The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-11-14
From The southern PIs.lsr.
sBBsoH. PLOUGBING.

Gbb10AAs lLoOnulNNs
The advantages of sLb-soil rlouehing.
has been vrry forribly called to our mind
~ ilse suhjoinei arlicle wlrirh we copy
from %, intelligent contemporary, lie
S,a,hern P.anirr. ltismany years since
we recommended deep plonghing. and il
II not little gratifying 10 us that We find
the dread u disturbing the ill pan, begin.
nfig ~ disapp. a. f.om lie minds a. many.
who. some fcR years since. would as lief
have crossed lie path Of Boa conslric-
tnr a. - break up Mr. clay resting beneath
sumo four inches Of exhausted sand,
which. from time immemorial, hes an.
swered rs amapalngy Cor soil. We recol-
lect 10 have called al farm ina neisi,bor-
ing coanty, IL lS30, TO get onr horse
Eel. twas IN the occupancy 81 .cnani
WIN had resilsi there Tor twenty years.
and who. in HE whole course OF hai time,
had never pen irated the earth with The
plough mnre than three inches. When
we called, We found him engaged in
sendiciing Tie earth with one horse
plough, grins scarcely deep enough -
cover Ilie pareriy grass with which the
field sboands.l. a Ter sa.uiing him, and
proeuring feed Tor our horse, while the
animal was masticaiing his meal, we en-.
tered into pretty free conversation with
our host, which We wI.lhcre repeat, with
lhe view nf showing how absurd are the
nelons nf men who a.e welded from the
prejudice Of ancient prescription 10 old
practices, End cschew all book tanning as
worse than nonsense.
t"Mhy do you no, plough deeper. my
good Sir"
.God bless Your sonl. stranger, if /
IRA, TO break up the ill DO tom, and turn
up The red clay, ! sho Ia pi5cRihe ground
al nothing ia the yedrfh would grow,
and bcsiies all the manure, and I've none
t,spare, would sink down into the ground,
and my coop Of corn wouldn't Gil good
f;om l.; as it's, the manure pu's on the
ground sinks into the yrarfh, and ! only
gifts benefit from il for Que CROP"
"Well now, my good Sir, you have
given me yoar theory Cor shallow plough
ing. and With your permission, | will
give you niue in favor Of deep plough
Ing
What do yau mran by theory"
Theory, mcans the settled ideas
which man may have imbibed, as the
goseroigg principle Of his action. aud is
TO him the m ,,ite of his practice"
~ don't unders,a ID YOU"
"Thcn Sir, wha, mean BY theory, is
ihis-il forms the reason Of my doing any
thins-for instance, if ! were going ia
plant corn in This field Of yours, | should
manure il, because theory tells me I al
the plants would require feeding To make
them grow. do you uaiers and me
now!"
oh yes"
Then I'll give you my reason fnr deY
IN prefe ence to sfaiior ploughing, and
why should mix a portion OF the clay
thct lies beneath, with the sand above
You are fearful In break the pan, for ical
vonr manure will sink, andyet You ADM
that what YOU put OH the ground. only
lasts fur one season, aud you apprchent
that, as il is il sinks into the ground ant
gets belaw the reach Of your crops. Now
l think you are mistaken as 10 the clus,
ofthc loss of the good efT.cis Of the ma
nure. believe that, instead of i s sink
ing. and thus GLIDING the reach of tht
ioo,s of your growing plants, that j
escapes lrnm the surface of the earth
You bury il so shallow, and expose it s.
Immediately To the heat o! sun and atmos
phcre. that, upon every succeeding rain
the manure rois faster than is necessar,
u the sasienanre Of your crops-faste
than the roa,lets can take it up, ana a
the most valuable. If not, indeed, ih,
only part of manure that is valuable
II Ii sht, and volatile. it escapes through
the pores Of the earth, and is waftet
away by the wind, and in all proha
bility, is carried to your neighbours land
where If il has a suitable soil i, ia aitrac;
ed aud absorbed. 10 enrich his land AM
nurture his growing crops. II oice tina
your corn stalks are very small and east
~ broken. The reason of that is this
there is 'rely little potash in your soil
and hence not enough to dissolve ih
sanl, and form shat ilinlv substance whicI
constitutes the elastic principle that ena
hies either grass, corn, wheat. rye or bar
ley to stand erect. 1t all virgin clay
there are more or less Pc ash, aud il yo
turn up some of your subsoil aud eros
plough il. SO as 10 mix il with. The sand
You will Just supply your land with on
Of the very ingredients v hich ir wants. /"
"Well but The clay will pisen lhe.laad
and nothing will, geom on, it,"