Daily Republican., 1884-07-07
WHEAT RAISING.
..,.ySrs MADE BY A eE n
PEBlh 10 THE PURPOSE OF
IrTTING BETTER W" "~,

EXITING BETH"
-, p Greepleaf, pleasantly To-
]. H. ,he h midst of . rich agriSu''u
psciion Oh . mil mile or so beyond the
lilais,l lin,is, Oor practice and his beauti.
nea,cu,d and conservatory OF choice
garden anu ~ ,ims 70 experiment In
MIXTURE s,I Of wheat for wnich io adnira. .au I
cl'i u sbich he resides Is so sa'st .,.s.
10 lS,ad Sn.i He has for a long time
adsp.ssa .sa opipion that there were
" varieties of wheat, muGn .tnn % ,har
AZ sI and easier Of cultivation l., 'naI nah
"a "a Mediterranean Sn in common anu
oa s, D,u ".e The general course for the
,a. n,s of 4 wheat is to properly prepare
.,o ..,rou,d, y and if it is in q mea,u'n
~ fertility to drill in rows ~ I'll
ui.,, liz acre If the weather is
s,sbIe ~ tie grain vii! eerninate ana
= up in week or so aitel 1Is,I u 10
sI IN, SO thick in the drill rows
|, has 10 room 10 stool
=, consequence IL never oecomes
Bpr, and if 1t enirres the severity o, !.
vi Winter it grows up in the spring
| no,t thin straw shoots out into
4. the longest Of which rarely ex-
4 tour inches, the average being
y, M 81. inches in length. The ground
roisc in straw, but when the wheat
,,nsr.d @ il is found that there Is an
,us Of probably twenty bushels
scye $ If'it reaches twenty-five 1t ID
|,ry r fne crop and should it by the
rrs oi "A favorable season reach
" hushels it is an extraordinary
Even with the latter as q crop
a culture is not very remnnerative
,,mers at a dollar bushel.
\ cOunteract the monotony OF wheat
|ture with one variety and TO intro
otber varieties which will be more
Iromical and pay the farmer better
,be end. DIR, Greenleaf has been
|kInp number of experiments with
farge number of new varieties OF
Iea,iu order to see which in the long
I vlll be the best substitute TO the Old
lliterranean, which New Castle
lbpy farmers have fallen into the
IN Of raising as regularly as Ken.
Sussex farmers raise "hog and
biuy."
b Greenleaf commenced experiment
in wheat culture Two years ago
IA but few grains OF see1 OF severa
kiet;os which had been sent him, ant
| Itn he came to cut and save his littl'
IN year ago he was surprised AS wa
who watated his experiments, at th'
|orsble results attained, He had N
k.e'y that did not reach 20 10 80 bush
nor acre, and there we're others tha
tsderably exceeded loo bushels pe
h. Before his little crop was cut
bresentalive Of the kEPUBLICAN ha'
pleasure Of looking at the ditferen
tetics in full growth, and was sur
)sfd 10 ind that IL was nothing un
bal to see from 90 to w stools from
sle grain Of wheat, the stools produc
heads from & to I inches in length
each head perfectly filed an
Indelout with grains.
fhe grams were planted foot a-paI
fh way, but when the four grain
Aich were planted in this foot squar
space had stooled out properly, tn
bee was really more compact wit
ge healthy stalks OF wheat than
ame space had been thick.
m with seed by the common methot
nder this system the REPuBLIcA,
iss'n:ative saw at a glance how
hiCi wheat could be raised from th
biting Of a single grain. Taking thi
starting point it need be considere
strange matter that n hundred {
Ore bushels Of wheat can be raise
pm AZ acre of grour d.
Df Greenleafs experiments we
Rewards Published in a New Xo
frcnI'ura journal and In the REPU
cAE, but the results were 20 surprisi
Pa lafmers whJ mad Deen sowing "
P'aels Of Mediterranean wheat to {
/ fTe Md were satisfied If they gather
Fra'y we're somewhat skeptical, a
POu'h they did not actually disbelie
statements made by the Doctor, tn
lN MS experiments would not he
tN II they were attempted To n
F'al extern, hat is that such a
f"fSable average per acre could not
E,Nleed from a whole field.
III nowiSe discouraged by these
FFSErs DOCTOR Greenleaf started out Il
't"h lager scale Of experiments
lafse field on ueiehboring farm
~ 'ac to thr UuPon,s, and farmei
\ h"iam Mayne. Here some two
'"n acres were SGT apart for the I
FI.llirnts, aud by thai time mu
r'eer samples of wheat had been c
Fy'M upon which TO experiment..
"~ daJ last week the same repres'
1i lhe REPUBLICAN that saw
-, '','a'ea''h last years experiment w
w. :" Ais iois to sec the progress he v
,i,'A'as IN his experiments. One gr
,.aH OaeA to a favorable result I
!, ~ Vas the late sowing last year
~ y'lht OF bad weather, it being as !
nVrhber before some of the val
".w're sown, when, as experience
=, A,t that about the second week
LIep1e'hber Is the most favorable ii
y. I sowing wheat. AL the wheat
',fel , 10 was put in the ground in re
'9o' apart, with "a small drill (
Ia pped one grain in a place as nea
'Uoy %o apart as the adjustment could
10 ,ate' we by this means q peck of VIII
~ ~, tne W acre was considered exJravag
'n ""''e nve or six quarts were n suffic
/" y :, 40 extra manure had been appl
.oo ~ .ne ground, but contrary to OF
,,o.'uhs ,,hs OF the field, knot grass ,
NV and in many places spri
w !, M Aaa cholSed out the wheat, the sta
p,,. :, which stood too far apart to be
',, .N''oL 10 each other before they
s", n, 10 spread themselves.
,oI lac lot shown to the REruBLIt
,ot,est ~ =. NATIVE was in field belong
a,S A. Iue Ely estate. The ground was |
niaae La .he wheat was not sown or raj
gh,ah,ed ~ until November 3. A Ian,
foot I a,.e.Clawson variety, in. row
IN iOo' apart and the same distance al
n nio,aI we TOW, covered the ground as G
p.elely as that part of The fiald q,
Wlth Mediterranean AT two bnshel
su, ,ue acre The heads of the Fulte. Cl
Gon i. measured from 81 to 6 inche,
'u,sIn, AZ the Mediterranean, ~.
smod,t riefce's Early" a Virginia WI
jn"golh jGolh heads, measured from Az
siSa'a, iSSues, and was very ripe. 1t is
Ileu lied an excellent early wheat.
Man,,e Mu,e also was a lot of Tuscan Is
A 6iaiiterranean, full bearded heads