The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-06-29

| The operations bv which land i improved an
which viii be briefly noticed, are Iallows, drain
| ing anl pairing and burning. la treating ct fall
lows, we shall make few observations On the
advantages Of green dressings.
| That land i greatly benefited by frequent
ploushingssnd harrowings, all writers are agreed
] Ii dung or any other manure divides the ground,
sets the parts al a distance and r. gives iree
( passage TO the roots Of plants. II nothlrs De
done TO divide the parts and make = he ground
mellow, hy plouging or dung OF BOTH no crop
can be expected. Sow or plant untitled land
which j. hard and uncUitvated. no corn viii
grow. ifthe earth can be a. well divided and
made as mellow by ploushing. digging or heeng,
why should not tillage do without dung proYi-
ded the tillage be equal or in proportion to dung
To do tins in the common way Of plough'ng and
narrowing would he too much charge and laoour
for SAYS an English writer three times PLAIN
ploughings only prepare the land for thlage-
There is a way by tillage alone. without dung,
to make the land fine and mellow aud this way
Is cheap and efectaaL
First plough your ground deep, n Won have 10
dung, you must have the more mellow earth;
when it i thus ploughed, harrow it well, let i lie
2 fortnight 70 the sun, air and dews, then plough
it into ridges TO every ridge there must he eight
burrows OF the plain poughing, two burrows cover
ed. four ploughed, and two LET open. ~ that ia
ridge poughing the team and plough travels
about half 50 far as IN plain ploughing ridge
pl0ughing viii cost but half 50 much a. plain
plouging.
After The land is thus ridged, It Is fit ard
ready "a be planted with wheat. carrots turniDs
or what else you please. This i to be done "
drill, 0. which say something more
hereafter. Soon as the plants appear, they must
be we'd the first time with a small hoe. After
the plants have grown so az to Re plainly seel,
they may be pioughed between the rows in tie
same manner As Is done for Indian Corn. This
nay be repeated from four To six NJ eight times
always guarding against touching the roots with
the plough
This way If tillage makes the ground exceed
ing fine and mellow; It also opens snch cIods
and parts Of earth as never were opened before
and consequently never touched Nv any root
its whole nourshing virtue remains entire in
short it il new land
This way Of repeated ploughing keeps the
Land from going ont oftillage Ifland he everso
much ploushed and narrowed and made ever So
light and mellow, yet in a few years time. tha
tillage is spent in great degree. The weight 7f
great rains and the natural weight Of Tie earth.
settles it down, that it i daily growing harder
and closer there is less room FIR the roots To ex
tend and spread, find their food and get nourish-
ment.
This method of cultivation. the readsr viii al
oH'e perceive j. ueslSne0 lOf the English Farmers.
Although the farmers in this country under eN-
isting circumstances, will not find it expedient
to adopt the systems Of husbaDdry AZ practised ~
c. Britain to the fullest extent, vet we certainly
shall gain many advantages by initiating the
British agriculturalists in many branches Of rural
economy.
II must he evident to every observing person.
that land is greatly fertilised by thorough and
repeated operations Of tilage. One very con-
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rendered firm and mellow, arises from its being
then in state TO drink in and retain the aews.
The following experiment has been made
hole was dug in the ground Of good depth. the
earth reduced to fine powder and the hole filled
with 1t. drought came on, the powdered earth
was moist to the bottom, when the adjoining land
was exceeding hard and dry.-Dr Eliot who
tried the experiment predicated on the principles
before advanced. gives iattering account ofthe
result After the land was prepared in ridges, it
was planted with several kinds Of vegetables, and
furrow ploughed from off each side Of the ridge
and then plou~hed on and this being repeated
four or FIVE times from spring to fall the event was,
the weeds were killed the ground grew fine and
mellow, clods and knots were broken and reduc-
ed to dust the plants put out numerous roots,
spread and grew very finely. The land being.
ploughed deep, there was great quantity of fine
earth to receive the dews and the salts or the air
ana sllfhcIent room for the roots 10 spread and
branch out all sides, so that every thing grew
apace. and were large, though nc dung was ap-
piled; the same land would produce in the or
binary way, carrots no bigger than a candle il
this were many, eight, ten and some twelve inch
IS - circumference /; they were so large that
three ridges of fifteen rods long each. two rows
On ridge, produced more than twenty bushels;
50 an whole acres product, WELDING in the same
proportion would be two hundred and thirty bush
els.
Il is easier - this way to raise FIVE bushels of
carrots than one ID the ordinary way. We are
informed that the farmers in Scotland. instead Of
pursuing the old chargable way Of Summer fall
low, plough their ground into ridges, then plant
cabhages and turnips; their cabbages and the
early sort are ripe before the time Of sowing
wheat with frequent horse ploughng they glrw
large, and the land ia firm order for sowing wheat
in the common way. BY this means they some
times raise crops az great value and have their
land in better order for wheat than in the old way
Of following their ground.
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