174: THE WHEAT CULTURIST. 



Certain kinds of wheat will yield much more than 

 others; and the same grain, when grown for several 

 successive seasons in a given climate, will yield more or 

 less gluten, according as it is raised on a wheat soil a 

 soil containing a large proportion of clay and manured 

 with that kind of fertilizing material which tends to in- 

 crease the quantity of gluten. 



The table shows that ground fertilized with human 

 urine produced wheat containing more gluten than the 

 grain grown by the application of any other fertilizing 

 matter. This suggests the great importance of saving 

 all such liquid, and applying it to the soil, to increase 

 the yield of this excellent grain, instead of allowing it to 

 remain where it will be an offensive nuisance to the in- 

 mates of the dwelling-house. By having a few loads of 

 muck, peat, finely-pulverized alluvial soil, sawdust, or 

 some other good absorbent, where such fecal matter may 

 be received, a large quantity of superior manure may be 

 made during the year, for top-dressing wheat. Almost 

 every kind of soil where wheat grows needs a small 

 quantity of excellent manure. 



HOME-MADE POUDRETTE FOR WHEAT. 



Poudrette, when unadulterated and properly applied, 

 is one of the most valuable manures for wheat that can be 

 employed, because there is such an abundance of grain- 

 producing material in the raw fertilizing matter of 

 which poudrette is made. Very few families in Amer- 

 ica make any effort to utilize the large quantities of 

 human excrement which are allowed to accumulate 

 until the putrid mass becomes an offensive nuisance. 

 "With proper management, every family might accumu- 



