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badly winter killed ; still I think I should have had a very good crop 

 had it not been for the warm rains about the time of the filling of the 

 berry, when it appeared to shrink one third ; the straw was stout 

 enough. 



In the spring of 1839, I sowed seven and one half acres with the 

 Italian wheat, soaking it in brine and rolling it in lime, as above stated. 

 When the wheat began to spread, I sowed on about three bushels of 

 wood ashes per acre. This was all the application I made to it. The 

 land was planted with corn the previous year, and received about ten 

 loads of manure per acre. I would observe that I have for a number 

 of years practised overhauling my manure early in the spring, and 

 mixing lime with it. This I think has been a great help to my corn 

 crop ; also to the succeeding crop. Thus, the last year, I harvested 

 sixteen and one half acres of wheat, from which I have threshed 346f 

 bushels, and have received a bounty from the State of $18 50. I 

 think, though some of my winter wheat was blasted, it has been as pro- 

 fitable as any crop I have raised. The price of wheat here now is 

 $1 50 per bushel. Of Indian corn, 83 cts. Of oats, 45 cts. The 

 wheat will average 30 dollars per acre. Forty bushels of corn is a 

 fair crop for this part of the State, and at 83 cts. would amount to 

 about 33 dollars per acre ; and taking out the extra labor for corn, and 

 the balance would be in favor of the wheat crop. Oats would yield 

 50 bushels per acre. This is still a poor crop. I do not say that all 

 wheat will yield as much as mine. Still we may generally calculate 

 upon a fair crop. We sometimes fail in a corn crop as well as in 

 wheat. On the whole, I think that by liming our lands and practising 

 turning under green crops, we may restore the wheat qualities to our 

 land which has been worn out by the old way of farming." 



March, 1840. 



D. 



MANURES FOR WHEAT. 



" The effect of different manures on wheat is very remarkable. Sta- 

 ble manure will in ordinary good soils have the effect of causing the 

 plant to tiller much, or to make straw and grass, thereby diminishing 

 the produce in grain and meal considerably." 



•' Liquid manure, one third stable drainings and two-thirds water, 



