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THE CULTIVATOR. 
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DEATH OF HENRY D. GROVE. 
Soon after our last number went to press, the news of 
the death of our much respected friend, H. D. Grove, 
Esq., reached us. With the general and unfeigned re¬ 
gret which is felt in view of this event, we most sincere¬ 
ly sympathise. At our request, a friend has furnished us 
the following obituary: 
Died, at his residence in Hoosick, Rensselaer co., N. 
Y., on the 22d of February, Henry D. Grove, Esq., 
aged 40 years. He was a native of Germany. Possess¬ 
ing a spirit of enterprise, and a soul uneasy under the 
arbitrary restraints of European government, he early in 
life sought relief therefrom by emigrating to this country, 
about eighteen years since. He soon made himself fa¬ 
miliar with the language and character of our people. 
By his correct deportment, his intelligence and enterprise, 
he commended himself to an extensive acquaintance of 
admiring friends. The respect which he commanded, 
arose not from adventitious circumstances. His was not 
the reflected light of a “ long and illustrious line,” grown 
dim in its passage down the vista of time; but it was txe 
clear, transparent ray which emanates only from true 
genius and real worth. With a mind possessed of an un¬ 
usual share of intelligence, generous and refined in his 
taste and feelings, honourable in his intercourse, pleasing 
in his person and commanding in his address, he belong¬ 
ed indeed to “ nature's nobility.” Mr. Grove was an 
enlightened agriculturist; theoretic without being vis¬ 
ionary, and practical without rejecting the improvements 
and advantages derived from a proper application of sci¬ 
ence, he contributed much to its advancement within the 
sphere of his influence. He was particularly devoted to 
sheep husbandry, and has rendered a valuable service to 
this country, by disseminating knowledge in the manage¬ 
ment of flocks. He was the first and principal importer 
of the Escurial Saxony sheep, which have contributed so 
much to improve the quality of the American fleece, and 
consequently elevate the character of our woolen fabrics. 
He was one of the pioneers, the founders of our State 
Agricultural Society, and has continued one of its most 
useful and efficient friends. The county in which he re¬ 
sided, the neighborhood where he lived, will long have 
cause to regret his loss. Popular education, and indeed 
most of the benevolent enterprises of the day, have lost 
in him a warm advocate, a patron and friend. In the 
social circle, he was highly esteemed; and in domestic 
life, he sustained fully the responsibilities of those ten¬ 
der relations. But he is gone. The angel of death, with 
an aim, 
“ Sure and steady as the eye of destiny,” 
has made him her own. No more shall we hear his 
merry laugh; no more be greeted by his happy saluta¬ 
tions. He fell suddenly; in the meridian of life, in the 
full vigor of manhood, in the midst of his usefulness, was 
he stricken down. He fell in a land of strangers, far, 
far from his kindred and his native home. Yet he went 
down to the grave followed by an unusual concourse of 
friends; with a reputation unspotted, and a character un¬ 
tarnished. Honored and esteemed in life, he will be 
deeply lamented and mourned in death. His memory 
will inherit a “ green old age,” bedewed by the tears of 
am afflicted family, and an extensive circle of friends. 
SUMMER WHEAT. 
There are large sections of our country in which, ow¬ 
ing to the character of the soil, or a defect in its prepa¬ 
ration, winter sown grain does not usually succeed: and 
the chances of failure from freezing out is so great as to 
render the attempt of fall sowing wheat, of doubtful pro¬ 
priety. In all such places, the culture of spring wheat 
is of the first importance, and fortunately, when conduct¬ 
ed in a proper manner, rarely fails of a handsome remu¬ 
neration for the labor of the farmer; and even where 
winter wheat succeeds well, circumstances may render it 
desirable to grow more grain than can be sown in the 
fall, when a few acres in summer wheat will prove a pro¬ 
fitable crop. 
Spring wheat requires that the soil should be in good 
condition, clean or free from weeds, and hence succeeds 
generally better after root or hoed crops, than on freshly 
manured lands. Recent manuring, unless with thorough¬ 
ly decomposed matters or compost, is injurious, as giving 
too rank a growth to the straw, causing it to lodge or 
fall, and preventing the filling of the kernel. We have 
rarely found summer wheat to fail of a good crop, sown 
after potatoes or corn, to which manure had been libe¬ 
rally applied. We have also grown fine crops of this 
grain on sward lands or clover lays, turned in the fall, 
rolled closely, and allowed to pulverize by the winter’s 
frost. We prefer fall, to spring plowing in this case, as, 
unless extraordinary matters forbid, land can rarely be 
turned and fitted for sowing, as early as this grain should 
be put in the ground. 
In our culture of this crop, we have succeeded best 
with grain sown early. It has rarely failed, thus put in; 
it gets its growth before the intense heats of summer 
come on; it is not so liable to fall, and what is of still 
more consequence, the berry will be fuller and heavier, 
and the yield greater than if the sowing was longer de¬ 
layed. Where the wheat worm has infested this crop, 
j very early or very late sowing, has been found one of the 
most effectual preventives. Sown before the middle of 
April, or after the middle of May, the grain generally 
escapes; in the former case, the insect not appearing un¬ 
til the proper state of the grain for the deposition of the 
egg has passed; and in the latter case, the period of the 
insect has usually passed before the grain comes to the 
stage in which it suffers most from the fly. 
Few crops are benefitted more by change or choice of 
seed than this; but whatever may be the kind of seed, it 
should never be sown without a thorough preparation. 
Soaking in brine, carefully skimming it during the process, 
and then drying in caustic or new slaked lime, has with 
us proved the best course of treatment. These salts not 
only contribute to giving the plants a vigorous and heal¬ 
thy start, but tend to keep it free from smut; a disease to 
which this grain is liable. Summer wheat will not make 
superfine flour, it having a slightly yellow cast, but it 
makes superior bread, containing a large portion of glu¬ 
ten, and sufficiently white for all useful purposes. On fa¬ 
vorable soils, the yield is from twenty to thirty bushels 
per acre. 
Death. —Died in this city on the 8th of March, of 
consumption, Mrs. Mary S. Tucker, wife of the pro¬ 
prietor of this paper, and daughter of the late Eebenezer 
Sparhawk, Esq. of Rochester, Vermont, aged 38 years. 
Her life was a beautiful exhibition of the principles of 
the Gospel, and her death, that of the firm consistent 
Christian, peaceful and happy. 
INFORMATION WANTED. 
Drill Barrow. — I observe in the second volume of 
the Transactions of the N. Y. State Ag. Society, a notice 
of a drilling machine invented by Jonathan Battey, of Pe 
rU, Clinton Co., of uncommon excellence. Will the in¬ 
ventor favor the readers of the Cultivator, with a de¬ 
scription? Much difficulty has been experienced in pro¬ 
curing such as are adapted to sowing beet seed, and a de¬ 
scription of J. Batley’s machine would doubtless be of 
value to many. L J. T. 
