The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-07-11
Seeding of Wheat.


occasioncd on the subject of wheat
seeding, the reporter made it point
last Saturday to ask u number Of far
mcr5 as to the custom each had been
following. So far as the inquiries
went, the replies indicate bushcl to
the acre as the general rule, and but
few have ever devoted much thought
to the sub bject as to whether this is too
much or too little.
Mr.. r. l.. Carroll, who lives three
miles east Of Yorkvillc, says that a
half bushcl to the acre is his rule. He
sows in October on good land, and the
wheat generally stools out well and
gives good stand. lie thinks half
bushcl to the acre is enough on good
land, aud that, as a general thing, on
poor land pint is too much He
does not think that wheat should be
sowcd on poor land at all.
Mr.. G. K. Wallace, who lives on the
Charlotte road, four miles northeast Of
Yorkviilc, believes in three pccks to
the acre He has been following that
as rule, and thinks it is about right.
Never having tried a half bushcl to
the acre, he does not know whether it
is enough or not; but this fall proposes
to make an experiment on at least one
half acre. He will use drill for
wheat hereafter.
MIR. j. G. Mcknight, Of Lominack,
six miles southwest of Yorkville, is q
bushel to the acre man He has been
following the rule largely as matter
of habit; but has about arrived at the
conclusion that bushel is too much.
One year he remembers to have sowed
wheat that had ben soaked and swell
ed, at the rate Of bushel to the acre.
The number Of grains, was Of course,
much less than if there had been no
swelling. This year his harvest was
at the rate Of twenty bushels to one
sown. This and other similar pointers
have about convinced him that he
should not seed SO heavily.
Mr.. f.. u. Land, of the Beersheba
neighborhood, believes in half bushel
to the acre. He got the rule from his
grandfather, and has followed it all his
life with satisfactory rasults. In the
case of small grained wheats like the
Ripley, half bushel is too much and
he sows less.
Mr.. J.. G. Ncill, of Zadok, had been
iii the iiabit Of sowing from bushei
to bushel and peck to tho acre.
Last year he sowcd only half bushel
to the acre and was so disappointed in
the result, that he will not try it again.
He thinks that bushcl aud peck is
better than q bushel.
Mr.. p. B. Ncill, who lives about
four miles west Of Yorkville, believes
in from three pecks to bushel. He
has little faith in less quantity.
Mr.. James Gordon, of the Fodder
neighborhood, has been in the habit
Of sowing three pee ks to the acre, but
believes that half bushel ie enough
on good land.
Mr.. J. NJ. Brice, of the Lominack
neighborhood, sowed various quanti-
ties last year, ranging from slightly
less than half u bushei to the acre TO
bushel and a peck. The land is
about the same quality and the yield
on that where the seeding was heavier
is noticeably poorer than on the other.
Mr.. James B. Wood said that he did
not pay great deal Of attention to
wheat growing. He has been in the
habit of sowing o bushel to tho acre.
His brother, Mr.. Thomas Wood, how
ever, sowed seven bushels Of wheat on
IA acres last year aud got yield of
about 1876 bushels. SIT is my obser-
vation," said Mr.. Wood, ''that bush
ell of wheat to the acre is too much.
-Yorkvi7e Enquirer.