The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-09-12
RUR.fL ECO.yD.uY.
From the Alabama Planter.
SUB.sOIL PLoUGHING.

Ihefe Is not any suuject now engaging
the attention OF enlightened sgsicu,urisis
more than the most judicious aud successful
mods Of culrivating soil. The extraordIna-
~ success that has followed departure
from the old routine Of cultivation, founded
on be late discoveries 10 vegetation suiii-
cieutly proves tina: there is solid ground for
the investigation and inquiry.
Deep plOughing has fer = long period Sc.
cured warm and decided advocates, while
no, few as stubborny maintain the opPo.
site theory. TIE great success following
the cultivation lately introduced by the aid
OF the subsoil plough, ought with every
reasonable man, think, settle The different
advocates; and after sufficient trial feel
now satisfied that the great object before Us
az 10 the cultivation Of the soil, is how we
can most ildiciously secure deep cultIya-
lion and create thereby deep soil 4 nun.
Der of strong and well aiteslcd facts come
nos to our aid, while endeayoEing 10 settle
the souuduess OF this theory. Tha, land
cultivated with the SUB sol plough, or by
any CHER mode stirred deep vii support
the plan, in times Of drought, When other
wiss i, would perish, is unquesiouahle -
That the roots Of plants will 60 down as fer
the ground is looseued or plOUghed, is
and must be admitted, and that those roots
ere IN ques, or ru;rinent, IS fair inference.
That the influence Of The suns rays aud the
atmosphere, SO essential in The production
Of vegetation, will penetrate deeper, and b.
60 penetrating prepare larger bed for the
roofs Of plants to spread 10. $ self evdeo,,
and that this system Of sub.solI ploughing,
or deep ploughing, has been iourd IN the
same soil aud under The same cifcumsiau-
ce,, 10 be followed by greater productions,
is certainly nov determined BY correct snd
well conducted experiment, be The fOunda
lion OF the soil what it may. | have beg
ged to be understood to aliude to preparing
the soil for planting as for tending in any
degree a crop with lae sub soil plough, !
cannot enter into tie nationality hi, Il
il gratifying TO recollscl that We can very
conveniently fad whole people who are
not surpassed, il is nos admitted, by any
other, and the point not quite settled, aheth
eror not they are eqlsl'ej, whose system
cultivation for obtaining grea, production
AID preservation Of soil is now not only
dep cultivation ba, turuing up The sub
sr1'a f1r tbe purpose Of creating deep
col.
here nl1de % Tie Fisning,, whose
system Of busbaadry bs. arrested the at.
lenlJon Of every nasion Of cuItyai0fs and
sn2'y secured heir applause.
Those people 1ot on'y cul,iya'e their
la-e. deep, b.s lhrow Up the ui'er strata
20 The acton II iae atmosphere and the
1875 Or he SUI, maay Of tlem annually to
ths 4 D,h or 40 to hire. feet. Here /
eool1 5uag before observing men fact
t,ea frequently amongst ourselves that
aueh' never to be lost shs Of when this
s.tj-cl 5 sgts,ed. In digging cellars or
sr's he ea:a lhroan from the bottom,
even ,5t'y feet below he surface, whether
ely sant or gravel, The drs, year IS found
ea2iot-cays, lot the second a strong yege.
Ton $ seea Of grass and weeds, &c. aud
tie power q producing vegetation seems 10
Increase annually, ana mosl in limestone
SOLE. Now it Is selfeyden, that This is
The eject Of the action on the earth Of the
sln's ray, the atmosphere, frost, raios, &c,
having access to the sol. Another rena K
ought here to be made, Of the correctness
Of which We have seIl.evidcol proof. Our
mosl productive laud IS our deepest ai.uVis'
HOsts ~NpW VIC htiJ6 tk2t VIZ HuAEI with
fail, on those lands pass gradually dom
Fiihout resting 10 the mass about the roots
Of plants, Circumstance, il 10 well known
when j! takes place to Be extremely 1uf4.
'cfable 10 he vegetation Ct ell plants. AID
Nhich satisfactorily accounts for the un
friendly character, as regards production
u hard pan soils egeo where the upper
sraia is good, and it is known 10 river
planters that the iaIe Introduced mode oi
deep ploushing, even river lands, has been
attended with the bappiesi effects in pro.
doeing extraordinary addition to The crops.
An experiment " a distinguished Mary.
isnd farmer IS repughsbing generally
throughout the country, ana no doub, y IN