Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-12-18
EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF WHEAT.

EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF WHEAT.
VIM TAYLOR market gardener, of BootIe-cun
Iinacre has Just reaped most extraordinary crop
of wheat off piece Of land in that township, meas
uring 20 Yards less than half of a Cheshire acre
tAbout one of our acres1 1t is a beautiful sample
~ yellow wheat. the seed of which was grown in
Kirby The produce of this small lot OF land was
delivered at the mill SO bushels, of 20 lbs. EACH
and warehoused for his own use III heaped up IN
perial bushels. We belive the annals OF ngrlcult-
ure do not record such crop under any clrcum-
stances: and when the droughty season is consld-
cred in conjunction with the hot, sandy nature OF
the soil, 1T is wonderful. The produce speaks vol
umes in favor of small farms and the allotment sys-
TEN, for although the blowing ana narrowing OF
this piece of land was in the ordinary MANNER YET
there is no doubt that the large, crop may ascn0ed
to the cultivation of the land previously me
wear before. it had been planted with potatoes and
cabbages, md had been frenched 10 he depW q Jo"
foei.ALiuerpool Albion.
Remarks. This trenching of land is a process
of which we in this country know nothing 1t con-
ssts in digging up the ground with the spade, COM
pletey reversing the soil, to the depth Of from two
TO four feet. The common depth is about two or
two and half feet This process enters as a port
of the regular system in Flemish husbandry than
which probably none is nearer perlection) every
field being successfully trenched once III seven
years and although the operation is of course a
very laborous and expensive one, those calculating
Dutchmen know well that it pays the cost The
benefits consist in bringing up again TO the surface
the manures which have been washed into the sub
SOIL in providing deep pasture for the roots of plants
in safety against drouth, &c.
Now as matter Of course, to Recommend the
adoption of such system here would be the height
of absurdy. The circumstances ure totally differ
ent. But the astonishing crops produced where ii
is followed shows that there is advantage in getting
down into the soil. If our farmers would adopt an
approximation to this system, and once in four OF
five years, go over their farm with heavy team,
and Smiths sub-so Tor as it was named by the
committee on pows at the n. Y. State Ag. Fan
" the trench plow,0 throwing up the earth from a
depth of ~ inches, land this may be done with that
plow,) we fully believe it would pay well the cost.
We have before spoken Of this subject, and have
recommended, in certain cuses, depth of blowing
which some have deemed eXravagant. That it
may be seen we are not altogether singular in our
opinions, we back them by the following remarks
by the Editor of the Albany Cultivator, which ex-
cellent publication has come to hand since writing
the above,-.Hchigdn Farmer
Deep Pio,cng We have occasionally urged the
importance of deepening the soil, by turning up
and mixing with the surface, small portions of the
sobso where its nature is such as to produce ben
efciul effects. We have known many instances of
the beneficial effects OF such course DR.. d. III.
Robinson, of Pennington, Ontario Co., n. Y, be-
ing compelled to prepare piece of grass land for
wheat, late in summer, plowed it very deep, not less
in any place than eight inches, but avergng nine
or ten inches. This was thoroughly narrowed, with
small dressing of rotted manure, and sowed upon
the inverted sod. The product thirty five bush
els per acre, on land where twenty bushels are usu-
ally considered a heavy crop Another very skill
full farmer Of our acquaintance, finds so much ben
eft from the mixture of the subsol that he consid-
ers decided advantage would result, so far raj
sing wheat is concerned if six inches of the sur
face of his land were entirely removed and carried
Off
Subsoil blowing would doubtless be useful in
such cases TO a certain extent; but we would
more particularly recommend through t,enc,
plowng-one plow to follow the first, so as TO loos-
en- and throw up the soil to the depth of at least
one foot,-the last team to be double and attached
to a strong pow.