Middletown transcript., 1876-09-30
Aaritultural.

WHEAT CuLruRE. is taken for
granted that all your land intended for
wheat, except perhaps your corn ground.
will have been broken up and put ID
complete order by the first Of October.
If intended to be sown with the drill
gage the implement to SOW f'om
bushel and a peck to a bushel and
half to the acre, accompanied with from
200 to 400 pounds Of approved fertili-
ger, according to the qualify and
strength Of the land and the kind OF
wheat to be sown-the Fults variety
recurring the lesser quantity, whilst for
the larger grained varieties the latter
quantity is not too much. If to be
sown broadcast SOW from bushel and
o half to two bushels to the acre accord
ing to the quality Of the land: a
clover sod is the best place to look Tor
the heaviest returns, and the Fultz
variety Of wheat perhaps the best suited
to the region Of Maryland Of this
variety it seems to have many qualities
to recommend it to preference
1t is said by many who have tried it
to stand the winter better, to mature
sooner, to produce more grains to the
head, to weigh more to the bushel; ; that
the -four made from it is whittier and
better bodied, and that it produces
more othe acre than any other variety,
an instance Of its yielding thirty-seven
and a half bushels to the acre on
tweuty-acrc field the present year COM
ing under our own observation 1t has
also the reputation Of working more
kindly in manufacturing that it is not
SO easily affected or damaged BY the
weather during the time required to
season before tbrashing that the grain
being more solid and heavier than other
wheat causes it to thrash cleaner, and
that the compact and flinty character OF
the grain renders it slower in germinat-
ing weevil.
Many farmers will persist in having
wheat to follow corn. but we think this
course neither does justice to the land,
or is calculated to give as good returns
as if the wheat was preceded by crop
Of oats.
The importance Of thorough pre-
paration Of the land, in order to ensure
its increased yield, cannot be overssti-
mated. When it is known by expert
enced wheat growers that the actual
cost Of producing and marketing an
acre Of wheat-to say nothing Of the
commercial fertilizers used-is not far
from six to eight dollars it will be read
Hy seen that unless the production be
twenty bushels or more to the acre, and
the price more than dollar. the farmer
stands but slim chance to realize any
profit from his labor. It is the farmer
who produces most to the acre, and
whose product is Of the best grade, that
can maintain bis manhood in the market
and have his say as to the price. and
not the man who harvests but small
yield, and that Of poor quality; the
latter may be the better individual Of
the two, but in the market he is hardly
held respectable.
The character Of the soil, too, has
much to do with the quality Of its pro-
duct, and the best way to find the des-
cription Of wheat best suited to par
ticular soil is by experiment, and every
farmer should carry out the idea to
some extent at least. 1t is from neg
lect Of so simple matter that there ex-
lists at present such contrariety Of
views in regard to the different varieties
Of wheat. Bali. Sun
EvERGREENs AMONG FRUIT TREEs.-