The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-24
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pEEP AID sUB.sorI. FLOWING.

DEEP AND sGB-s0IL FLOWING.
During the last winter We visited 81.
mersel County. New Jersey. aud deliver,
n few lerlureson Agriculture. Having
lo1nJ.sAai The neighboring farmers plnwed
f'itkAsoil very insufhrieniiy. we recon.
1snded deep blowing. and sncresded in
hduring some Of our friends 10 use he
sub.soll pillow.
The following letter from Mr. James
Campbell. &c n esion. will show The bene.
III derived from increased depth of plDw.
ing; and we are glad 10 learn that mol less
,han one hundred sub soil plows have been
Introduced into that county This year. Onr
friends Of Somerset will derive greater al.
vantage from their deep blowing lie Sc
cond. ll,an lie first year.
Western, Somerset 60. n. -
August rs, Is49,
Prof. Mapes Dear Sir-According
10 promise ! send you an account Of .
piece Of meadow land. about which |
spoke 70 yan lasi spring. Il was piece
Of lowland meadow. and until 1917 had
noi been under The plnw for len or twelve
years. In that year il lrll into my posses
sion, and made pasture land OF il. but il
was SO badly seeded down. thai in 1913
! was Obliged TO pillow il up and plant il
with corn. Il yielded about twenty hush
els per acre. and appeared 10 be com leie.
" worn out. Apparently il had never
been plowrd more Than four or i've inch.
Is. and the soil was hard and stubborn.
! lhen1plowed il about five inches deep.
which I.assure you is as deep as The ma.
jorily Of the pluws used in my neighbour
luod will work, though you may smile al
the idea. as ridiculous.
This spring commenced blowing foI
oats. laying the ground out in seven pace
lands. and blowing The first land five inch
es deep. the second six inches. the Third
seven inches, and so on until | reached
ten inches. Then five Of ten inches, and
the balance up 10 fifteen inches; aud then
marked each land by cutting numbers in
the fence.
then sowed il all with oats at The rate
of Two bushels an acre.
Where il was plowed five inches, the
oats were poor; at six inches, rather bet
Ter. al seven inches. still better, and at ten
inches the oats were as fine as | ever
knew them 10 be in New Jersey. Not
wiillsianding the dry weather, il assumed
an entirely different appearance from the
others. The leaves were broader, The
straw coarser, and the heads fuller. and i,
looked equally well on the remainder Of
The field up TO where il was plowed fifteen
inches.
In the ripening Of the grain there was
corresponding difference with The Flow
ing. Up 10 ten inches the light blowing
ripened first, and above ten inches there
was lule difference.
Inow feel satisfied. that for an alluvial
soil w"rn out by blowing, the only thing
required is. TO break i,up deeper to renew
the soil and make il produce as well as al
first.
find decidedly beneficial effect on
The soil from blowing over, and il will GER
iainlv be improved by after plowings. l
have also observed. tina, the white clover
stands thckly where il was ploughed
deep. which suppose arises i,om The fact
that The seed has lain dormant in the deep
soil, and now spring up when turned to
the surface, as there was no clover Of any
consequence when the blowing was shall
low.
shall now pillow The land deep about
four times, and then sow il down with
whea, and grass seed.
Another fact in favor Of deep blowing |
have TO stale. this spring commenced
blowing for corn d piece Of lowland which
had corn on last year. and il being expos
ed To freshets, | left the corn and husked
il standing. then turned in some cattle
10 feed on the stalks, as my plows were
moi large enough To turn the stalks in we'll;
and after blowing with two plows for a
lew hours, and blowing part of three
lands. left i, and obtained one of Rug
giles. Nourse Sc Mason's sward ID. which
will turn lulrow well. fourteen inches
deep.
With that broke up the remainder Of
The field from twelve 10 fourteen inches
deep, and turned under the stalks COM
pleirly. ! then planted il with large yell
low corn.
The ears are now nearly matured, and
from appearances will yield twenty five
bushels more per acre in those places
where plnwed deep, Than where used
the No. 8, Peacock. which is the largest
size used in my neighhorhood.
As fused the Peacock III three different
parts Of the field, and in each with the