The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

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tice for MANY a with complete
success. 1t is probable that this
stimulating mixture made the
growth of the plant so vigorous
that it escaped BY its own inherent
Observation-Disclosures Wheat Cul-
ture. 1t is more probable that If
it does have the effect, 1T is by the
antiseptic power OF the lime. which
NAV destroy fungus growth. Rust
was less prevalent this year III
limestone regions, but these too.
are the cooler regions, as before
mentioned. ANY way, this pre-
paration is worth trying. 1t costs
but little. and does not consume
much time. Early seeded and
early cut wheat are less apt to have
rust. Well drained and we'll pre-
prepared land with or
suitable fertilizers. which make
the stalks vigorous and strong, Will
aid very materially IN enabling
wheat to withstand the effects Of
rust. Wheat on good land resists
rust better than on poor land.
Wheat is a precarious crop. and
there are often great failures where
the utmost pains have been taken:
but at the same time the failure is
often the result of want of pains
and Of good land and manuring in
some way, unless the land is al
ready really good. 1t is useless to
SOW wheat on poor land, and I'M
wise to sow 1t after corn, unless
some fertilizer of some kind is
used.
As to the kind Of wheat to seed,
it Is difficult to pronounce an
opinion. The "Fultz" wheat
yielded we'll, us it usually does, and,
as far as we know, fully as well as
any other. The Lancaster is still
popular, particularly the "White
Chatf'' variety. The millers are
making less difference III price of
Fultz and other varieties than they
hrve done heretofore.
The ''Jennings White has been
tried by some, but it has yielded
badly, with Indifferent %shrunken
grain. Though some we seeded
made a fine promise and seemed
less affected by rust than the Fultz,
it did not yield but little than
half the Fultz did. Many varieties
besides Fultz and Lancaster are
seeded in different portions of Nir-
ginia; Keys Prolific is more seeded
than any other variety, we think.
WINTER OATs.-Whilc it is too
early to SOW wheat on account OF
fly, this montn and September are
the months for seeding winter oats.
II seeded now, IN the standing corn,
as formerly recommended, they
have time to get we'll rooted and to
tiller, and there Is little chance of
their being winter killed. Sow
about one and a half bushels per
acre. This is a very certain crop,
if seeded at the proper time, and
on even tolerably good land. If
there is any doubt about land be-
ing strong enough to produce
wheat, then put it IN oats. They
may be seeded up to the 18th Of
October, if the land is good, bu
August and September are the best
months. Spring seeding of cats,
as far as practicable, should be
abandoned. One year with another
it is very probable that winter oats
will be as profitable as wheat.
There is always a good local de-
mand for oats, particularly in the
Spring, when proyender begins to
get scarce. The wheat production
or the world is increasing. India
exported last year more than eleven
millions bushels of wheat, and the
crops of Australia and the United
States; and particularly California.
are steadily increasing. We would
remark, whore there IS doubt
whether land is good enough for
wheat, put it in winter oats. Grain
crops will probably not command
hereafter anything but a very mod
crate price, and farmers will do
we'll to look to raising more forage
crops and stock.
| would call the attention of the
farmers to the articles above, taken
from the Planter oud Turner, dis
cussing the subject Of the quantity
Of wheat to be seeded per acre and
the proper depth to be covered. \
majority think one bushel the
proper amount and one half inch
the best depth. If put in with the
drill, then three pecks is enough.
The argument for shallow covering
is simply, that if deeper it cannot
tiler SO well, and will require more
grain, and that thick seeding gen