Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-23
PLOUGtilNG.

MIR. Livingston meniioDs an experiment
made 10y which il was ascartained, thai dew
when eyaporsiPd, 10 found 10 contain a rich
sediment, that Talnwaier does not possess and
hence may he sdduced goo reason for the
comm My received opin,on, that ground is
most benth ted by plous hing while the dew IL
on.
In preparing for crop, some lands require
to he oftrner, and some 10 be- deeper, plough-
ed,than others. The stiff clay soils require the
most y Coughing ,aod the gravely soil, the deep
est. he more dry aud .gravelly the SOL, the
deeper II should be pIoughed. IN order to enn-
Die II To withstand the droughts OF Summer, aud
the more stiff aud clayey the soil, the titsner il
should be pIoughed, and also rolled aud bar
ro"ed, IN or'er 10 reduce II to 4 fine uiih, nod
20 raise IN il that state OF fermentation. zach
OF Nj III, IN such soil, 10 essentially neCessary
Tor the growing OF crops.
1t may Indeed be laid dawn, as a general
rute, that rveIy kind OF soil should he ~ fine.
ly pulverls ID state, before il Is applied 10 The
growing oi crops bat some SOILS az. more es-
silly reduced 90 this state than others. The
light sandy soil is easily meilo~e1 /: il neither
requires mucn ploughug nor need III plough
ing be very desp but this soil essential y re-
CURES that what is not expended On u in
ploughing for the growing crop, SHOULD Us laid
out N mAnuring il.
Mr.. Young, in his Six Weeks Tour, found
that the average depth OF plougning sandy
lands, In Great Biitaia was four inches of
loamy soil four and three quarters and Of
clayey SOILS, three aud nall. In Ireland, tney
plough considerably deeper than this.
But 1t should be remembered that the deep
er you plough The more expensive 10 Tho ope.
ration anu 'hs additional expense should be
taken tnto the estimate. in determining what
dantn ia m a.t Ia t,louoh
~ spesklng, il is believed that, for most Kinds
oi crops the depth just mentioned will he found
10 answer as well as an, Other except, that
very dry, graveily soils should be pl1ughed
considerably de pr.
The prsctice OF Mr.. Young was, not TO plough
very deeply IN common; but TO give his lands
very deep pioughings al certain intervals Tins
may be very proper where the SOL Is N ,inrally
deep: where the upper stratum OF vegetable
msaid has teen arli6c ally made deep by n long
course Vi tlllage aad ,nanuring or where tins
stratum has become exhausted Oy severe croD-
ping, and that, below is a strong earth " hicb
can be readily fertlllzed by the H,nter lro.,
and Summer sun,
But where the earth below is naturally moor
and incapable of bring qnlckly fertilixeI in
tins way, no benent Can result but PERHAPS
much injury, from ploughing deeper than u
sual.
Nj. Deane makes ment on of n NEE nj
lHnd which WAS sumner falowed and s1wn
with rye. One part was ploUghed three time.
only; the other part eleven tines the crop wa,
all narrowed ia al the same time and the r..
suit was. thai the product oitho pari which
was most ploughed Was about double that y
the Other.
IL would have been well 10 have mentioned
what kind OF soil this was as THIS would hay,
served 10 assist 10 pointing OFT the soils whirl
are most bsnehl'ed by frequent plaoghings
Generally speaking, it is bei,tved tnat all The
more cbdurae kinds of soils are most a.sisret
~ frequent pioughings aud borrowings, an
some OF these perhaps more than others.