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straw cutlefj (bur months 



of the last six months, or 



the difference in expese in 



leeding with cut Ibdder 



and that which is uncut, $389 77 



Air. Colman, if we are not mistaken, has some- 

 where given an experinient lor three months, by 

 which he made the saving 50 per cent, or more. 

 —Ed. N. E. Farm. 



ROLLING WHEAT IK THE SPRING. 



From tlie New Genesee Farmer. 



Mr. Colman — It is evident that much ol the 

 wheat through the country, especially on moist 

 mucky lands, is injured by the Irequent Ireezing 

 and thawing during the past winter. Unless 

 something can be done to remedy the evil, to some 

 extent, we have to lear quite a lailure in the com- 

 ing crop. 



Farmers may say that they have done all that 

 they can do to secure a crop ; but there is one 

 thing which, if done in season, may effect a great 

 saving. Let every fijrnier who has not one, 

 provide himself with a good roller, and as soon as 

 the season of freezing and thawing is over, roll 

 his wheal fields thoroughly, and I have no doubt 

 that it would save thoiisands of bushels of wheat in 

 Western New York, the present season. Farm- 

 ers ! try it, leaving a part of a field unrolled, and 

 give to the community the result ol' your experi- 

 ence at some future tune. M. N. 



Genesee Co., Mar^h, 1842. 



Editor al Remarks. — Rolling and Harrowing 

 Wheat. — The above advice is seasonable, and, 

 we have no doubt, judicious. We should recom- 

 mend something more than rolling ; and that is, 

 harrowing before rolling. As soon as the land is 

 well dried, give your wheat fields a good harrow- 

 ing, by passing over them with a horse harrow or 

 one not too heavy ; then roll them. In a fortnight 

 or three weeks more go over them again with a 

 harrow and a roller. Do not be afraid of destroy- 

 ing your wheat. Unless your harrowing is too 

 heavy you will not displace or pull up many 

 plants J and the advantages which those which 



remain will derive from the operation, will be a 

 lull compensation lor any loss in this way. We 

 have fully tested this maiter more than once, hav- 

 ing harrowed our wheat crops twice in a season, 

 and after the plant was eight or ten inches in 

 height ; and wiih decided advantage, having left 

 in such cases parts of the field untouched with a 

 view to determine the expediency or inexpediency 

 of the operation. The result has been highly 

 beneficial. The effect of it is, by stirring the 

 ground, to bring the air to the roots of the plant, 

 and to loosen the soil so that they may extend 

 themselves freely. This induces a vigorous 

 vegetation, and causes the plant to tiller abun- 

 dantly and throw out numerous shoots from the 

 crown. We advise to harrow only in one 

 direction. The rolling will serve to break the 

 clods and to fix (he plants, which are thrown up, 

 in the ground. In England, wheat is frequently 

 sown in drills with a machine adapted to the pur- 

 pose ; and afterwards cultivated by a cultivator, 

 contrived to pass through and loosen the soil in the 

 rows, as we plough and cultivate between the rows 

 of our Indian corn. This is said always to be 

 beneficial to the crop, though with our imperfect 

 means such refined tillage can hardly be looked 

 (or, and, with prices of labor among us, might not 

 be compensated. 



We have yet to learn the value of constant 

 tillage to the growing plant ; and believe it would 

 be (bund of the highest importance to our Indian 

 corn to plough and cultivate it much more than 

 we do. These suggestions coincide with the true 

 philosophy of vegetation as far as it is understood, 

 as such tillage causes a discharge of ammonia 

 from the decaying vegetable matter in the soil, 

 and quickens the receptive powers of the roots 

 and leaves of the plant to lake it in. — [Ed. N. 

 G. F.] 



ERRATA — Tlie article " On tlie different schemes of rota- 

 tions," p. 175, was printed during the absence of tlie editor, 

 which caused some typographical errors to appear, which 

 otherwise would have been corrected. The only one, however, 

 which affects the sense, is the word " corn,'' in line 23, col. 9, 

 p. 176, which is a misprint for "come" in the manuscript. The 

 reader will please mark the correction. 



CONTENTS OF THE FARMERS REGISTER, NO. IV. VOL. X. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 

 The farm and farming of tlie Rev. J. H. Turner, 



Nos, 2 and 3, 150, 154 



Farming at Westover, 169 



On the different schemes of rotation, - - - 175 

 Remarks on the present condition and operation 



of the banks of Virginia, and their prospects, 179 

 Remarks in reply to inquiries and strictures, - 185 

 Another mode of keeping sweet potatoes, - • 187 



SELECTIONS. 



Ashes as manure, ... 

 To make hens lay perpetually, - 

 Grain — Practical fcints. 

 Protection of corn against crows, 



- 145 



- 146 



- 146 



- 147 



Forcing fruit trees to bear, .... 148 

 An essay on the best system of rotation of crops, 



(hogs,) pork being the chief surplus of the farm 148 



On gayting clover, ...--. 158 

 Further contributions to our resources in manure. 



Stercorized bark for nitrogen and phosphates, 158 

 An essay on the importance and proper manner of 

 rearing sheep, suited to the condition of Ken- 

 tucky. 159 



Oil and stearine from lard, &c. - - - - 173 



Opinions of northern farmers concerning lime, - 178 



Of mixed earths and creek mud, - - 188 



Sugar from corn stalks, .... 188 



Something about western prairies, - - 189 



Marling in South Carolina, .... 190 



No guessing — cutting of hay, ... 191 



