Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-07-25
AGRICUL T u R A L
GLEANlNGS AND THOUGHTS.
DEEP rLou6HiNG --TrfECrs OF LIME, &c.
IL IL. L.li..,r II TN tnnrIran Enrnrr


By the Fdior Of the American farmot
The following extracts fam Sit. JOHN Sinclair code
Of Agriculture mhiunr. ihey othe opinions Of sne
ofle m st ablened spucu nfists Of Eng and honlj
at least direct The sennn OF American hn-handnon 10
the consideration af the subject Of de- plug hsg
In Cnrweu's report the an'haf states. That deep
rlanehng permits the surface"str II pass beneath he
not. ol the cfaps in winter sd admits the action Of the
air and The Influence OF seastn IN summer; hence q
powerful eyapofaton !. carried o. winch supplies the
plants with moisture during the dfesi weather. Afer
nloaghfg. The 's-th eNhas much g. after the
INST eapions shower It raln-'
"When sois ere deep'ned. lime should BE- applied IN
carrrct any Ingredients ghem; and pu're-oea
matter eve the soil adequate deg-ce Of ieriy.
III is mistake "a s1nposs tia deepening h' sail,
rendas much greater qusaY Of maaHre nee ss1fy.
The MIST intelligent farmers ds Mt think tot m5fe
the ten 10 ssteen percelt. addtansl Is reqWrcd.'
This maxim the farmers nj andrfs acted upon.
gradually deepening heir soil. As hef manure aug
men,ed.o
Edward Burroughs, Eequ'o .a4s II have made
many experiments Ia otdrt "a the adva4'ag 10
be derived from deep p,-ahlag. al OF which have
proved ne heneii t thu practice Even in many ns an
cos, IN which the subs a. hro1sh up. WIS, all appear
ancrs every unierle. the suiace sill was much boli
I'd
Mr.. Paker Of Munden. ''p-sffts nice nch.s for the
depth OF the ri uahnr. and he has r'acfced that system
f,r many years good 10 aad IN Hunting ousHe.
sswell a, in he clay nud hots Il lleroGrj~h'rc lie
never los crop hy IT, bnl has mi with nuwcar cd sue
- a,i' ne - '''i9 " "i'''', 'l'i' me Ii'P''N ~
deep ploughng. ought 10 he made question, but
ceiysd as an admitted truth
'ohh Middleton tsq saieS. ,hat the tanning gotd
dsnefs near Iondau, act upon the same system. with
great success They plough t. the depth Of from 10 10
Il inches
Mr.. Marshall has known succession Of shallow
poughina farmers beggorod m still clay land farm. and
their Successors, by de per uIage make tanners for
tune npnn j."
Professor Johns,o in his reeent lectures before the
New AHk STATE Agricultural Society, says =
some plants descend to graz drph. lh' IL an1
me, important 'ac' IL" the habit VI Pao' IS thus to
down TO great deph ana II The deeper II grows The
infe od II extracts lr'in The si lhfn Is quite ceaf'
ihai me m IRE shallow M shl Is Kept The less tue la-
mer has studied the soil,
II science takes hid OF the Il ugh la 'dcs and points
deeper INTO HE earth, IN hdef that HE roots ." plants
my reach ""ef drph, iaf raais VII grow deeper II
You VIII ltt hem, and the deeper they Gn the more
bust The plan aud he more prafl 10 the hmer.'
Professor jas +. w. Joinion. Il the Dublin lHlver
siy, gives the following fact IN Ill stati1n Of he g od
effects OF deep plunghing
lhe Marquis ui lwedae, IN h hnne f. m NJ Net-
,eis has ralsed his land IN y1ae eight times om s. 10
aus. per acre. by draining ard deep ll.ughlng After
draining, the fields Of St rlir. With steaks Of sand
the snbsoll, are turned IN depth ii II to inches
by two pl"ughs Two hnrsts each following anoher
me under b nchts berg thta~n IN the top In this
state II is left 10 the winters Frost when il falls to
yellow marty lonhing soil Il Is poughed again 10
depth Of OF 10 inches, by which hs the original sll
Is brought again II The surface. by rlduu hing
this is mixed with the s after which the Fl. ID is
prepared in the usual way inr infnps Bot it is ubsarv.
ed that If the plcughng has boa ~ late that the sub
soi has not had proper exposure 10 the winters cold
the land on such spots docs uo fr many wears eonai
That which was caller ponghrd The reason j..
tina, when mixed up with the other soil the air has
longer the same easy access To It's aores ;,
Now, from the premises a rded BIZ the Cregoinr ex.
pernents; from accounts which we have read and from
facts which have cime within our own personal krow
ed1s, we draw the following deductions.
|. The deep pIonching under favorable condition
Of the sill will prove s5nally conducive in Tho i'm
provement of its csplciy or production. and Nat cor
responding improvement in The uaaity If The pr.d,rs
will be the necessary result ard for the floNua nonu
other reasons: That nv tapnsnipr tho 9 il v,p en-
large the area from which the plants draw LARGE onanli
ties Of their organic and inorp,ne fnd ar in oIet wr5
-you increase their pasture and in ca dfor ,nopeu
their food 2 Iha the IONS. in search of food dos
cend very far below the line of nlonohed or,und he
mus in their de scent rlroogb the inIuraied s,f,t.
mos sub,os encounter difficulties which can bni ex
er an unfriendly influence up,n The nnen # Tho;
structures both beneaib and al va tho snrCco ar H.
soil: g. II we turn up aid polyerize The soil : ar