davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

A YOUNG Frenchman. who had sown heavy crop of wild oats, determined to get married and settle down. On the wedding day his mother-in law said to him: ssI hope, my dear son-in-law, that you will be guilty of no more fol lies in future" My dear madam" he replied, 'I promise you that this shall be the last r'
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

SLEIGH manufacturers learn with re- gret that Vennor predicts snow next winter. They were hoping he would predict a hot wave.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

The Peruvian Syrup has cured thou sazds who were suffering from Dygpep- da. Debility, Liver Complaint, Bo1ls, 1umors, Female Complaints, ete. Pamphlets free to any address. RA&A ", Fovle < Sons, Boston.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
(aStOria-ssp.... Dose.

50 cents. A MOtherS remedy for sleepless and irritable Children. The Recipe of Old D-. . Pitcher, Free from Morphine, ana not Narcotic. Formula published with each bottle. For FlatulencY, assimilating the food, Sour Stomach, Feyerishness, Worms, and Disor- dered Bowels, Castoria has the larg- est sale of any article dispensed by Druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

Have Wistar's BaIsam of Wild Cherry always at hand. It cures Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Group, Influenza, Consumption, and all Throat and Lung Complaints. 50 cents and a . bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

THE Empress of Austria wears train thirty feet long. There are probably no train robbers in Austria.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
CENTENNIAL ODE.
DELIVERED AT YORKTOWN, ON wEDNEsDAY,
 OCTOBER 19

LThe Centennial Ode, written by Paul Fl. Hayne, was sung on Wednesday by chorus under Prof. seigel to music by J. Mosenthal. The words are as follows:l
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
Few are the children born
 Creatures without reproach or blot, Who 1o Go6.r xx-;ll ord kDo1y if mt

therefore the duty of the parent is the more onerous, and therefore should per nicious influences be guarded against, and therefore is it the duty of man and woman, pulpit and press, to look to these things and see wh1ther we are drifting. ELIZABETH CAKES SMITH.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07

de IN lena, repetido en- la cubierta de
an pliego ce RADIO en- el cual sc escribi-
ra el nombra del autor, sin residancia
y domicilio.
La remission de cua1ros Y dibujos se
verifcara con iguslas formalidades, ex-
cepto ell dup|ioado 1ne no SO exigs y ell
lena que ira 81 respaldo.
Las mem ariss, possiss, novelas =
composiciones mnsicales soran enviadas
an todo el mes de Mayo, q Ia Sociedad
de Escritores Artistas Ateneo de
Madrii, con ouya cooperation So cuen-
ia para su exsmen y laudos correspon-
dientes.
HI Ateneo SO reserva al derecho de
imprimir las memorials y com posiciones
premiadas, d de expouer por espacio
de ia mes en- sus salcnes, ell cuadro 6
cuAdros qoe resuiten agracialos.
Los cuadros SO devolver&n sus au-
torres, cusndo 10 solicitsn, dentro de
dos meses, pasados los cuales queda-
ran como propiedad del Atenso, en- GU
20 archivo Sc roservaran todos los de-
"a trabaios no premiados.
La adjuai> acion de premios tendra
lugar en- sosion p1blica Y so!emne, que
rnandcse primero los sobres correspon-
dientes no premiaios y dando conocer
luego los trabajos agraciados y abri6n-
dose por ditimo los pliegos que conten-
gan los nombres de los autores
Puerto-Rico, Enero 5 De 1831.-El
Sacretario interino, Manuel Vias. -
" Be Plssidente, Manuel Corchado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
NUEY0 CATECISM0 De TExTO.

EI Excmo. elmo. Sr. Obispo Sc
ha servido dictar la siguiente impor-
tante resolucion que juzgamos muy
dtll la propagacioa de la doctrins
cat6lica entire las classes menos favo-
recidas por la fortuna.
He aquf ell decreto que ha publ
cado s. E. |. en- ell Boletin EcIesids-
tico del 10 del corrienta
Deseando facilitar, segun su impor-
tancia requiere, la adquisicion del Gate.
cismo de Ia Doct~ina Oristiana q toda
9! .se de personss, venimos on declarar
tambien de texto para la Di6cesis el an
tiguo Y populsF~Ostecismo del P. Ripsl-
da, que pssar De su rsducido vol1men
comprenda on sus sencillas y concisas
preguntas y respuestas la suma toda de
la ensenanza catolica reunien1o q la
vez Ia inmonsa ventaja do estar por su
fnfimo precio al alcsnce de las familias
pobres.
Puerto-Ricc. diciembre 81 de $780,
joan Antonio, Obispo d. Puerto-Rico."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
qACETA DE HOY.

Dscreto del Excmo. Sr. Gobernador
General resolviendo queden sin efec-
to los acuerdos de los Ayuntamientos
de San Gsrmsn, Ponce, Maysgusz, y
CAbo-rojo referentes al vicente decreto
orgGnico de instruction primaris aper-
cibiendo los alcaldes> de la Capital,
Ponce, Msyaguez, Cabo.rojo y Adjun-
tas y nultaudo al que 10 fue INFERNO de
San German J cada uno de los conce-
jales de los syuntamientos de esta ciu-
dad, Ponce, Maysguez, San German,
Cabo-rojo y Adjuntas que votaron en-
pro de la mocion de- d. Polux J. Padi.
Tia. Lo rsproduciremos en- ell siguients
numero del BoLETIN.
Ell Excmo. Sr. Gobernador Gene
raj dice al alcalde dc Aguas- -buenas :
"Qnedo satisfscho del aumento de nj
nos concurrentes las escuelss."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
COMUNlCAE1OS.
LA F.EBRE AMARILLA
Y La MEDICACION FENICA.

Hemos leido en- Ell Diario do la Medicina
de los fermenCos:
Las esperanzas que habfamos conc bido y
publicado relativas a la accion curativa de la
me licacion fenica acaban de tener un prin-
cipic de realization. Ell r. p. Bosch, del
que nuestroS lectores no habian ciertamen-
to olvidado la lnteresantisima communication
acerca de una nueva enfermeiad al menos
nuevam ante descrita) que ataca d los me-
gros Sc comunica los biancos { el Nela-
van J, acaba de. l:brarse de tan terrible epi-
demia. Mr.. Bosch es ell padre procurador de
la mission do Niazobii en- el Senegal, el mismU
fue atac 4do por la Fiehre Amari,ia, durante
la Ultima invasion que afigi6 d nuestra co.
Ionia 8 hiZO sucunoir como bien SO recuerda
4 tantos de nuestros -dlctos hermanos. CO.
mo acabamos de 1ecjrlo anteriormente, este
mlsioaero se cura 81 misno con el glico-
f6nioo tomado como bebida. ACADIA de dar-
nos detalles re- tiVos eota cruel epidemia y
nos apreauraremo3 ponerlos a la vista de
nueStros lect >res tan luegO como los t6nga-
mos completes, tales como han sido to1a-
dos por la estenosrafla, pues la falta de es
paefo nos obliGa 4 1iferir esta imporlante
question hasta nuestro proXlmo nimero.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
Gran almanaqne del BOlellA

Acaba de imprimirse este aImauaque
de Puerto Rieo en- IN vol1mea de
CT arto mayor de mas de 200 psginas.
Tisne el almanaque propiamente dicho
con ell santoral, datos astronomicos del
Obssrvatorio de San Fernando, orto
ooaso de Sol Y Luna, un CALENDARIo
EspASoL DE Las LFrRAs; Las frENoTAs Las
ARTEs, en- que constan la fecha y punto
de nscimiento de casi todas las notabi-
lidades de este sigTo, y artfculos y poe
sias por los siguientes autores:
Guerrero, Solgas, Trueba, Santist6-
ban, Fabreguss, Sanndo Autrau, Gil
mono Conception }, Marty, Pedrosa,
Grassi, Aubsr, Felicia, Tartilan, Pareia
de Alarcon, Cuenca, Cisneros, Sep6lve-
de, Rsguers, Perez Morris, Alarcon, Pa
dills, Biedma, Echevarrfa Vieyrs de
Abreu, Lara, Sslvany, Grilo, Melgar,
VaiIadares, Fernandez Guerra, San
martin, Garrido, Ruiz Aguilera, Sanches
Pssquers, Corton, Asensi, Hartzen-
busch, Gonzalo del Rio. Palau, Marco,
B slsguer, Buzsran, Avil6s, Dacarrete,
Bran, Infests, Bslmonte Muller, Mar
tinez de Lfuente, Machado, Sauna, Pr
media Navarro AImanss.
To1o el materislf1@ escrito sutr ega
do por los autores al editor del Alma
uaque, que forma IN yol1men tres ve-
ces mayor que el de los DENIS almana-
ques en- forma de- libro.
Sc vende resles ejem plar y 4 5 PEI
sos docena. Al qee pida dos dooenas
6 mas, mandando el importe, se-}e en-
Wan los Almsnsques por correo frances
de porte. b. %
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
. .AtenCion!

En- la imprenta del BoLETIN Sc
venden caricaturas de. Sr. Bonafoux
y Quintero, hechas por el Sr. Cuchf
y Arnau. Ell precio de cada ejsm-
plar es una peseta.
Algunas personas SO cayeron al
mar por conocer al Sr. Bonafoux
otras recibieron sablazos. Un caba-
Hero de Fajardo, desa6ando un tenn
poral deshscho, fue a bordo del vapor
ingles que conducia a Bonafoux.
5Qlien, por una peseta, no con.
pa su caricatura ?
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07

Segrn nos escriben de Manatf, Ell
dia 10 de aIio di6 la lucida companfa
de voluntarios de aquel pueblo IN
alsgre paseo militsr, dirigiendose a la
preciosa fnca de su distinguido ca
pitan D. Manuel Diaz, objeto de tan
opcrtuno como cordial obsequio por
parte de sus companeros de armas.
A las dos de Ia madrugada salio
del pueblo la eompanfa en- earros y
( caballo, al son de los acordes de
su m1sica. A las cinco y media lle-
garon 4 la possession del se1or Diaz
que lee obsequio con un magnifico
desayuno en- su casa iluminada con
luces de Bengala y otros fuegos arti-
fciales. Fu6 vietoreado ell Sr. Diaz
con efusion y desde aquel momento
todo fue expansion y algeria er la
fnca. Ademas de la o6eialidad y
voiuntarios, Sc reunieron ALI ell CO.
maudante militar, ell alcalde, ell senior
Brunet y otras personas apreciables
de vlso. A la hora del almuerzo,
que fue esplendido, Sc sentaron d la
mesa como unoa cien indivfduos, en-
tre ellos algunas senoras, reinaNdo Ia
mzs agradable armenia y animation
pronunciandose entusiastss J patrio-
ticos brfndis y siendo ell seIor Diaz
anftrion, objeto de tods clase de dis.
tircion por parte de los cornensales
y estos tratados por aquel d cuerpc
de rey como suele decirse vulgar
ments.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
NOtici rs naciOnales.

Escasos de noticias importantes
han venido Ell e. vapor-correo de
aver los colegas de la Peninsula : he
auui 10 de mas bulto:
DEL s DE DIoIEMgBE.
Esta manana SO hs veri6eadoa en Pa
lacio capilla p1blics, asistiendo al
aoto S. NJ. el rey y las infaptas. s. NJ.
la reina no ha podido asistir por encon-
trarso ligarar,ente constipada.
-Ha ofci: 40 de pontifcai al nun
clio de Sn Ssntidad y han asistido el
cardenaI patriarch, los grandss de Es-
pafia, duque de Sexto, marques de Be-
namejis, condo do Here3ia Sp,nola, de
Tol emo, dc Guaqui, de- Cabra y de Me-
sa, los duques de Valencia y de BAena
y eI marques lie Sotomayor, los gene
rales Cev Allos y Eohagaa, ID plana ma
vor lie aiabardaros J maehos mayordo-
mos de soma " y GENT ss-hombies.
Dice un periodico /:
"Segun iafoEmes hdedignos, dice,
s. NJ. ls reina smpieza sentir los pfi.
msros sintomss del embarsko,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
frarjotas al 'Torculo.

Ademas de haaerse taratas On htogra-
ha imprenta, las personals que tangan
planohas metalioas con su3 nombres
Rraoados para tarletas, rueden mandar.
las la imprenta del BorETN en- lionde
SO tiraran en- un torculo 6 maquina ca
pecial que hay para clio,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07

perfumar ell paiiuelo, 10 mismo que para el
tocador de las damas de buen gdsto como para
el bafo per las personas arreciadoras de 10
buHno SO le consldera como el perfume Sd
rival en- tcdo el oroe. Sirve ademas como in
humerio on las habltaac' jues de los enfermos y
sarororciona gran aligo Ell el langor, fatalen-
ptracion neTviosa v5rti9os, &c. &C,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
BiTaLLON DE ARTiLLERIA.
EJERCITO DE PUERTO-RICO.
JUNTA ECONOMICAL.

En- dos de febrero proximo, Sc rematara en-
pdblica subasta, el caballo deg la Oompahia de
Montsfs, denunciad1 ''Garellaso," cuyo acto
tendra lugar en- el cuartel dc San Francisco 4
las ocho lie Ia m4hana del expresado dia.
Y Sc hace pGolico para conociniento de loo
que desee tomar parte en Ia licitacion.
Puerto Rico, enero de 1881 Ayudan-
te Secreta-io, AaUsTIN PLAZA. l--3
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
LA CIUDAO- -C0NDAL.
30.-CRUZ.-30.

Ell nuevo establecimento de este nombre,
tiene un regular surtido de artfculos nueyos
barat0S
Para estos dias de regalos sc han recibido
unos elegantes abanicos de Ultima moda.
Ga anlizamos ell pd leo que, dado ell siste-
ma que tenemos adoptado ARA las veritss al
dttalle, encontraran verdadera d ferencia en-
los precios. ARTURO RAYMAT Co. 3--G
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
Efectos de escritOriO.

En- 10 imprenta del BoLETIN Sc ACADIA de re-
chir un graz surtido de paael Y sobres de to.
dgs clases de los Estados- Unldos que SO reali.
"a preclos inimos
Tambien se han recibido prensas do hierro
para copiar escritorios, iibroa de comarcla
ratisticos juegoa do damas etc,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07

L6ndres, diciembre 29.-La >exis-
tencia de azdcar ell Is era de las
mil contra 100000 tonelaIas en iguai
fecha del aflo pasado.
Nueva-York, 30.-Las autorida-
des de Dublin adoptan precauciones
mihtaras extraordinarias.
Del Cabo telegrafan que ell mayor
Clarke y 25 hombres han tenido que
rendirse d los beers en- Potchefstrom.
ID, 3l-Slbese de Paris que ell
primer grupo de ingenieros sal1rd ell
5 de enero para Panama.
Nuevos despachos del Cabo dicen
que los ingleses han sido lanzados de
Pretoria, capital de Transvaal.
Ha muerto Blanqui, ell comunista
MERCADOs.
N. Y, 81 Regular 4 buen refnc
.7ad4. -
Ldndres, ID. - Mascabado { l
Descuento p.%
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07

Felicitarnos al senior Diaz y a su
Iucida oompanla 'por estas prueoas
De mdtuo aprecio y cohesion.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-01-07
AEgse'vS lIggRSaS.
Aqua FLORIDA
D.
MURRAY Y LANMAN

Con tanta raZon LA.
edada Ell PERFUME
iMtERrCEDERO. Uni
VerSnlmeIite uSa0a nara
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-05-26
The Whi1c iskinc.

TuSE-Ny Grandfather, Clock.
rs COMPOSED And SUNG EY WrLrIAM
GREGG OF .Ew ORLEANS, La.
My grandfather Howe. thirty five years ago
La, dreaming at midnight in he'll.
Next morniag lie tnl,l to woaic ing w,rll
or all that passed through his head.
And this was the song that lie sung To hi:,
chims,
AS they chncklingly formed in ring:
he hc"l.r Il Wilson anj' Singer went in
And agreed TO a very wicket thing
ClIoHrs-rhirty ycars of mon cycly, Ring
Piny, Ring!
Millions l'ut il oar treasury, Sing, Sing,
Sing!
Rnt thrS stepped shor,, never to so again
hen The :" h'e' became king.
The next Thing they did was our Congress
to bribc
The extension Of patents renew.
nus miiiionS OF money we're Wr;lnr from
BY these tyran,s, the privileged few,
tiut there came Il clad day " hen our wrongs
wCr" male li.hi,
'ur nation aS on.. man arose,
Ard sad I" Congress, our servants We are,
60 down the m"nnlny go,s
(HoRs- Thirty years, &C.
Az the day Of oar freedom has come 10 Ills
now,
We're allowed all The PIT, mt, u<c,
20 old NJ. Singer Just take - buck seat.
Fer all your bad pu'nis We refuse.
antl now let ns sSllnut "f apcrfrct machine,
seif-thrca'liny aud q''iet and light;
)" !ri.n''s all unite in The cllor,,s &c sing,
A*wc tell Of The beautiful "Xhi,c."
CHosUs-'I'hrly years. &c.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-22
Our Exchange Table.

TnE NATIogAL LIVE STocK JOURNAL
finds its way regularly 10 our table, and
is always warmly welcomed. II is stand
ard authority upon all matters relating
TO farm stock. a lively interest in i'm.
proved stock Of all kinds is rapidly de.
yeloping among the farmers Of our coun
try. and we should be glad TO see the
Jorna! have Il wide circulation among
them. The September number, from
which We makc:nn extract or two in an.
other part Of this page, is filed with its
usual assortment of matter especially
interesting 10 those who are engaged in
stock raising in any OF its branches
Buying Breeding stock at the Fairs"
"The drouth," Object Lessons at the
Fairs, stock Feeding with Fruit Cul.
ture, "Thc Water supply in Pastures"
Food and the Prize animals" Death
OF the FUtus in Domesiicated Animals, ,"
Shade in Pastures" The Barbed Wire
Controversy" prevention aud Treat
ment of Milk Fever" prevention Of
Abortion summer Care Of lleiier
Calves" difficulties ia Churning,"
Tendency Of the Wool Market
Seeking Breeding Swine at the Fairs"
Green Corn for Swine" and "A number
,F vslu.E.I. and iutara-tIuy articles on
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-22

The terrible dry spell has delayed
seeding TO such an extent that it may
yet be time enough for some one OF
our readers to try little experiment
in thick and thin sowing of wheat. It
will be a very easy matter, with n
good drill, to regulate it 10 SOW one
halfor one-fourth Of the usual amount
for half acre or so, and the benefits
derived may much more than repay
the trouble. In another column on
this page, we quote from Prof Blount,
one of the best farmers Of the day,
some very emphatic words in favor
OF thin seeding, which as will be seen
he backs up with convincing facts.
Sixty.one bushels per acre in a very
conclusive argument.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-22

The value OF potash, which acts
like wood ashes, and of the phos-
pilates is well known TO many far
mers. These are the chief fertilizing
elemeuts in mari.
MARI was first found in New Jer-
sey in 116s. An Irishman in Mon
mouth county digging a ditch threw
some of the greensand out on a mea-
dow, where it's fertilizing qualities
were noticed. BY the early part Of
this century it had come into pretty
common use, until now II has become
essential 20 successful agriculture
throughout central New Jersey. In
the whole State several millions OF
bushels are spread each year, and its
use constantly increases. The farm
ers usually spread It in the autumn,
putting sometimes several hundred
bushels on an acre. Now and then
they find n deposit on their own
farms which can be dug with spades,
but more often they have recourse
to the Systematically worked beds,
where they pay forty cents for each
load of twenty bushels. In Woods.
town during the autumnal days the
mari wagons move through the streets
almost in procession, and the roads
for quarter Of mile from the pits
take their hue from the green sand
which have sifted through the boards.
The mari is good for oil crops; il
renews them on exhausted land, IL
increases them on land already pro.
ductivc- For potato plants Il Is a
specific, killing worms, enlarging the
root and making the potato smooth.
skinned and fair. There Is : mari,
! however, very common, and known
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-22

locally as "poison mari, {" the effect OF
which is quite opposite. 1t contains
an excess Of coppcras, which Is dead
ly to the fields, killing every living
plant for several years. Not nncom-
monty Il stratum OF good mari runs
into one that Is nOxious, and serious
injury 10 a farm follows. The pol
sonous mari, however, can be cured
by mixing it with lime and in that
case it becomes superior for raising
crops TO the mari which does not
have 10 be chemically treated. The
poisonous mari is detected by the
length Of time that is needed TO dry
it after il is wet by rain. But the
farmers have what they regard as a
more radical test. II white clover
grows on the mari few days after it
is thrown from the pit the compost
is good {; otherwise il is poisonous.
The best mari has thus a singular
affinity for the germs of white clover
floating in the air, and in few weeks
the biggest heaps may become blank
eted with the little flowers.
The more general results Of the
continuous use Of marls on the soils
OF Salem and adjacent counties are
very striking. Lands that used TO
be worth five dollars an acre have
been enriched within few years TO a
value Of one or two hundred dollars
an acre. The surface stratum Of this
county consists Of light sandy soil
easily exhausted unless some artih-
cial fertilizer is used consequently
il is not too much 70 say that the
county has been absolutely reclaimed
as TO farming by the greensand which
underlies it. The Salem farmers brag
that no lands in the Union can COM
pare with theirs in average selling
value. and so long as ordinary farms
here bring hundred dollars an acre
the boast seems justified. What is
true OF Salem county holds for most
other parts of New Jersey through
which the mari belt runs. and one
effect has been 10 increase during the
last hall century the average value
Of the farm lands OF the whole State
in n most extraordinary manner.
Probably 1000 square miles in the
wild southern counties OF the State
are absolutely unimproved. yet the
new census is likely TO show that
New Jersey can sell her farms Tor
more money per acre than any one Of
her sister States. The story Of her
agricultural redemption is registered
in mari, and, though written in sand,
the record only grows palmer with
time.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-22

would cost about two dollars per
bushel, and the alfalfa and aliskt from
twenty TO forty cents per pound. And
this remiuds us of rumors which
we heard from several sources last
spring, that some fellow was travel
through the county, and offering the
farmers Swedish clover seed, as a
new and great thing, and asking for
it three dollars per pound. We did
not see the chap, and do not know
whether or not he sold any seed. If
he did, he sold his purchasers at the
same time, and very badly too.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-22
Strong Advocacy Of Thin Seeding.


&. = Biauui ia G,rmaHtasu Telegraph.
i great stride towards successful
whcatraising WAS made when the
drill was brought into use. and \
much greater stride could bc made If
the drill hoes were twice as far apart
and were made TO SOW not more than
thirty or forty pounds to the acre.
In order to make the greatest
possible quantity on given area. the
wheat-plant (or any other plaut)
must have room to carry out its
habit and develop according to its
nature. One grain OF wheat cannot
do this on less than sixteen square
inches. One kernel should make on
an average all over a field st least
twenty good heads, and every head
should produce at least forty grains.
Every pound should be made TO pro-
duce its bushels all over the world.
One pound has been made TO produce
from sixty to one thousand fold.
These facts are from thin-sowing.
No instance is on record where thick
sowing ever produced more than
seventy bushels per acre.
Sowing much wheat ITO get good
stand is the worst kind OF economy.
The farmer loses bis seed, and never,
in any instance, can make as large
yield as by thin-sowing.
The greatest enemy wheat has TO
contend with--is rheuf. Instead of
giving each kernel about an inch
square, as most farmers do, they
should in every case reduce the
quantity per acre, and SOW thin
enough TO give 1t sixteen. Thousands
of instances are on record where one
grain has produced from ten TO one
hundred and eighty good stalks and
as many heads without dividing.
Last year from seventy-six kernels
ten and one-fourth pounds of good,
plump grain were raised. On ffsg-
one square rods this year | sowed
just twenty.eight ounces of picked
seed in rows one and two feet apart,
and what | have now To show as the
product is l9b bushels Of as nice
grain as the sample enclosed.
To thiok-sowing in every State
and locality / can offer many obiec-
tions, but To thin-sowing and cult
vation there is not one that can be
made tenable.