VOl . »VI. NO. 11. 



AND GARDENER'S J U R N-A L . 



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Mrssrs S,:ilo:i^: I oliserve iii ilie lust Reposi- 

 tory, a ii(>ti<(! i)f till! iMinluct of wlif.it, whii-h I 

 rui.-*iNl tliirtsiusoii ()tV6 ai-res and a hall of grotiiul. 

 in tliu vii'inity of Caiiloii. Tlie siateirierit is cui- 

 rcct as to ili(!,riuasiireiiu'iit. When it was ihrcsh- 

 eil, it inra-^iiivil 2(50 hiishels, hut it overwii-rht-il 

 Ht Kayiiolil's Mill.-, 7 husliels, making by w, ij;ht 

 2G7, a fVartion over 41 bushels to the acre. Since 

 the threshiiif; ot' t[iU when", the quantity a|)|jear- 

 iiijr to many iiicreilible, I causeil MrV^iil to ineas- 

 liiu the gniuiiil, anil he.foiinil it to contain exact- 

 ly six anil a Inlf acres. Mlus lot is siuiateil on 

 the plains liitween town anil .Mr Shorb's mill ; it 

 was cleareil and first ploufjlied in the spring of 

 1S34, anil was planted in corn. The (alli)wing 

 spring it was sowed in oals, and produced fifiy- 

 Ki\ hiHhrls to the acre. Lust slimmer 1 maiiuied 

 it with about 12 j-'ond lo.-ids to the acre ; broke it 

 lip 8 inches deep ; cross ploughed it in Septem- 

 ber ; sowed two bushels of wheat to the acre on 

 the 3d of October, and harrowed it in. This lot, 

 bein^' directly put uniUr cullivation, my trealmeni 

 of it can give but little practical inslrnction, e.v- 

 cefit my mode of ploiighing. Should a young 

 farmer ask me, how shall 1 farm my land to make 

 it most productive ? I would say plough Jeep ; If 

 you would prepare a good and lasting soil, plough 

 deep; If you would protect your croj.s against 

 droiighi', plough deep, it is an erroneous opin- 

 ion which many farmers entertain, that by plough- 

 ing up the yellow clay, which lies umler the soil, 

 they are injuring or im|)Overishing their land. — 

 That yellow clay will in one season, when ex- 

 posed to tlie atmosphere, change its color and its 

 quality, and will, I believe, be eiiu.d'y as produc- 

 tive as uui commoji soil. 



I nill endeavor to furnish you, next week, with 

 toy practice of rolation of crops ; the use of plas- 

 ter, the mode of plougliing, and the results. 



JOHN MYERS. 



Canton, .Aug. 30, 1S3". [Ohio Ripos. 



TuE LEiVKs OF Ma.ngel Wurtzf.l should 

 NOT BE puLr.Eii. — At llohenheim an experiment 

 has been made the past summer to ascertain com- 

 paratively the best plan to be pursued with tlie 

 cultivation of Alaiigel W'urtzel — whether it was 

 more profitable *to i)liick off the leaves about a 

 mouth previous to the clearing the roots from the 

 ground, or allowing them to retain their lc(tf\) 

 honors until the period of their being taken up ; 

 and the following is the risult of two equal por- 

 tions of a field on which the system was tried : 



On the llth Oct. by leaves, 756 lbs. 



5:h Nov. do. at the time of 



securing the roots, 272 



Do. weight of roots, 4472 



Total, 5.500 



The other portion of the field yielded, at the 

 time of securing the roots 



.Till Nov. by leaves, 894 lbs. 



Do. weight of roots, 4948 



Total, 5842 



On that moiety of the field where the roots liad 

 been iiiitoucheil, there was a diminution in the 

 416 ponds, in the roots, even supposing that the 

 I>roduce of leaves, of 134 lbs., but an increase of 

 leaves have equally nutritious properties witli that 

 of the roots, yet there is a superiority in favor of 

 the system of permitting the root to come to ma- 



turity hi'fiire fli'priviiig it of leaves of 342 lbs., or 

 about 6 [icr cent. — Fni'iner's Miignzine. 



Asci.F.piAS SvKi.\CA, or Silkweeil. — This weed 

 is, in some sections of our country, bccoiiing .a 

 sirieiis drawliiick on the piosjjeri^y of ihe farmer, 

 infesting [lastnrcs, nieailows, and the richest lands, 

 to a great extiMit. Gen. Dcarboivi, of Huston, rec- 

 ommcndeil its culture as a snbslilute for aspara- 

 gus, and the tops are someliiiies used as greens, 

 hut (hero is no known use to which it can he ap- 

 plied which will justify the farmer in allowing it 

 to grow on his land. In one instance, where a 

 very luxuriant patch of this plant was ploughed 

 up, pigs were allowed to run upon ihe ground. 

 They nte tlie roots voraciously, and a iiuiuIk r ol 

 them were poisoned and died in consequence. 

 We are glad to leaiii that our farmers are turning 

 their, attention to the extirpation of this and other 

 weeds, ns indeed it is high time. A corresponilent 

 in a late number of the farmer recommenihil biat. 

 ing ihei!) so as to strip them of their leaves, and 

 this th iroughly done, would no doubt be success- 

 ful. .Another fiirming friend assures ns that Ihe 

 method he has pursued, and Hhich has been en- 

 tirely efficacious whenever tried, has been to sprin- 

 kle salt on the leaves of the plant when wet, after 

 it had attained its growth, and then turn a Hock 

 of sheep to them. The sheep would soon strip 

 the stems of every leaf, and the bleeding of the 

 [ilant, aided perhaps by the action of the salt, 

 would ensure the destruction of the patch. No 

 injury had ever resulted to sheep so eijiployed, 

 yet perhaps where large quantities of the weed 

 existed, it would he advisalile to salt no more than 

 could be easily eaten, and the stems perfectly 

 stripped. — Genesee Farmer. 



IIi.NTs TO Farmers. — Never feed potaloes to 

 stock without boiling or sieaming, as this increa- 

 ses their nutritive qualities. 



One bushel flax-seed, grouiul uiih 8 bushels of 

 oats, is better for horses than 16 bushels of oats 

 alone, and will effectually ilestroy the hotts. 



Never burn all dry wood in your fir; place, nor 

 use a fire place when you can get a stove. 



Cut your trees for rails in February, as they are 

 most durable. 



Never dew lot your flax, unless you wish to 

 render it worthless. 



Never select your seed corn from tlie crib, hut 

 from the stalk. 



Never feed out your best potatoes and plant the 

 refuse, nor sell your best sheep and keep the poor- 

 est. • 



A fat ox is worth more than a poor horse, and 

 does not eat as much — a yoke and chain can be 

 bought for less money than a wagon harness. 



Horses that are confined iit a stable never have 

 the stairgers. 



BccK WHEAT. — We understand that the crop ol 

 buckwheat promises to be very abundant in this 

 county the present season. Much more than 

 usual has been sowed and it has grown well. 

 This will be welcome news to the numerous lov- 

 ers of those excellent articles, buckwheat rakes. 



The spirits of turpentine a((plied to milk-weeil 

 burdock and Canada thistle, the quantity of a 

 tea-spoonful at a time, will run down and destrov 

 ihein to the ground ; if not at once, repeat it. 



String Wheat '!'he aiti'niion of hiriners is 



directcil to the coiiimunicaliou of Mr McDowell, 

 We notice a few facts in our ji«^ch:inges, particu- 

 larly as we think its i ultivaiion will soon loriii an 

 important item in food fiinning in norlhcrii Ohio. 

 The Biiltimore American of July loth, says ; 



" Mr Ki ynold, an eiiti:rprisiug tiirnn r in tht; 

 state of Delaware, sowed on the ]7tli of jNIarch 

 last, .some Italian spring wlicat which he oKiaiii- 

 cil from Home, N. Y., from which he ixpecis to 

 reap from 2-5 io 30 bushels to the acre." 



Air Mailiaway, in writing to Jinlge B"< I under 

 date of June 9th, 183T, saji: 



'' 'i he liali<:n spring wlieiit looks filu-ly ; it is a 

 heavy grain, often weighing 63 lbs. to the bushel, 

 makes handsome and good Hour, is a white chart' 

 bearded wheat, standing 3 feet on the ground, 

 some 4 feet. From 20 to 36 liiisln Is per acre 

 were obtained last year, according to soil and cul- 

 ture. And land snfficieiitly in iieart to bring good 

 oats, \\\\\ bring a fine crcqi of this wheat, 'ihe 

 millers apeak well of il ; and it niak s sweet and 

 good bread." 



1 he cultivation of this wheat is beginning to 

 cxciie considerable interest in I'ennsylvania. Sam- 

 files are left for sale in Philadelphia, and the U. S. 

 Gazette states that 300 bushels have been sold in 

 Lancaster county alone, for seed. 



The introduction of this wheat, will he inv;ilu- 

 able to the tillers of the broad prairies ot the 

 West. The liability of wheat to winter kill ou 

 the prairies, has heretofore seriously afl'ected the 

 prospects of settlers in these gardens of nature. 

 Diiriwg a luiir through Illinois last fall, we notic- 

 ed the complaint on this subject was very gener- 

 al. Where seed of spring wheat can be olitained, 

 it is greatly preferred ; and in some instances, far- 

 mers, in the ah-ence of spring .-eed, wet the com- 

 mon winti r vvlieat, suffer it to freeze, keep it con- 

 gealed in masses during the winter, commit it to 

 the earth in Ihe spring, and liarvest a pretty good 

 crop in the fall. A rather novel way of farming. 

 Spring wheat is cuUivated to some extent in In- 

 diana. A gentleman writes to the editor of the 

 Farmer and Gardener, '' I shall have 30 bnsliels 

 to an aire, and the quality very fine. The land 

 was sward plonglied in 1836, and the wlieat har- 

 rowed in Isl of Alay or the last of .Ajiri!. I have 

 200 bushels on ,aevi ii acres. — Cleavtland Herald, 



B' iiKSHiRK CArTLE Show. — 'I'lio farmeis of 

 Berkshire hold their annual Cattit; Show on the 

 4th and 5lli of October. Preparations are making 

 for a fine affair. Judge Buel, editor of the Culti- 

 vator, gives the adilress. The ladies are particu- 

 larly invited to lend their aid to add interestto the 

 occasion. 



Would it not be well for Ihe ladies of " Oid 

 Haiii| shire " to be pre; ariiig specimens of their 

 " handy work," for exhibition at our Cattle Sliovv 

 on the 18'.h of October ? And farmers and me- 

 chanics too ; let us have the big squashes anil- 

 pnnipkins, and all the curious pieces of tnechani- 

 cal workmanship. — Hamp. Gaz. 



jMammoth Pumpkin. — We saw on Friday, at 

 the store of Mr Philij) Wilcox, a Pumpkin raised 

 in Ids garden this season, which weighs 123 1 2 

 pounds measured in circumference, six feet two 

 inches ! It is of liandsoiiie size and color, and 

 of a kind said to be good for pies. Mr W. says 

 it grew from the blossom in ten weeks — Spring, 

 field Rep. 



