Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09
AGRICULTURAL.
DEEPENING THE SOTL,


Itmust be evident to every one that
the deeper the soil is, the greater and
more permanent will be its productive
powers In England, gardners, who
follow the business professionally, usually
amelioratc the soils they cultivate: in
creasing the depth of the vegetable
mould by bringing each year portion of
the subsoil to the surface, until by this
process they have secured medium of
sufficient depth and richness to insure
success in the cultivation of the various
plants which the demands of the luxu-
r1ous nobility, or the humber wants of
tbet}NYs classes, render it profitable for
them%produce. N6\garden is there
dugess than two spits2 deep. This is
o<cted in the following way: The
<pademan commences by digging trench
across one end of the bed, the depth of
which is equal to the length of the spade
blade, and throws the dirt out from the
bed. He then commences again, and
passes along in the same manner, throw
ing the dirt from the bottom OF the
trench on the top of that thrown out first.
The upper, or superior "spit" of the Sc
cond digging, is thrown into the bottom
of the first, and covered with the lower or
inferior stratum; thus completely revers-
ing the strata throughout. When the
depth of the soil is to be increased, the
depth Of the ha!Qsss alastsas spit" IS augmented,
' a larger portion brought to the ,'sni'i sur.
face, generally not moro than half an inch
ofvirgin soil in one year. This, by being
exposed to the fructiying action of the
atmosphere, and otheragents, soon ac-
quires richness and presents the charac
teristics, and developes the qualities of
garden mould, or soil that has been en-
rlched by long and judcious tilage, or
manure.
The ameliorating effects of atmospheric
ar on soils is very apparent. Sand or
clay, taken from the bottom of wells,
though for some years sterile and unpro-
ductivc, finally becomes imbued with We
getatlve energies, and produces, with the
assistance OF manure, excellent crops of
vegetables and grains. BY blowing a
little deeper every time the soil is turned,
and thus bringing fresh portion of the
earth to the surface,stle vegetable me-
dium will be gradually incr eased, and a
deep, rich, pulverulent, and highly pro-
ductive soil will be secured, in which
plants will thrive vigorously, uniniured
by those sudden and unfavorable atmos-
phcric changes which so frequently prove
fatal TO crops ma thinner soil.
In the cultivation of top rooted vege-
tables, such as carrots, beets, and par
fnlps, this process is highly important
bnd beneficial Where the soil has buf
s!ittle depth, and is underlad By a stratum
sbf hard gravel, or close impervious CLAW.
| the downward extension of the roots is
larrested, and the lateral development in
creased, rendering the form short and
dumpy, and requiring an increase of sur
zee without affording the remuneration
4proportionably increased amount of
crop.
LATER FROM, ST DoMMeo. BY the |
arrival, yesterday morning, Of the brio
J Sens, Captain Mollersonor, from q ors
4 HSt. Domingo, we have advices to
q. tn instant, information had reach !
onaives, that President Solououe
II Feturned to Port au Prince with the |
e hant of his army, and had issued q |
s elanation. He had lost 5000 rnel
&illed, wounded, and prisoners.
Fhe markets, at the time the p. left,
Pre- very dull. IN. Y. Herald. j