The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-11-02
Deep and Sub-s0il PIoughins.

erset County, New jersey, and delivered
few lectures on Agriculture. Having
founi that the neghboring farmers plow.
ed their soil very insufficienlly, we recon-
mended deep poaing, and succeeded IN
inducin: soms Of our friends to uss the
subsOil pillow.
The following letter from Mr.. James
Campbell, Of Weston. will show the bens.
fit derived from increased depth Of pillow.
INC and VS. are glad 10 learn iha,
not less than one hundred sub soil
plows have been introduced into that coun.
" this year. Our friends Of Somerse.will
derive greater advantage from their deep
plowing the second. than the frs. year.
Western, Sszeret Co. v. J.
August 2S, lsi9.
Prof. Mspes Dear Sir-According TO
promi,e send YOU an account of a piece
Of meadow land, about which spoke TO
you lasts spring. 1t was piece Of low.
land meadow, and until l547 had not been
under the pillow fer tsn or twelve years
Ia that year i. fell into my possession, and
! made pasture land Of Il, but i, was 50
badly seeded down, that 10 ls45 | was o.
biged to pillow ii up and plant it with corn.
1t yielded about t-eniy bushels per acre,
and appeared TO be completely worn cut.
Apparently it had never been plouehed
more than four or FIVE inches, aud the soil
ives hard and stubborn. then plowed i.
about five inches deep, which assure you
isas deep as the majority Of the plows Us.
ed IN my ueighborhood will work, though
you may smile al The idea, as ridiculous.
This spring commenced blowing for
oats, laying The ground out in seven pace
lands, and ploushing the frs. land FIVE 10.
ches deep. the second six inches, the third
seven inches, and so on uaiil reached ten
inches. Then five CT ten inches, and the
balance up TO fifteen inches aud then |
marked each laad by cutting numbers 10
tbs fence.
then sowed it ell with oats at the rate
Of two bushels an acre.
Where II was ploughed five inches, the
oais were poor; eisix inches, rather bet
ter, at seven inches, still better, and al ten
inches the oats were as fine as ever knew
Them 10 be ~ New Jersey. Notwith.iand.
ing the dry weather, 1t assumed an snire-
" di!sren, appearance from The others
The leaves were broader. the straw coar.
ser, and the heads fuller, and 1t looked
equally well on The remainder Of The field
W to where it was plowed fifteen inches.
In the ripening Of The grain lhers was a
correspond difference with the plough
ing. Up TO ten inches the light blowing
ripened first, and above Tan laches here
was little d ference.
now feel satisfied, that foI an alluvisl
soil worn out By blowing the only thing
required is, TO break il up deeper 10 rene "
tie soil and make it produce muc as al
first.
fud decidedly beneficial rf,c. 90 thu
soil from blowing over, and il viii certain
ly be improved BY after plowings. | have
aso observed, that The white clover stand,
thickly where il wa. plous he'd deep, which
suppose arises from The fact thst the seed
has Lain dormant in the deep soil, and now
spring up when turned 10 the surface, as
there was no clover Of any consequence
when the blowing was shallow.
| shail now plo~ ths land deep abou
four times, and hen SOW il down with
wheat and grass seed.
Another fact ~ favor Of deep blowing
have TO state. | this spring commenced
blowing for corn piece Of low!snd which
had corn on last year, aud II being expos
ed TO ffeshe,s, | Jeff tho CON snd husket
ii standing. hen turned 10 some cattle
10 feed on tho salks, IS my ploughs ver'
not large enough to turn the stalks in vel
and after plosIng with two plows for fss
hours, and blowing part Of three lands,
left IT and obtained enc Of Ruggles. hours
d Ma.on's sward d. which will turn fur
row well, fourteen inches deep.
With that broke up the remainder 0
the field from twelve 10 fourteen inche
deep, aud turned under the stalks com
pletey. then planted 1t With large yeI
low corn.
The ears are now nearly ms,ured, an
from appearances will yield twenty fiv
bushels more per acre III those place
where ] ploushed dsep, than where use
the No. s, Peacock, which il the large,
axe used in my neighborhood.
As used The Peacock in the hires dill
fefent parts Of the field, and in each wit
the same resali, the benefit derived csnnc
he deemed mere chance
have sub. soiled one field Of about si,
teen acres, for corn. The surface pillow
ran about ten inches deep, and then Wi,
the sub.soil p'oughed from twelve 10 fou
tseo inches, so that | went through III
loan until struck the sand and gravel.
One piece Of land, about thirty pac'
wide. ploved 10 the old way, wi!hoi
the sub soil plo~, and marked II, u'ee
precsuiion, for the difference IN the q
pesrance Of The corn was quite suficlent
identify The spot.
Intend to husk and MEASURE seven row
OF corn separately, and | will Ioi you kno
the result but from present appearance
think /, would be advisable to sub. SOL
the first ctop-a hard lob on nv land