Show cicat culture time mode ol 01 the common mi matiko tiko in sowing wheat s in uniting in tin seed too deeply ali drill is oltan recommended because it will alic grain nt a more nearly uniform depth than CAR bo obtained by broadcast seeding on n rough surface if however abc ground lias been tilled so ns to make a mellow acil ibis uniform depth will usually bo loo deep unless iho roller prec ciles alio drill anil alio drill teeth anro set back so as not to dig loo deeply lu the old daya when broadcast sowing wis alio cilc the best crops were those the wheat was sow nand rain fell so quickly that it could not bo thoroughly harrowed in sly father used to tell of bouc field which was never harrowed it was sown just before alic equinoctial storm iy ay the tho soil was dry enough to barrow the wheat was up and it waa then thought that harrowing would destroy the young plants tho roller was nm over alic licud in tin spring to smooth and this wis all alio cultivation the crop re tho wheat yielded at ihu rate of borly bushels per without phosphate or manure of any kind hut alio soil was comparatively new and unexhausted it is an old tradition among farmers eliat alic rougher abo of a wheat held at tho of winter iho bettor alic chance fur escape from kolling ipg I 1 consider a mistake alio of alic soil needed for wheat Is ind ant on the surface the rough will be beaten and washed down by rains snow fit enough ami if any of alio llio H cicat pl nils ire lifted up aliis washed earth will cover lie exposed root fur thi having alic wheat plants in bcd brills is un an advantage as llie slight ados on cither side are fomo di bolli fronc and bip by frost hut wherever alio llio ground be compacted so eliat allu drill will not deposit die seed deeply tins was oni trouble lit fill w cicat alio llio before rain to compact com the soil the grain drilled before the rain camo up pokily anil graw feebly through iha fall while eliat sown after aliu iain made 11 very vigorous growth aud alii winter well wheat is usually sown more thickly ban is advant this is especially anic it tho gro m is put in will a drill alic plants crowding each oilier in alic rows as they must two or more per acre is alio llio like to leavo a good growth and aliu ground well covered in alic fall to secure seed thickly and a mass of sickly stunted plants is the result this kliick seeding is not a of winter killing but alic A single in rich 1 and with plenty of room to spread will by its foliage protect itself in a measure but a mass of plants all feeble and cadi willi sparse foliage cannot supply the needed protection it is often sud aliu wheat cannot be too thick on lie ground at lian cst even this bulc lias its exceptions seeding adl usually a belter stand at barvett than a larger nu im sown per abic much depends on the richness of alic soil alio more lilo requiring not exceeding one bushel to five pecks per aero it alic land im kor that more than a and a half per aero seem to be needed alic way is to ow rye or save it fur oats or barley in the spring the c IIA bem bcd of ccoy drilling ecat putting in a bushel or less quantity per acre each way alie drill one dini culty with aliis is that alic first seeding is too deeply as alio caws drilling piles alic soil in over lie scud little of allus arst seeding survives alic w inter unless alio eca on is very fAor ablo fand it il does tho seeding is apt to be too thick a bushel is os each way alic last seeding is alone on good soil to make n crop but it would undoubtedly be belter if die growth in the fall were not hampered by luo many plants A better way here it is df biml to apply dioro than ws per acre i to divide and drill one way without seeding and cross drill willi both seed anil in this way alic mancic is dit fiad more evenly through the soil while ill contact wit li ilir decd to give tho young plant a g orous start it is a curious fact that when h in strips with and willi oui alic places no mi is applied nrc not helped by alic drilled in only six or seven inches distant this would eliat the roots do not go far in search of oi it may chit iho start given to the fertilized rows enables to occupy their orvn soil and perhaps also to ibach into tho row t this may for llo belief of farmers that commercial no to alic mi strips beside 1 ciaio long ghan up intentionally with phosphate on wheat by strips unfertilized through the licud for I 1 lind the loss heavier alinn I 1 cin nhong alifi o will at timed acci bu n strip left but I 1 nun to it as a s evenly ns possible so that not a bail to a of of fujil it needs ID reach from the very birst the time of bowin is loss ain alian llie of alie oil as to compactness and fertility twenty ao we got in the hibit of rowing early so as to cin early hie suba ti iason ami to the client malc the latter past n now rarely injurious anil alic ot shirli is arcil in iho carlice carli ct wheat is now more destructive llian llo it acay policy to sow anid of only moderate early order to secure n ool fail but it is much better lo 10 and sow later in alie caily lii story cf new york on new hinds was oltan sown so liila aliat it only cadue ii daring warm in alic amler with or covered would lic just andor the surface without injury ahen it camo up alio by upheaval was leis tian where the plant waru lieper lir per on the principal that the ball plant lias always less op in proportion 0 o ils root alinn a largo one on alic i cry illicit and fo ls very laic sowing is ilio bait for ideary yields of U J F in american an indian man ami woman near yale 11 C a few dav ago leaped over a precipice lao fi rl engli alic woman was mThr tl to pieces but tho roan iv bot |