The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-06-28

come down 10 set up and start
Two new twine s'bindersr made BY
that firm aud recently added by
Mr.. Stokes to his menagerie las a
native called it, of agricultural
implements. That expert deelar.
ed IN a conversation with the wri.
ter that the early sown sections of
this crop were equal to any he had
ever seen in his life and that from
% to 80 bushels would be thresh-
ed from some of the best acres.
But the late sown portion of the
field viii seriously cut down the
general average, which we were
inclined to estimate at not lower
than Is to 20 bushels.
AS Mr.. Stokes is the pioneer in
wheat culture in the Delta, we
took down word for word his very
conservative views as to facts
that may be considered establish
ed by this successful experiment.
Said he: ~ am not inclined to re-
gard this first crop as more than
an indication. | should want to
succeed with at least three crops
through the varying seasons usual
in this country, before pronounc.
ing wheat culture here an estab.
lished success. Looking, howev-
or, to the experience of centuries
ON the Nile, and the recent as.
founding developments in India,
as we'll as all the data thus far ac.
cessible to me in regard to wheat
culture, / can discover no reason
why wheat should not thrive in
this Delta. Personally / am much
encouraged by my experience thus
far. There can be no doupt as to
the capacity of the soil to develop
the grain, and in this view l am
sustained by the quality of the
wheat | raised in 1877 without any
sort of artificial assistance
OATS IN THE DELTA.
Hard by the wheat.field at SUM-
nywild stand three hundred acres
of oats. This crop, though not
quite so radical an innovation in
the Delta as wheat, is neverthe-
less one that had been touched
with but cautious and timid fin.
gers prior to Mr.. Stokes time,
who made what was considered q
leap in the dark. Last year there
was harvested and threshed on
this plantation a little more than
5000 bushels of oats, Of which a
considerable quantity was shipped
to Memphis and there sold by
Messrs. John X. Speed & Co., who
classed them A No. 1, and went so
tar as to declare them the heaviest
they had ever handled. The bulk
of this years oat crop at Sunny.
wild gives every promise of yield.
ing not less than 80 bushels to the
acre, an estimate in which Wood
& Co.'s man, above referred to,
concurs. Mr.. Stokes is fully sat
isfed from his experience in oat'
culture that the Delta is so pecu.
,,orlr odon,od 10 u that our nlant.
ers will soon beat the records Of
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