The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-04-04
Fran he tfaeriraa Farmfs.
sTR2aIL PL0TeH.

late StBtssh Agricultural Conrr-
soiioa held By the menhers II she Mas
sarhasrls legislature. rspOn 0f Which
slli be found il anashsr column,
!. Nr. Qaiaey said ghsi there vas one
implement which hal mol heen sllndedio.
which had been used in England with
great sueces<. aud which had moi been
iair1.!aesd, he believed, inio tits com.
Try, AMI thai YES the ssbs0n plough"
We rrFur n This assertion, III this
place. for The iwo-fald purpose ofccnect-
ing the eFrnnenus impression which ap-
pears 10 rest upon Dir. Qaincy's mind.
and " dung justice 10 the enterprise Of
three ~ four fellow lnwnsnl.n. Messrs.
Rnbe.i Sinrlair. III. a To-, and Mr. Jo.
nathan =. Eastman. have each fafrodn-
csilhese valuable implements In The eOan-
Try. and ne now engaged in msnufaclur-
ing lhcni. Al the la, Fair hell hy the
Baltimore tommy Agricultural Society,
aearli 81 these houses had . sahsoil plough
10 the rlougl,ing Match; 10 he first nam
oil firm the Irelninm of superiority was
awarded, after fair trial. b. as intelligent
q enmmillee Of practical farmers as ever
ploughed field. or sei in judgment on
The operations of . farm: and we are
pleased ID be able % state that the opin-
ION ~ss universal am.ng he hundreds
who attended that match, that The sntsoa
plough Is m implement Of The very first
importance, and tia, is general introduc-
ton In Ill sound stiff soils i desidera-
tum Of great moment.
We believe that neither of these Grins
claim any credit for inrtaiion; the origin
Of The iInplcmen. being due to England;
bui ihry certainly do. each. deserve much
praise for the improvement they have
made upon the English original, Which.
like mos Of The mels from The father
land, is most puwieldy affair, not adapted
% the. uses oGonr eountrymen, as tire.
quires mote pnwcr Of team Than can be
preffabiy employed wi,ll us. This Oh.
jectian does not, however, in the least, rest
against the Emprored Sabsoi Pi0ugis
gotten up b. Messrs. Robert Sinclair, Jr.
a. Go. and Mr.. Eastman; for with aspan
OF aor.es, either Of their implements ran
Loosen or pulverize, without turning up
The subsoiI, fully nine inches beneath the
body OF the soil inverted BY the ordinary
plough.
We hare before remarked that The i'm
proved Suhspil Plough of Messrs. Robert
Sinclair, Jr. s. Co. received the award
OF superiority By the Baltimore County
Agricultural Society, anil il hay become
us as impartial historians, writing with
view 10 subserye the cause Of truth, and
ID advance that Of hGsbandS, 10 say. that
il was righteous award; for, Of a truth,
their Implement is one u peculiar excel
Ieace, combining strength, simplicity.
AMI ease Of draught, with infinite power,
steltllnrss Of action, and exacIness ofexe-
cuilon, qualities which the practical, as
well as scientific planter and farmer, will
know how to appreciate; for they are
qualities which commend themselves
alike to the good sense and judgment Of
ALL.
We have thus far spoken Of the pecu-
liar merltsof tl,ese particular implements:
aud the OCCASION seems In invite few
passing remarks upan the advantages and
utility of the operation of subsoil plough
ing We desire VIVA. we may advance
upon the subject, to be considered mere
u in Inc light OF opinion, but opinion
gathered from no little reflection upon the
nature OF the effects prodaced by ii in
England, where il has been pursued for
sane years. uf personal expert nee we
have had none, and can, therefore, only
spe-k oil the experience ofo;l,ers.
The operation OF subscribing consists
simply in breaking aud pulyerizing,h The sub
soil or undet-crust OF earth TO any desl-
rable depth, the subsoil plough follow
ing in the rack or iurrow OF the share
plough and loosening the subslraium
withou. turiaiug up or mixing any por-
tion OF i, with the upper or surface soil,
To us il appears obvious, Ina, the o. er''-
ton as performed must I've productive oil
good, as i, extends the pastarage ct the
plants, without interfering at all with, or
decreasing the virtue of the soil theieto-
fore subjected TO the meliorating influence
oil culture, sun, air and manurss, We all
know that the roots of most plants, IN
their downward course, greatly extend
beyond the ,il.h produced by ordinary
plonghlng. Without entering int, any
EXTENDED Investigation as 10 The depth
which particular kinds of plants pene-
trate the earth. il may be sufficient, 10
say, that the roots of corn, clover and i.u-
crrns, have been traced several feet III
tie earth; 50 that, whether tire sub.tratum