Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-26

the amount per acre produced on the re-
.mainder of the field. always plow twice |
for wheat and very deep.
6 In the fall of 1873 sowed all my wheat |
upon the same principle, but making my
scores with double mould-board cultivat-
orr about eight inches wide, and the ridges
about ten inches wide, sowed broadcast and
narrowed lengthwise once, then dragged to
level thd ground. In the spring of 1874 |
cultivated a plot of one acre. Ihoed part of
the plot once, part twice, and the remainder
three times. On the part hoed once the
heads were about one-eighth larger than
where did not hoe; on the part hocd twice
they were still larger; and OH the plot hoed
three times they were larger yet, some of
them measuring nearly six inches in length,
and satisfying me that it pays to hoe three
times. The yield from the crop cultivated
was fifty-five bushels per acre from the re-
mainder of the field about twenty three
bushels per acre. Of course did not sow
the plot hoed to grass. The remainder of
the field was then sowed with timothy and
clover.
8 In the fall of 1874 again put my crop
in upon the same principle. Some Of it |
left without spring cultivation. l found
that the heads Of that which ] did not culti-
vate were larger than the heads of the same
variety put in with the drill, but not any
thing in comparison with the heads on the
ground which cultivated. / have a lot of
ground containing twenty-nine yards
sqiare-less than the third of an acre-on
which sowed fifteen quarts OF a new yarie-
ty of wheat, which / had made by cross
fertilization, using as the parents Arnold's
hybrid No. and Fultz, the former beng
wliite, -shaat sti # straw. and the latter red
wheat. The yield from that lot was sixteen
and one-fourth bushels, or about forty-nine
only one lloeing in the spring of 1876. In
| the fall Of 1874 procured one pound Of seed
Of a wheat imported from one Of the German
States, some person having brought it with
him from Germany. Ipaid for the pound
cne dollar, sowed it on the fifty-sixth part
of an acre. Ihoed itonce in April, again
on the Sd of June, cut and thrashed from
the product one bushel and nine and half
quarts, or at the rate of seventy-one bushels
per acre. had the plot measured by two
of the managers and in the presence of the
President ana Secretary Of the 7 York County
Agricultural Society.
ssIhave now about six acres of wheat grow
ing put out.in the same way, except that
last fall made the scores twelve inches
wide, left the spaces for cultivating ten
inches wide, thereby utilizing more ground
than heretofore, and using the same space
lfor cultivation. Ny wheat this summer
Hooks much better than any former year at
this time. am well satisfied that the adj
vantages are, more space occupied, a more
free circulation Of air, opening up the soil to
air and warmth when the plant seems to
need such influences, the growing Of the
| wheat In larger masses, so that 1t is more
difficult for the frost to uproot it, and the
better setting of the plant if lifted by the
j frost. 1T also seems to me that it protects
itself better than when sowed with the drill.
i lou can form m ore correct idea OF it when
l you see the wheat growing. As said be-
i fore, SOW broadcast, and harrow length
wise and nearly all that falls on the ridges
rolls down into the scores by narrowing.
/ 3. The extra cost of putting in Wheatin this
way, and of cultivating it, over the cost OF
drilling, do not think would reach $3 per
acre, though have net kept an accurate ac-
count.
! 81 have now given you, as nearly as
can, on paper, the principle and results OF