The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-06-20
What i Know or Farming--Deep
Flowing.
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II. cREELy. Esa.-IjsGr Sir; Ia my
lssl communicated. promised 10 give
your rra,lrrs some arcnnni ~ my espe-
rlenee in n .ep Flowing. Before entering
immediacly nppn the advantages TO be de.
rived from Deep Plowing. il my b. well
10 give The rrasnI.s why pl"uing Al vi is
necessary Tor encouraging ,he growth Of
plants.
Tie Offices assigned b. Naiars 70 he
san are.
1. The mechanical sustaining of llle
RIOTS 81 plants aud necessarily of lie
plants themselves, IN proper posiiinn /; and
NJ the sane lime that the mass az soil
should be pertions 10 lie increasing length
IL Dos.
2. The reception and retention Of those
gasses. fluids. a.. which Natures laws
supply 10 the soil. until The requirements
Of growing plants shall appropriate Them.
3. Such mechanical condition az parii.
rles as shall hest tend 10 The ready parting
wiih excessive quantities of moisture and
soluble escrimenIiaous matters arising
from vegetation.
4. Free admission Of such componen;s
Of lie atmosphere a.. by combination with
The constituents &c The soil. cause them 10
undergo charges beneficial 10 their gene.
raj properties.
Ii is well known that II soil is disinle.
grated bnt 10 slight depths. the roots Of
plants. on reaching The compact or disin.
legrated portion. cease TO be healthy. and
.sfuse 10 sustain the plant-thus meadows,
when seeded down with the surface only
disturbed and not properly plowed, will
soon run oui-for the under soil from no,
eceiving the infueAre Of the atmosphere.
remains sour, and unfit for supplying The
necessary aliment al the iermini Of The
roots. consequently The plants die. II
meadows be deeply plowed they last
much hnscr without reseeding; and.
when both SUBSIDIZED and deep surface
plowed. the instance has not yet occurred
where re-seeding became necessary. tn.
cem French ciover.) win grnw Cor one.
two and sometimes three years, on shall.
iow-plowed land /; but If the snil be deep
and Tree. as in some parts of France. il
has been known TO flourish with increased
ylgor for tilly Years. When l.ucerne fails
the close observer will find that its ronls
have reached soil Ina, has moi been dlsin-
iegraied.
This effect is common ia most plants,
aud no error Is mere common shan To mis-.
take The length Of roots Of plants. Those
Of The ordinary Corn stalk will average 5
10 0 leel in length : and il a field be plant
cd with Corn in hills feet apart, no por-
ton "f the soil, 10 The depth disturbed BY
pillow, Of one inch cube can he fund
that dues not contain roots. Many of
them are too small 10 be discerned hi the
naked eve. hui still they exist, and their
termini are The only part capable Of reeeiv.
ing nulSimeni. Even The common Onion
has ronls is inches long. and many of
them will descend their full length il the
soil has been sufficiently ,lisihiegra,ed
The roots Of most plants descend gene
rally an average Of two thirds their length,
aPorIion only maintaining tie horizontal
position.
Soil has no power To absorb and retain
many Of the gasses found in the almns.
rliere nnul required by lie growing plant,
and this retention is just in proportion TO
The quantity Of surfaces Of particles expos
ed; aud therefore, an nnploned surface
cannot avail nf this action. nor can shall.
low.plcwed land receive IS much benefit,
rom lhls cause as thai more deeply disin-
'egralcd. ! he rationale al this action |
will exFlain in a future letter.
Compact soils will not permi, the wa.
ter resulting from rains 10 enter them, and
shallaw-plnwed land will hold a large
quantity Of water near lis surface. when
'f"m deeper disintegration, j, might pass
a"wnward 10 suhsol capable of freely
recei,ing H. Heavy Judgment Of water
ahoni the ron,s Of most plants is delrinen-
lai ~ their growth. while large quantities
Passing over lheir surlares without beirg
received will carry of the more soluble
BARTON Of the manure
throwing plants nnl only receive but
mr'w Out matter froii their roots, far they
reject certain PORTIONS which are itrmed
'Acrementlious {; llisse in well disintIe.
gated soils are got rid u, bu, wien shall.
10Y plowed they remain on lie imper-
s'nns s'i. and from lhen proximity 10 the
hf'is, lninie ihc plahis.
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