Daily Republican., 1886-09-20
WHEAT GROWING IS
BY REV. s Bright, ID. d, DoRKING
SURREY

BY REV. BRIGHT, ID. d, DoRKING,
SURREY
New YORK Observer.
Apart nom the thrsa Agricultural
in England, here are many
gentlemen who from the spirit Of in
qutry and bsnefcence take lively In
tsrstt In the important -ubjsct OF the
producticn of food. tore these COL
leges were established, the question OF
armang WIS promoted by Arthur
Young, and the worth OF particular
grasses was tested by the patriotic spirit
Of q former Duke OF Bedford. Sir W.
Lswes and DIR. Gilbert carried on o
series of important experiments TO as
certain the lawe-for this wari6 IL not
the sphere of den.s-wbict regulate
the growth of plants for the eervice Of
man. Among those who take Fl benea-
q Mt interest In the subject is Sir Ar
thur Cotton, OF whose lie and famil ,
the following dttai)s may be interest.
ing: He WAS desoe nded from Sir Robert
Cotton of Com bsrmere Abbey, Shrop-
shire, and was In 1919 appointed TO the
Roya Engineers. Esen then he adop;-
ed q total abstinence practice, and has
lived to see IL raised from obscurity
and limitation 10 public ackro~ledg-
ment and extensive patronage. He was
sent ~ India in 1924, and went with
Hsvelock through the severe Gam oat2n
sg ainst Burmah. One day when Have
lock was sent out to reoonnoltre the
, enemy, he narrowly escaped with his
life, and having struggled on horse bach
through . jungle, resched the British
forces with HE uniform torn, bre~thleet
and exhausted. Havelock resolved tina
II ever be should have the happiness Il
be married it should be on the an
niversary of tho day Of his escaps
that with grateful memories of the pas
aud fair hopes OF the future, the dat
should be rich 10 blassed associations
While Dir Arthur was In Iadia b.
planned and executed bis great WORK
which WAS the construction of o WEI
scross the Godavery RIVER, by which
on I'm mense region WAS bent fitted by
sy &c 10 OF extensive irrigation. Ho was
on his return to EogiAud, kntghted ant
made q Commander of tho Star OF In
idia. He 10 a nember of the E,sat
lished Church. and prefers q PLATA ser
vioe and evangelical doctrine, but IL
tends his sympa, HES TO ali who striv
70 ara5e the svils of society, and Ell
ldeayor TO diffuse the gospel which
the ordained and abiding oause of hr
nap ptxce and blessed ness.
Amid many endeAvors TO improv
the hmporal condition Of his fel]o
men, B!r Arthur has turned his Attei
ton 10 the cultivation OF wheat; an
asat 10 r. small pamphlet In which !
discu.ses these two Important question
What amount OF produce can be oil
tained by high cultivation? Can
great produo be ohseined by means
high culdvatiox cheaper than d ema
produce by poor cultivation? Thes
queesioDs are discassed and illustrate
| by wcli-ssoertsiped facts, supplied b
the experience Of some farmers, an
jusritisd by careful calculation. A
. lord ing 70 these, poor farming Inear
shallow ploughing, sosntiness Of nn
nure, and ignorance of the qualities
tho soil, which must always prod ~
; little and keep the tenant poor and di
: Outraged. The Marquis Of Tweeda
!. sat the example Of ploushing sixtee
inches deep, and treating the Ian
generously, and the crops by the
:, weight and worth. justified the met no'
: The principle of wise cultivation 81
= plies TO the potato a. we'll rs to Il
wheat crop. The production Of stra
is, on account of its bul=, and therefor
difficulty of transportation, near
equal to halt the valua of the whe
; itself. Tue interest which Sir Arth'
has taken In the ero~th of wheat h
led him TO make some experiments
= = asosrtaIn the actual possi biiities of pr
i duoe from o single Graiu, and for To
}. purpose he had small piece OF his ga
den fenced of, aud, without any ~
cial enrichment of sol, planted fe
seeds with his own banda. The graf
. were 90 wn two feea spart each way, Il
. depth Of cultivation WAS three feet, si
the plants were surrouaded with wi
network to secuge parfect accuracy
the experiment., and 1t YVES found TIL
v from enc grain Of Chiihem wheat OF
d of the plants produced ono hundred al
n eighty eight ears, though the av.ra
u of the remainder reached the numb
of one huudred and thirty, 30 that. q
cordin ing TO b Ia standard OF twenty 10
f grains to the cor, there would be u
y wards of three thouasEd one hundr'
= from the growth and maturity OF
a single plant. If this was the produ
of one grain, it recalls the discussi'
In our newspapers which oondenE'
: the practice vi 80 wing seed too thicEl
ID snd thereby preventing the will,
70 . forces OF nature from reaching the
). designed result.
The inportaDc, of wheat and 9th
= grain is SEGA IN the fact that food d
rived from seed is the staff upon viii
civilization, culture md art must I
ways lean. The magniacerce Of Esyl
+. the glory of Greece, the power of Ron
|. aud the position OF England q
i America have been associated with I
le culture OF wheat and other kinds
Z grain. The Ioor races Of the world "
n depend upon the precarious supplies
e hunting and hshirg, and whose CON
se ton huc mates between hunger and
ii pietion, remain without improvems
10 aud W ithout influence.
he A Few Words About Turkeys.