Middletown transcript., 1878-09-21

1 er6 VIII ADOPT ats metnOQs n. n. -ENGsB.
Ex-Prest Lancaster Co. A. Horil. Soy.
| visited the Wheat fields upon the Croft
| farm IN West Earl township, Ian. Co, Pa,
/ about ten days before Wheat was ct TO cut.
I The Wheat sOds te finest ever sasv groU out Of
heground. think it actually will yield FIF-
TY BUSHELS per acre. I fully approve Of your
method of cultivating. Respectfully,
HENRY COPE.
Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa, August
8, 1873.
Compared Mr.. Groff's cultivated Wheat on
the goth of June last with the uncultivated
Wheat in the neighborhood-th his will
be about fifteen bushels more per acre. Is
coarse and strong in the straw, heads large
and uniform, and estimate the yield about
FIFTY BUSHELS per acre.
ALEX. UNDERWOOD,
L. N. BAILEY.
Mechanicsburg, Cumb. Co, Pa, July !, 'T8
Mr.. Groff's cultivated Wheat is heavy and
strong in the straw, not lodged, large-headed
and well filed and decidedly the most prom
Using wheat we have seen anywhere for large
yield. We estimate the yield from FoRTY-FIvR
TO FIFTY BUSHELS per acre.
JACOB L. NISsLEY,
JOHN HENDRICKSON.
MiddletOwn, Dauphin Co., Pa, July 2, 'Ts.
Mr.. Groff's cultivated Wheat is a grand
success-coarse and strong in the straw, not
lodged, and large and uniformly headed. | |
estimate the yield at about FHTY BUsHELs per |
acre. GEO. HAUCK.
Mechanicsb'g, Cumb. CO., Pa, July 2, 'Ts.
It viii certainly pay to cultivate Wheat Of
your method, as it will increase the crop at |
least one-third understand that our "Far-
mers' Club" and the "Octoraro Grange" ap-
prove of your method of cultivation.
LEVI SCARLET.
Christiana, Lancaster CO., Pa, Aug. 8, 'Ts.
From the Litz (Pd.) Record
The very first glance, we think, must con-
vince the most skeptical of the superiority of
this method of raising wheat, and a closer
examination only intensifes this conviction,
as does comparison with neighbours field
which ordinarily would be called very fine,
but is fairly dwarfed by the contrast with the
Croft wheat. The stalks are straight and
stiff and remarkably uniform in height; the
ears are at least one-third larger than ordina-
ry large wheat ears, and the berry is larger.
1t was "a sight to see'' to look over these
beautiful fields, and the gathering in Of such
a bountiful harvest will be delight irrespec-
i've OF ltS dollar ana cent value.
From the Practical Farmer.
The wheat looked vigorous, uniform in
height, firmly set, rich in color, having that
peculiar shade of green which indicates a
healthy state of the plant. We closely COM
pared it with adjoining fields on other farms
having equally as good soil, equally enriched
with fertilizers, and as well put in, but putt
with the common drill. 1t really would not
admit Of comparison. There was difference
Of almost one-halfin favor of the cultivated
wheat.
particularly call attention to that portion
Of Mr.. Groff's testimonial which reads thus
II am confident if it had not been affected by
the red rust, which was universally the case
throughout this section this season, that the
yield would have been fully 55 bushels per
acre.
Mr. R. E. Smith, of MiddletOwn, informed
me that last year, on his farm near Hillsbor-
ough, Nd, be sowed, just as an experiment,
three pecks Of wheat on about one-half acre
Of ground, and cultivated it iu the Spring
with small cHltiFator, as he would corn,
which prOduesd him 20 bushels. He says
some of the heads measured over six inches
long, which corresponds exactly with those
in my possession grown BY Mr.. Croft.
AAEs OthyAOus Vi kuG OlLALGuh L
National Bank Of Middletown, sowed about
Eve acres Of the same kind of wheat last Fall. |
On what know to be the best land on bis ,
farm las it has been titled as a truck patch
Tor number Of years., on which he put $50
lbs. of phosphate, and he informs me that be
got ] | bushels per acre. Along side of it he
got over 25 bushels Of red wheat per acre.
Mr.. j. R. Hall, cashier of the same bank,
informs me that on his farm in Cecil county,
Nd, near the Pennsylvania line, with 200 lbs.
Of phosphate, he only got 10 bushels per acre.
Mr.. Thos Clayton, near Mount Pleasant,
M small plot OF ground, of the same kind of
wheat, heavily phOsphated, threshed about ,
10 bushels per acre.
Mr.. W. Ellison, living on the farm Of John j
Drummond, Esq, in Middle Neck, Cecil Co.,
Nd, with 300 lbs. Of phosphate, per acre, in
orms me that he did not get his seed where |
he sowed the CIawson wheat. ,
Now, while do not know the exact guam
ity OF red wheat mot SO much injured by |
'ust) that these four gentlemen raised-I pre-
lume 1t was from 1s to % bushels per scfe-
loes it NOT show that Mr. Croft would have I
rotten at least IS bushels per acre if it had
lot been for the rust, as he states in bis testi-
noniaI?
know that some will say that Mr.. GFoff's
and Is good Granting this. we. must also I
emember that his wheat grew on a wheat 1
tubble, without either phosphate or manure.
Let me ask just here-Is Mr. Smiths land
o much better than Mr.. Clayton truck patch, /
which has had load after load ofstable manure
or several years past, and an application of s
% lbs. more of phosphate last year, that he
hould raise 29 bushels more per acre?
1t is not evident that the great difference,
10Th in the quality, the size Of the grain, and /
be yield of these lots of wheat, was the result Ii
f cultivation sohich stimulated and forced it on
Q perfection.
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