Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-03
. ,r.e.,ss, Farmer. views.

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Voc that the time. II not the season. im
o,r s,Il seeding has arrived. what to SOW
I a. n,der TO meet the demands OF the pfcsens
1T, ~ & a question Of great impor'snsss
,ons In this vicinity. rs well IS to tue S''''
nj large. ,d ohoo,, ,,,,,,,v With
.iiot yeget. blcs from the southern siates
W ..rt here, and next, our Hanovs'
Srio,ds with their lighter, quicker sou,
r,sc,ically put Henrico truckers out Oh
their own market. .,., a,s-
''y preseut railroad facilities, Always dls,
eliminating against our peop!e m 'a'o' W
nnn,resigcnts, place here on our market .ne
whest and oats OF the virgin lands OF W.
Far West et price ruinous 10 US 10 az
,emnt 10 compete with IN the manner t'''
these crops are cultivated III virginia
II isa ALARMING to the prod,,c"r To more 'u1
euorn Gus quaniity (as wen a. pricesl y,
WHEAT now thrown upon tle ililtNses y,
,be world. The honorable 'onlinlNsIon'l
Of Agriculture at Washington uIs,e',,li's
tbi, usefu Information. ana ! aui i'H"''''
favored with bis communications.
NOT con.lderingt the unpr'ceuen'r" ~.
tiy OF wheat raised In our own op''
mich more thsn we have neeu ", sn"
more than we can uow ma ni' i,',. i,''
Great Bdain'> total production e.,H -,
will reach 200 bushels, WIN us
surplus from lat year, ana sei.,nS az ni,t,
unpr, cdecntcdly low figure Of Sl'lO' WIZ"
no present signs of increase t..,,.
In France the crop is 10 per cent JUS,
than las, year, anl has fallen - ceu'' P''
tuShel. ..,,,,, 10,
In India her total present acreage 90
,yi,eot aIor0 i estimated at 2l.OOO,ODO'
Welding about 2lj.c0O.000 bushels. Ana
u,xt m the United States, she l. now the
largest wheat producing country N thc
world. in 1883 importing into the UrlJ'i
Kingdom ~ .ggS.lli bushels. Shecan SUD
NV lie European markets vita lO,0JOo"
irsh,l, annually. and really as much more
81. they mly want. I'm important iactoF N
thr Grain markets 81 Europe, she becoib' :
q check against artificial higb prices, an
the cNroft value OF her wheat, at port Ji4
c.nt,. Or. Loring. our United STATES
Commissioner. SAYS we must reduce tne
cost IL production 10 the lowest minimum
and be content with small profits
Tie latter clause Of tEat injunction we
have already realized. And ! would say
TO our iatricr, generally: Reduce your
.rr,a.c greatly. sow no Ind 10 "hru
fyc,rt improved failOw.land that has suit
srlr texture for II. Put In not one acre
more Than YOU can manure in some gay -
Il, 10 double your former yield, ani don c
hurry 10 SOW until. by plowiug. replowlns:'
narrowing. aud rolling, your land l. le't
I'm the iuc-t tilth. To 30 this now, IN we"
Of the severity Of this great drought, seem,
most di,courpeing, but the latter rams
will yet come.
In India we are thus told that twenty
blowing, OF their wheat land Is not I'M
common. with an average %! eight pow
inrs. cIods crushed, and land narrowed
finely.
We must SOW les area IN wh'll-'uch
Gu,piitv only as can Doe top-drr,sed from
Gur compost manure. or otherwise made
10 Weld twenty hll,hol, per acre. ply
smaller fertilizer ILLS, and thus gradually
get our farms down in grass, and fitien
stock for market. which will ply we'll.
And 50 Cnrirhing or Lands viii red' ce
The cost al production.
Attention should be- invited 10 grape
culture. which DR., Crcn,hlw advises.
with the establishment OF q wine mtnuiac-
to-v here.
30 those capable Of advising and | am
non thi, Is q subject OF vast importance
now 10 a LARGE body o; our best people.
j. \. LYMAN