Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-11
0UADRUPLING THE CROPS
How the Belgians Secure Large Yields
Of Wheat.


OF Wheat.
Tho nossibiltios on an. aoro NJ ground
have never boou dctcr,oipcd ,rLorc 10 a
n,rI, 10 tho rurnbor ~ hvsLot, 90 ,.r.to
that can be grown upon an acre, hut the
a nnroach Tho Iirnit ,rLn Ia,,,s, ,.,o1ds ~
uhcat arc - ,oinod ,,,ra,, ~ r,, de- 80
tivoted Win boes S,,ch a ,,rorrt,,in,, '.,
to cuitivatin, ,.ho,, 49, ,i h, ,,.i
no do,,ht 10 rocoi,.oa ,..,,L .i,,,,, b,. ,Ia
American farmer ,.ct tbcrn aro Crnu.
prov,n in ,bat ,n,rncr ard ,bo,. ,a,, d,
tbis country a rnatoriai ,d,.,,,.r ,,,iS -, d..
when tbe grain dill s,,rorsoJnd hrl,I.
cast scod,py ard tbo corar,,t ,,r.,,..,.,,t.,,
of Tho roil co os 10 ,,.i,f 81 ',.i.,tt .I
bod for wheat ono,cd ,bo c,ns 81 t,,.,
ore cornarod r.,tb rnntbnds n ,.o,,.,l h.,i.
n ccn,rr,. o,o ",,, ,ioro g., stsil ~1oro
room for irnnro,.or,o,t rho C,,, ,tsI
| land ie cho5n !, ,bie co,,r,rv fn4hl,- ,s,r,.
ore ,n DOM, more enacc 70 ,ro,,s ,,.... j.,
nccoesarv L,t mo tirno "a I'M Gown ,.,. III ,
dcra. oor,l.,io,, ,,d a str,,,~i. flr ..,I
vyi1 frrrc rorr,ore 10 corc,rtr.tc ,t.i,
cffn,,s ~, .,,,,ita, ,ro,s W., ,tf. -.
trv rcarb,s reart.. 200 ,cr.ors =, A..
souoro milo as In poIgiur, Tho ,r.th. ia
Of CROWN, ali Linds ~ rrone viu La
changed and ,ot II is NOT rcccssar, -
vatt for a drneo nonuI.+ior ~ dcri,r tra
crr,,ost ,ossiiio ,icld fro,,, an acre 49,
I'D .rbd A,,ori,.sr f,r,,rr 80, va, b,.
induced In annlv labor H. h and n he cam
rorfor,n tho scr,.tce with hors,, ~n,vcr Ito
nrorcr- 70 ,.or, a ,,rgo eoii u,t p ~, atd
a. ,hc horeo th,n r. ,o,rr., iar~cr ,.eids
with tho hoo
|
f.N Atkf'S IN ONE.
II may annoar ipcrcdft1c 70 Tho Ar,.ri-
can farmer 70 he infor,rcd lin, as many
AS $50 bushels Of wheat p,r aero ara
grown in Belgium. vet .ucn il tho case
In tact tho country lie So crowded that
tbo Heleian armer could not exist u-l.s=
he was able to socur' such Yields. me
than three or four acres, and some of the
farmers have only two acres. vet they
grow winter wheat as staple crop. Tho
land is heavily MANFRED in the fail, every
pound IF liquid and solid manure bcirg
carefully saved for that purpose Tho
soil is then narrowed over and over again
until the land is made az fine as possible,
the manure being spread on the surface
Of the nlowcd land before harrowiug. 1t
may be mentioned. also. that the manure
is fno. as tho bedding and cverytrin- en-
tcrinC into the manure heap is first made
fine. Cement floors in the stables permit
Of saving all the liquids. and the soaps IDS
and ether waste materials are added to IN
manure. The grain is very carefully as
sorted. only the best and p!umpcst SEEDS
used and the seed is sovcd in a prcn1red
secdhcd in the fall in some location whore
the plants will not nc injured b, freeing
or thawing, and where the plants can. Il
necessary 20 covered and protected. IN
the sprinC the land is again worked fne
and marked off for tho plants. which arc
transplantod by hand IN tn, rows with a
dioole. which makes a hole tho proDcr
dcpth. ono pIant to each hole, tho work
being dom by boys and girls the plants
being one foot apart and tho rows Is inc hes
at.7rt. though on the verv small farms
. the nlants arc checked ono foot apart