Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-03-11

Ayough have amounted O. f,o thousand Col
y ~ season .rh.' !, TIA, rs'oi' Of h'sl n,aar.
W. f-s isdcious cultivation Of sol, too which is
eaoc'dngly pot snd sandy.
Tht s0bisd of sYb-soil puugAiug IS ono upon which
tboro b.s bcoa bot l,,ie SAID and less dome DO This
pan 81 50 cpuntry. Ia ali grounds, except those
which very loose and sandy. there doubt tlat
gfeA bcneht would bc derived from the of the SUBJ
so plough ia England ,hc effect OF slb.sai plough
inrin increasing 'hc, crops. stated by some agr-
cuitutai wucrs, would seem almost incredible BY
tins means the crops hat country have been doub-
led. anl On many instance. thrchlcd. Tho expense
however. Us stated 600 be- 7cr great great t0 hc
beyoDd ue means Of mus, OF ouf iatmcra ~ one
the ctpcnsc az soil plouEhug ou farm uf over
i've hundred acres was estimated Oy tho ouucr 90
COS, the cnotm9us sum Of thirteen hundred pounds
sterling. TINS calculation took into consideration Size
Of the heavy Dtaustan plough which alN as, rcQuir
Cd -four, and. Bro some sr claws, SIX horses go work D.
am aware That an Implement might lie constructed.
which thongh 10 might uo, DO thc business quite as
well, could nevertheless. bee made highly beneficial 300
The bands Of orr farmers and obtained Gar lcss
cost ] am informed that Mr. Bosom. Of The Yankee
Farmer. has with highly praise-wouhy lcdl 90 The
interest Of Agriculture, imported from England sub
soil plough. which NAV le worked with less power
fui team Than The commonly 100 tAat country
Ia a climate like our own. which al that season of
the gear when our crops, particularly our root crops,
mo, need the bench, OF moisture tina, may hc derived
from deep ploughng,1nd are most likely suffer from
dTouVh, The sub soil plough would Eo attended with
questionable benefit. Ou field of nov own. which bad
been set 20 1n orchard, and therefore kept under tie
plough Tor some years. DO attempting go uudcr-drn %
part Of u, that usually flooded hy water IN tho
Gpnng OF the year noticed what the English call tie
'uDpc, crust This lay some inches below the sur
face, at the depth go which the land had been usually
poughed formed hy tho ttcadng Of oxen and the move
men, Of the plough over il, THIS found 50 hard as
10 be apparently impcncablc by the roots of plants
piece Of marble, and discovered TO me at once the
cause Of tue failure, n great measure, OF my crop o.
potatoes the year before. Having discovered what
a /. q | ~
ing means TO remedy y.
had never seen a sub-soh plough, there never hav
ing been made 90 tins part Of the country
consulted my Ingenious iucuds, Mcssrs. IGOuiy
Mears and, AZ 10Y request they made instrument O
very cheap and simple construction, consisting Of
wooden beam about three inches square, and THREE
feet long with three tines teeth ofhe common cult
vator, placed ~ direct line IN the beam, extending
about ipt inches below the BEAM to this handles
attached similar 10 the handles OF plough.
On trying this by running II after the dnll plough,
found, in my hard stony sub-soi, il was quite made
quaie to the business, being too light and insufficient
IN strength. then had constructed OF simila
plan, but much heavier and stronger The beam hv
feet long, SIX inches square Of white oak. well lroned
with three tines IN nearly right line, made of the hes
Sweedesiron and half inches square extending
twelve inches below the beam, with spur at the foot
less than that OF the tine OF the cultlyator, wit
strong handles, and an iron beam extending from eac
handle TO the centre ofhe beam, by which the baan
iseasy preserved. This implement, drawnby two yok
Of oxen, iollowedihe drill plough in eetugn carrots
and performed the ork better than anticipated. Tn
upper cruH gave way, and the resistance made by tn
hard Gravcy bottom and smaller stones was readil
overcome. The earth wa, loosened IN most places |
or Il inches from the surface and not thorough
1t probably would have been by perfect sub-so
plough, yet IN my very hard aud stony sub-soll, an
inclined To believe that for simple dnll huShandry TN
will be found to be valuable substitute for the Eng
lIsh sub-soIl plough. And considering the small pro
Of the implement aud the greater ease with which It
worked, the friction being much lessencd 10y GIsPens
ing wits le sole, shall continue to use 1t until ! ca
find one better. part OF my cropof carrots was So"
ed upon the same land appropriated TO that crop la
year; TO more manure was applied Than IN the prev
year and Notwithstanding the very severe drougt
which injured most of our root crops, my crop on TIN
piece OF land was nearly double to that Of last year
There is no known cause to which can attribute III
erea, increase OF the produce bot the use of my ne
constructed Substitute for the suh.suh plough. ~
soil stirred the depth OF fourteen inches by ih
the roofs Of the carrots enabled to sttll
deep, and thereby no, only 10 find more nouushmeu
but to overcome in great measure, tie effects OF
very pinching drough
With great respect,
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