the road to successful farming. You
cannot afford to drudge away upon your
land which gives you but one. third OF
these results. We have one measured
ncre Of land which for twelve years we
have studied carefully, and kept an ac-
count OF the expenses and valueof crops,
and 1t has afforded us much instruction.
Last year the acre gave us thirty-Gye
bushels OF summer rye and about two
tons Of straw. The rye we sold the
present spring for Sl.25 per bushel, and
the straw had cash value Of IS per ton;
the cash value Of the crop was therefore
S93.75, and from this wo deduct the ex-
pcnses as far as they can be fairly esti-
mated, about S2S, We hive n clear profit
Of more than S55 from tho acre OF land.
Now, if n farmer has ten or twenty
acres under cultivation. giving like To-
suits, they afford him n fair income, and
with tho return from other farm depart
menls, tho business OF farming does not
appear pecuniarily bad The truth is,
farming must be studied and well
considered; it must be we'll conducted,
MS a merchant conducts his business,
with intelligence, forcthought and good
common sense. Farmers must look upon
tleir land rs n merchant does upon his
merchandise, and the question to be
pondercd is: How can make it pay
me tho best proit1 Farring-that is,
the right kind Of farming-is a good
business we insist upon it, it is good
business for man to follow-B0stm
Journal Of Chemistry.
Wheat wervIi- md Moth.
After wheat is thrashed and put away
III the bins it is not safe from the attacks
OF insects. Perhaps the most common
mud destructive kind in this country is
the red grain weovil. It isa small beetle
OF pitchy rcd color, and attacks wheat
inter it is stored, eating out the inside of
the kernel /; hence it is not easily do
teetcl except by handling the grim or
submitting it to slight pressure, the
shell readily breaking when touched.
This wCevil il sometimes exceedingly
numerous about old barns in tho Middle
States, and considerable care is necessary
TO preserve seed wheat in good condition
for sowing. Infested barns should be
we'll clGansed every season before new
grain is put in, even to fumigating with
burning sulphur, rs well ms busting the
cracks about the bins with the same
substance.
The Potato Field.
A man in New London, Conn.,, thinks
he has made mn accidental discovery OF n
preventive for the potato rot. He md
n field of potatoes nearly an aero in ex-
toni, all apparently decaying, the vines
having wilted md turned black. He re.
solved to pull up tho worst Of the vines
i'll part of tho rows, leaving the potatoes
in tho hills. A month Inter he dug tho
crop and found the product OF tho rows
which no pulled to BIO nearly double
TINT Of those loft in their former condi
ton.