The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-30
RURAL ECO.tOsuf 4.
sUBsoIL FLOWING.

of success. Manure is essenilal-Just as
essential TO the well being Of plants, as are
corn and hay for animals. Yet, If there Is
anything that will enable US 10 do with lsss
manure than would otherwise DO necessary,
il is subsol blowing simply because by
isossniug the soil TO greater depth, Il fur
nishss TO the roots Of plants more eI'en'
sive range, in which TO collect their food,
aud gives them the power Of resisting
drough. which 90 one will believe possible
until he shall have seen il.
We cannot ge, spbsoil ploss here except
at q very heavy and unreasonable expeoce
for transportation, there beng no manufsc.
tory of the article a, the South as yet, so
far as We l.now and perhaps those made
for Northern soils, even il we could get
them readily, would no, suit our purposes.
in our ligh, aud exhausted coils. The best
substitute will DO TO use a good turning
plov to the depth Of the top soil. 10 the
bottom Of the furrow run two or three
times, as deep as il can be made to go,
what is usually known as coulter turn
the next furrov Of top soil on the su5soil
not loosened then use the coulter az before
10 the bottom OF the new fur'ow-ard 50
on, through the whole field. So great is
The benefit Of thus loosenlng tho suOsoil,
that we have seen it confidently stated that
the produce Of any soil would be doubled by
this process, without particle Of MANURE.
Il any one would like to see subscribing as
We have described il, effeciuslly and nsat-
ly done, hs has only TO visit the plantation
Of Judge Dougheriy, near Athens.
-.2- cultivation" says tho American
Farmer, from which we quote that follows,
the potash on the surface originally exist.
Jog in most soils, 10 taken up BY the grow
ing plants, and unless such soils DO period
cally Gshed, in the course Of a series OF
years, thai pS..::cn C. the land within tho
reach Of the roots must become deprived
Of tbs necessary elemeu. Of It's fertility and
hence il 10 that soils sh:h were once re-.
nowned for their wheat growing qualities,
cease TO yield that gram 10 such quantities
as IL T5nde7 il culture profitable. With.
DOT potash be present, the sand Of the soil
cannot be dissolved, and as that 10 tho o.
seatial principle in the formation Of the
cutter crus, OF corn stalks, as well as that Of
oil the families Of small grain, as wheat,
barley, rye, &c, the exhaustion Of cullivs.
ton musi si,hss 10 supplied BY the spplica.
ton Of ashes or some other alkaline sub
stance possessing the attribute Of dissolylug
the sand, aud forming the compound called
the sIica,e Of potash or the cu!uriss must,
draw upon The subioil for a supply. Hence,
then, 1t is obvious, this, there i, no other
way left, Of procuring such supply from the
surface, in the first instance, but by break.
ing up tho Subsoil, and bringing /. within
tho indirect chemical action OF the solar
aud atmospheric Influences and ultimately
OF turning portions Of II Up TO DO directly
acted upon by tho same powerful SCENTS !;
thereby not only comminglng 40 important
ingredient with the therefore exhausted
surface soil, bu, deepening the bed OF the
plants, and thus enhancing tho range
whence they derive their sus;enauce.
If the subsoling Of land vas productive
Of no other good effects than those we have
alluded to, il would be worth four tunes the
cost 1t occasions. But there are other
beneficial resulting effects. 10 moderately
moist lands, by tho process Of percoation
which II encourages and augmenis, serves
TO relieve the roots Of the superabundsnce
Of water which, in tenacious clay abounds.
and impars to them the medium Of health.
iul existence. We mention in this con.
necton, moderately moist lands, because
whore there may be what 10 technically
called vet lands, subsoillng might prove not
TO be an eliactual means of draining, and il
might be found necessary and proper to
drain such lands by covered or open drains,
prior to the operation 5Ffsubsoilng. Blu,
even IN wet Hands, ii would DO found highly
efticacious, because, alltiough the operation
raghs not be sufficient Of liself, vol il would
prove Of infinite service. By deepening
The soil. moisture, 10 timea of dtough. would
be much longer maintained han n shallow
il.b, as ii is well established fact, tina,
i's tendency il upwards, and that that ten.
doncy IS encoGssa I'd by The yollac action Of
The rooss--,barefore, as a necessary conse.
qusnee. the plants could draw supply from
The subspil long aftor the moisture in tho
slrfaes soil would have been distracted nv