The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-07-26
Hill Country of Judea Items.
reported for the vIRGINIAN. |

[Reported for the VIRGINIAN.l
Our crops are now stored, and we are
now ready to commence blowing for wheat.
Nor should this be delayed, for early plow-
ing is of nearly rs much benefit to the soil
and following wheat crop as a moderate
dressing of barnyard manure. The ad-
vantages of early blowing are two-fold.
LIST. 1t exposes the soil to the effects of the
hot summer sun and to the free circuIa-
ton of the atmosphere. This inert yegc-
table matter is decomposed, large quanti-
ties of nitric acid are generated. val
liable mineral elements disintegrated, and
the protoXides of iron are converted into
the oxides that serve to fix ammonia with
which every shower is freighted and to
circulate the sap of plants. I'd. BY
the time wheat should be seeded the
soil will have become thoroughly settled,
and will not require half the labor to pre-
pare for seeding. Then there will be no
danger of sowing too deep, which is of
great Importance. The roots of the wheat
plant always form on the surface of the
soil and do not penetrate deep into the
soil. particularly in it's first stage of growth.
If the seed has been buried to any depth it
will come nearly to the surface of the soil
and form another set of roots, and the
lower extremity die. When the seed is
Sown deep, the great distance the plant
has to penetrate the ground and the double
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that it comes to the light feeble and puny.
Besides this the fertilizer, if any was
sown with the seed, is out of reach.
On Sunday, the 14th inst, Lydia Sea-
wright, the beautiful and affectionate lit
tie daughter of Mr.. John Seawright, was
taken sick with scarlet fever. Medical
aid was at once afforded by DIR. Cross.
Tuesday evening Dir. Crawford, the family
physician, had sufficiently recovered his
health to visit her Medical skill however,
could not rescue her. So just one week
and IL few hours later she followed her
brother to the grave. Her natural DISPOSE
ton was sweet and gentle, besides she was
true and devoted little christian. She
was favorite with I'LL who knew her.
But now thou art gone to the home of thy rest
Where suffering no longer can harm thee;
Where the songs of the good, where the hymns
of the blest,
Though an endless existence shall charm
thee.
While he, thy fond parent, must signing sojourn
Through the dire desert regions of sorrow,
Ger the hope and misfortune of being to mourn
And sigh for his ife's last morrow
There was "a thanksgiving meeting at
Summit church Saturday last. Rev. Mr..
Sanger, of Bridgewater, preached an able
sermon.
Mr.. John A. Brown, our intelligent
neighbor is now attending the Springs.
Miss Mary Seawright, only child of John
Seawright, Esq, was stricken with VIC
lent attack of scarlet fever on Saturday
last, but is rapidly recovering under the
skillful treatment of DR.. Crawford. There
are several other cases of scarlet fever in
the neighborhood, but they are not danger
OuS AGRICOLA.
PREMIUMS AT THE AUGUSTA FAIR
The enterprising Secretary, G. J. Pratt,
Esq, is arousing interest everywhere, in
the next County Fair In addition to the
special premiums already published, the |
following are announced:
Mr. j. A. Patterson, the enterprising |
of the "Waynesboro FIGURING
Mills, the largest and most successful in
dustry of the kind in our section of the |
country, offers the following liberal pre- |
MUM, to be contested for at the exhibition |
of the Baldwin Augusta Fair for 1888 !: |
For the best bushel of red wheat bearded, |
twenty dollars in gold. The contest to be
subject to the following conditions Not |
less than one bushel to be shown, and TO be |
accompanied by affidavit that the sample |
bushel was raised and cleansed upon the |
farm of exhibitor, harvested in 1888, and |
from crop of not less than one hundred |
bushels, and that the sample is drawn from
his crop as prepared for market. State |
ment in writing to accompany the exhibit,
giving the following information: Time
of sowing, quantity of seed per acre, char
acter of soil and preparation, quantity per |
acre and name of fertilizer used, date OF |
ripening and yield per acre, together with
such additional information as may be
thought by producer to be of advantage to |
his brother farmers.
Mr.. Thomas III. Antrim, the well-known
merchant of Waynesboro, Va, has offered
a special premium of one thousand pounds
of Pure Raw Bone, for the best bushel of
red wheat shown at the Baldwin Augusta
Fair Of 1888. This award of a standard
is equivalent to $3.50 in gold,
and Mr.. Antrim, in disposing of his agri-
cultural business to Messrs. Fishburne &
Leonard, reserved the fertilizer at that cost
to himself, ready for delivery to the sue
cessful party.