Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-10-01

force To other Southern states. anu
especially those Immediately contis-
uous TO Georgia.
1T NAV De added that there are
many locations IN Southwest and East
Georgia. say as far as the line across
the State from east TO west and fifty
miles To the south OF the cities OF Au-
g,lsta Macon and Columbus. where
wheat may re sown with reasonable
prospect of success. So far south and
towards the sea. II becomes dOubly i'm
portant that a high elevation and a
clay soil be secured. and an early ma
turing. rust-rcsisting variety be sown.
A field from which a crop OF cotton
or OF tobacco has just been removed Is
well suited for wheat. 4 crop of COW
peas or clover. OF which the vines have
been converted into hay. or depastured
BY cattle and hogs. leaves the soil i'm
just the right condition for wheat. Con
sidering however the advantage Of
system Of rotation. and the demands OF
other crops il is pcrh rs a better prac-
tice 10 SOW wheat and other small
grain after corn. II the corn field be
well cultivated and sown In COW peas
az the last plowing the corn cut and
| shocked and entirely removed from the
land 10 is inst the place for wheat or
other small Grain.
VARIETIES OF WHEAT.
The station has made no extended
pr elaborate tests OF varieties OF wheat.
| but such as have been made indicate
| that the variety commonly known as
| purple straw or blue stem. SD long
| cultivated in different parts OF the
| South. is probably the best variety. all
| things considered. There are two sub
! Varieties. one a red. the other 4 white
/ wheat. but tho red variety seems TO be
| the most hardy and reliable.
The early May. OF which there were
also two sub varieties-the red May
and the white May-was long a pop
ular wheat. largely because IL was
early and less likely to'be ruined by
rust.
Among the recognized standard va
rieties the fNltz and Fulcaster have
been quite popular in most places In
the South when sown.
1T is universally known that rust is
the great AMI almost only enemy 70
wheat culture in the South. This fun
gus is apt 20 be developed during a hot.
moist spell OF weather In April or May
or when the location Is far south and
at a low elevation above the sea NJ
preventive has yet been found for rust
All that can be done is 20 select a soil
that is known 10 be the most favorable
for wheat. which should not be moist
and lOw-lying. but rather elevated and
cry. plant only an approved variety
/ fcTtilize literally and leave the results
TO weather conditions that are beyond
our control
TO PREPARE THE LAND
"Of all the varieties of small grain
wheat is the most insistent on
thorough preparation OF the soil The
land should lc well broken 90 as great
a depth as IL for corn or any Other
staple crop. and four or five weeks In
advance OF sowing At any rate IN,
surface soil after such breaking
should be narrowed and rolled until il
a thoroughly pulverized condition
Wheat delights in mellow. fine seed
bed.
WHEN TO SOW.
The almost universal belief is tina
the seed should be sown about the tim,
when the hrct killing frost occurs. o
from the middle OF October 10 the mid
ole OF November according 20 latitude
Wheat is more likely 10 be injured b,
insects when sown TOO early than ar
oats and other small grain. The reeu
lar grain drill Will invariably give bet
ter results than when the seed ar
plowed in or narrowed in. But man,
farmers will not find IL expedient q
Incur the expense Of such a machine
I Very satisfactory results may be Sc
, cured. when sowing only a few acres
by first getting the land in fine smoOt
+ condition and then SOW the seed II
shallow drills made with a small pillow
from eighteen 10 twenty-fOur inche
apart. sowing tile seed by hand throug
guanO trumpet. About one 10 w
4 and one-half inches below the genera
surface. is about the proper depth 70
the seed TO be deposited.
,. One bushel is about the prope
4 quantity Of seed for one acre OF wei
adapted and wellfertilized soil. whe
sown with "A drill machine or in furrow
by hand. The seed, however, may b
cut in with a cutaway harrow an
many Of the fine crops made in lS9
,, were thus sown.
FERTILIZERS
O Long experience has taught th
: farmers OF the country 10 believe tns
= there is no fertilizer for wheat eQu:
90 stable manure or cOttOnseed. one &
y the other. or the two combined Mo:
d of the large yields have resulted frOl
II the use of 4 liberal application OF on
OF the other of these home manure
D. Long before the use OF guano an
II Chemical fertilizers was known in IN
:, country cOttOnseed was considered th
all-sufficient for wheat. and stable M
nure was equally wen known and al
4. preciated. Now stable manure and co
a ton seed are each what is called a n
y trogenous fertilizer. because each owe
' its effectiveness and value as M
II nure mainly 10 the nitrogen that
. contains. Raw-bone meal has long bee
effective and popular fertilizer Il
= wheat in the northern States and
= England. and IL was once thought TIKI
u its effectiveness was chiefly due 10 th
phosphOric acid OF the bone. Later e