Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-05-24
ceived will carry off the more soluble
portions Of the manure.

Growing plants not only receive but
throw out matter from their roots, for
they reject certain portions which are
termed excremen,itious: these, in well
disintegrated soils are got rid of, but
when shalow-plowed they remain on
the impervious soil, and from their
proximity TO the roots, injure the plants.
All soils are improved by continual
contact with the atmosphere and many
constituents of the soil are useless to
plants until they have been thus opera
ted upon; the particles of soil have also
the power TO absorb the resultant gases
Of the decomposing manures, but only
after disintegration; and as these gases
if not absorbed will be carried off by
currents Of wind, it becomes necessary
in economical culture to prepare as
much soil for their reception as may
be required, and this quantity is found
to be greater than can by possibility be
rendered pulverulent by surface plow-
ing, even when performed TO the full
depth of ordinary surface soil. have
proved this fact fully; for such parts of
my farm as were thoroughly plowed to
the tull depth of the loan, say seventeen
inches, did not give as good crops as
other parts where the sub.soil had been
disturbed to still greater depth by the
sub-soil plow.
The advantages of sub-soil blowing
| shall reserve for my next letter; but
to return to those of deep surface plow-
ing.
No farmer can doubt that a deep soil
can yield better crops than shallow
one. Let US suppose, then, a soil to be
8 inches deep and underlaid by clay.
and that the farmer should plow to the
depth of 81 inches, and thus bring up
half an inch of clay, to be acted upon
by the atmosphere and rendered into
good soil; that the clay will undergo
this change even in single year, we
cannot doubt it its proportion be no
greater than stated above. Let this
practice be continued four years, and
the soil will then be loinches deep, and
when at that depth, an inch instead Of
half an inch Of Clay may be added
each year without his discovering that
his land is any more cloggy than before
he commenced the deepening; but its
power to produce plants will be mate
rally increased. If the blowing be
done in the Fall, and so performed by
back-furrowing as TO ridge the land, two
inches Of Clay instead of one may be
safely thrown out on the surface of
these ridges, and the frequent frsezings
and tina awnings of Winter will render it
perfectly pulvurulent by Spring. and
charge it with the necessary constitu-
ents of ammonia and carbonic acid
from snow-water 10 enable the clay SO
changed to form valuable addition to
the mass. The farmer should bear in
mind that the ultimate constituents of
plants are never destroyed; for when a
plant is consumed, decays, or is even
burned. its ultimate particles are thrown
again on the face of Nature for reap
preparation. The consumed crops of
ls49 will supply the raw material for
the manufacture of those of 1850; and
he should have his soil in condition 10
receive his share of Natures bounties.
THE RULE OF APPOINTMENTS The
Now York Heralds Washington cor
respondent attempts to reduce the action
of the Administration in regard to re-
movals and appointments 10 the follow.
ing formula:
l. To transfer commissions as they
expire to good wings.
2. To turn out unfaithful or incom'
petent locos.
8. To expel such locos as have beer
brawling politicians.
4. To cxpel such as may have beer
appointed by expelling wing.
OA lawyer not over young no
handsome, examining young lad!
witness in court, determined to perple!
her and said, Miss, upon my word, yo'
are very prettyp The young lady yer.
promptly replied, ! would return tn
compliment, sir, if l ,oere not on oathP
1--WE won, indulge in such horrid an
ticipa,ions," as the hen peeked husban
? said, when the parson told him he woul