Show lf if 11 of a a t lift amin amon among the subjects subject i discussed at t the elate lat state stati e fair yair air at emira new york tork was mastbe the culture of wheat and from front t the published report of the speeches made on that important subject by experienced farmers we make the following extracts lo 10 louis louls ui E heston of alabama genesee county N Y thought it desirable t to 0 increase the cultivation of wheat heat wheat afforded more profit for the labor than other crops his soil is a clay loam resting on limes limestone he breaks up sod land and bows sows it to peas then plows the ground and drills in wheat two bushels per acre since the advent of th the c of the midge e he sows bows little but mediterranean variety gets about thirty five bushels per acre keeps a large number of sheep feeds them with straw and one bushel ca 0 oats to one hundred sheep per day also feed feeds them cornstalk corn stalks sand and cuts them bhea he can buys buya bran for his sheep when cheap enough ha he seeds down with the wheat one peck timothy sown in the fall with the wheat and six quarts of clover per acre sown in the spring does doea not often mow clover plows it under as a manure for wheat ile he has one hundred and sixty acres of arable land and bows about fifty acres of wheat each year and ten acres of corn thinks he can continue this without injuring his land T C peters remarked that it was getting to be a common practice in the wheat districts to sow timothy in the fall and clover in the spring sprin mr bowen of medina N Y said some 0 of his neighbors had raised thirty five bushels of mediterranean wheat after barley A A great breadth of land had been sown to wheat this fall gen harmon of monroe county thought it desirable to increase the culture of wheat because it makes most manure if grown every third year with clover and sheep it improves the land he did not approve of curnin turning 0 o in clover would rather let his bis neighbors eat it off with their sheep for nothing ile he turns under a clover sod in july from seven to eight inches deed with a michigan subsoil plow sows bows one and an d a half bushels of seed per acre the mediterranean variety is is more extensively grown in his vicinity than all other kinds together 0 the dayton variety has yielded very well but is tender and is apt to sprout in wet harvest weather is no better than the mediterranean a little whiter some farmers that grew it last year have not sown it this thia fall the earliest variety that be he has grown is the virginia may a bald white wheat but not hot as white as the he drills his wheat the hessian fly does not effect the mediterranean as much as it did the soulee so that they can sow earlier than formerly say the filst week of september he has bas seen the hessian fly for five years the midge is the only enemy they have to fight now sown in good season the mediterranean is but little injured but when sown as late as October ia is as much injured as the john wade of coburg C W thought seed wheat shoud be brought from the north ag as it ripens earlier corn from canada will ripen two weeks earlier there is no crop more profitable than wheat has hag grown wheat every third year and his land is better than it was waa thirty years ago his rotation is grassland grass land and planted with corn followed with oats or barley seeded fol foi followed lovd lold by wheat jn in his bis vicinity they seldom grow winter wheat the tle fife is the most popular spring variety gets about thirty bushels per pir acre gen harmon had sown three bushels of ashes and four bushels of plaster per acie on his wheat and obtained an in increate crerie of 0 four bushel bushels 4 of wheat per acre S walrath Wal of canton ht st lawrence county count said they used to grow wheat in bis his neighborhood ile he had sown wheat for ten years but the fly took it and he had abandoned wheat culture corn and grass and spring wheat are now grown and the land is increasing aing in fertile fertility ity farmers grow mor more er roots th than U formerly m erly eris carrots are preferred G miller of oS markham CW occupies between three and four hundred acres he grows gro s about twenty acres of roots every year principally ruta bagas after the roots are off plows plow s the land in the faily fall fail and cultivates it itin in the spring and sows bows spring wheat sheaf and seeds down with timothy and clover obtains a larger yield of spring than winter wheat sows bows two bushels of spring wheat per acre manures ins his land for roots never applies it to his grass land ard likes to plow manure under has obtained bushels of wheat from seven bushels of seed about a bushel per acre say 56 bushels per acre I 1 boiling bolling potatoes pota rota toes clean wash the potatoes and leave the skin on then bring the water to a boil arid and throw them jn in As soon as boiled soft enough for a fork to be easily thrust through them dash some cold water into the pot let the potatoes remain two minutes and then pour on the water this done half remove the pot lid and let the potatoes remain over a stow slow fire till the steam is evaporated then peel and set thiem on the table in an open dish potatoes of a good kind thus cooked wilt wih always be sweet dry and mealy A covered dish is bad for potatoes as it keeps the steam in and makes them soft and watery t onions for tor cattle A writer in the biome home stead has hag af great reat faith in the effina cy of a pe chi cht of onions 1 n for biddi ridding ng cows or of 11 lice fe ile he claims to have found them an infallible remedy in hs his practice they also give gli tone tons to the stomach are especially valuable I 1 in ill ili bo bot hot weal weather trel teel vili when lan lin corli working ino ing cattle will lie in tea teb th 0 ahad |