Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-11-26

ale fesfe and i! ans.
lirmAiye, Tho reasons tor1
ylch lure are deal adcd. We think
Tint plq0ghing estrabls in most
c s. md r. dsk, fortl,e ipllowing,
lamong Stl sasons that nj tagiven:
lst. II I'll one 81 the M prin-
Efiplcssof philosophers asturc, shat
prop6rty from tho siy6 Nd that chemical
changes and comb gsbns are co, s.an,ly
going "a. Fertility is much in
Iesedsed. bose nltcrnatiye effects CT the
|atmosph ands these cLanges.of the
Qualities OF soil !, arc more active and
Efficient as new surfaces are exposed to
new action. For instance, muc! greater
qualities o! carbonic gass will-Le absorb
ed hy given surface Of: earth, il that.
lsartllis frequently stirred, than If it was
allowed to remain with a single saturated
surface. Ploughing, by exposing new
surlacestto the action Of the atmosphere
mast BE- productive OF esssn.ia! benefit;
and as fall ploughing generally takes
place after crops which, havc partially
exhausted the surface 81 some Of its MI.
tritivo- and absorbent qualities. It's service
in adolf spring crops is greatly enhanc-
cd.
"a. Thcieis always on land more or
less grass, weeds, stubble, OF other vcget-
able matters convertible into mould by Ter.
n,enta!ion and decomposition, q process
which is greatly aided by being ,urnedl
Ennd4 the surface of the earth.sSf'a!l
iplanghing renders such substaudls much
sooner available in advancing G growth
tof crops, than they would bell left UNI
covered during the wintery independent
lof The grcat loss necessarily sustained by
The washing away Of the lighter mat.
erials and tllei1 isp1 ZION by The winds
| Sd. Nothj ~ Recent on most
sois in psesi zion. than hiph
! pu!yerisat Ill ploughing aids
this operEasoN g essentially. Land,
! that if pieaghrain the spring only..wiIl
remain in large cakes or Jumps degying
theefurtss Of The farmer Z, ri,ia,.n ;ha' 40
suitably, wiliif. ploughed ii Vie fall be
found loosenesl III texlure, and fitted for
s|aSarly operations in the spring OF the year.
Frost is the most eiiic NJ dlsintcgrMor
Of the soitwith which agriculuralis1
lis acquainted ard he should avail him
self OF its valuable labors in all praclica
bic cases.
5.h. The earlier the ground can Le
prepared Cor the suitable reception 81.
spring crops, such as corn, spring wheat,
! and barley, the better it will be found for
!. the cEli,ator: and in nine cases out
Of ten, early sown crops arc the heaviest.
and most productive.
9Th. pIuughing land acts moro cilactu-
ally iii destroying insects than any other
.aode Of treatment, and fall ploughina for
this purpose is preferable to any other.
1 Those Insects which produce The mos,
mischief 10 the farmer such as the Nv.
cut-worta, grub, &c, cannot resist the
frost Of our winters, it prematurcly ex.
posed to It's action by q fall p!oughinu.-
he ,:ut-worm which accumuIatcs in such
numbers in Old meadows aud pastures, is
thus destroyed, and crops planted on them
saved.
Lastly Our summers are SO limited ia
duratioa, that unless the time allotted to
vegetation is fully occupied blythe arowll,
land ripening of plants, the certain fail-
1.-THE farmer usually is more hurried by
his work in tho spring than he ought 10
be, in order to avoid shaving his crops
1 caught by the iros. and snow. II shonIl
tic the object Of the farmer 10 have his
necessary labor as nearly equalized tAfo,