ON THE 



CULTIVATION OF WHEAT. 



Permit me to give you my opinion as to the proper 

 and best manner of cultivating wheat. In the first 

 place, procure the best seed wheat you can obtain, 

 and instead of ploughing your fallow in the months of 

 June, July, or August, you should seed your wheatin 

 the months of September and October, on the top of 

 your clover, and on the hard ground. Plough your 

 clover wheat in about four inches together, and as 

 soon as you turn them under, seed the same ground 

 down in buckwheat. Then apply a large fallow har- 

 row and pulverize the ground. Use the harrow in 

 the same direction that you ploughed it ; then seed 

 the ground in timothy or orchard grass, and the clover 

 will seed itself from the crop you have turned in. 

 Clear out your furrow, so as to drain the land, and 

 then take as heavy a roller as you can obtain and roll 

 the land crossways. You may see from this mode of 

 seeding wheat, that it is all manured in the hill. I 

 have turned under the clover and the soil together, 

 which manures the wheat. The buckwheat will 

 come up in six or eight days, and cover the land from 

 the sun. The clover and timothy will do likewise, 



