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THE WHEAT CULTTJEIST. 



The " Cultivator and Country Gentleman " sajs : 



" Sowing wheat on a good clean clover lea is undoubt- 

 edly the best course to pursue, as nearly all the benefits 

 of a clover crop for the season, except for growing seed, 

 or for fall feed, may be had before it is taken for wheat. 

 The best piece of wheat in this section is on a clover 

 sod turned over and sown within ten days after plough- 

 ing. But farmers will not generally have such a clover 

 sod to spare, until they come into the practice of seed- 

 ing to clover with spring crops, instead of ploughing 

 under the stubble and sowing wheat." 



Joseph Harris, Editor of the " Genesee Farmer," 

 Rochester, 'New York, writes in relation to raising wheat 

 on clover sod, that : 



" In England, wheat is generally sown on a one or 

 two year old clover sod, the land being ploughed imme- 

 diately before sowing. As a general rule, this practice 

 does not succeed here, because, for one reason, we sow a 

 month earlier than they do in England, and a clover 

 field ploughed here the last of August is generally so 

 dry that the seed wheat does not germinate evenly ; and 

 it is found, too, that the wheat is overrun with weeds 

 and grass the next season. I think, however, if our 

 land were cleaned the way it should be before it is 

 seeded to clover, and eaten down by sheep during the 

 summer, wheat might be raised here with one plough- 

 ing, as in England, especially if we used a little Peru- 

 vian guano at the time of sowing. In Western New 

 York, mannre is seldom applied directly to wheat ; some 

 say it is injurious. But I apprehend that, on most 

 farms, the wheat would be very grateful for a little good, 

 well-rotted manure, either ploughed in or spread on the 

 surface just before sowing. Wheat needs something to 



