The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-04-26
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DEEP FLOWING.

The advantages Of deep blowing are, that
/, makes deep soil, which, whether rich or
not, Is better than shallow one; that Il
makes the soil better by bringing TO the sur
face new earth which has not been exhaust
cd Of the salt, that nature placed there, and
NAV have been enriched by those which have
sunk into il from manure spread on the sur
face that il allows the roots Of plants 10 PEN
citrate deeper, and thus TO withstand severe
droughts; that il allows water TO sink deeper,
by which the plant in some fields in some
seasons ufcr less from too much moisture
that il allows the atmosphere TO sink NJ deep
as tho roots GO, aud there find them with their
appropriate nourishment
But il may be objected that deep blowing
sometimes brings up earth which is injurious
la vegetation. The answer is, that though
SOME earths may be injurious for onc,perhaps
fir two years. yet there is hardly any kind
~ earth which will not, ia that time, 10y the
indgencc OF the rain and air, be deprived Of
its dclctcrious properties, and made source
OF fertility
But is deepening desirable when the soil is
fifth inch is coarse sand Even in such cas-
cs il is advisable. BY placing the fifth inch
WV -ErIrfisr st,ti lt,=s. ff. sail The
rrots, going an inch deeper, spread through
the whole of it, and the first inch in time be-
comes soil.
Deep blowing is the general rule; it may
not be, in all cases eSpedicnt II need not
4 IN,
than once in four or five years. It's bencfc-
ial aG.ei- net e great, it, any ONE year,
but il will raise the value Of the land. 1t is
said that the Pennsylvania farmers, who have
cmgrated to Virginia, have, in ten or twelve
years added, principally by deep Plowing,one
third or one half to the market value of her
worn ont soils.
y few detached remarks on this subject
extracted from the agricultural part of the
last Patent Office report, are here presented
for the consideration Of farmers.
w. Bacon, OF Massachusetts, says-'there
is renovating process going forward which
Is probably superior 10 all others at any rate
without il all others will in the end fail
Deeper pi0scing, bringing up the soil to the
lnllucnce OF inc sun ana arr winch nave ionH
been excluded from them, is gaining ground,
aud better harvcsts tell the story of its vir-
tue. .--=-----
y a letter from Pcnncvan says-'The agri-
cultural condition Of Western New York, is
gradually on the advance, taking il as a dis
trict. The causes are the bringing of more
land from year to year, under cultivation, but
perhaps the greatest are deeper blowing, more
thorough tillage, &c.
A letter from Massachusetts,, speaking Of
the cultivation of corn, says The average
yield per acre, in this vicinity, is on the in
crease; being now from 40 to 80 bushels
This result is obtained by deeper ploping, and
spreading more manure on an acre
In another letter from Massachusetts,, the
writer says his mode of cultvating corn is, to
p'ow grass land in August ploN it again in
the spring from seven to nine inches deep,
manure in the hill with compost sc.
DR.. ID. Lee says lit is very rare, if ever,
that n soil is so sterile that, whom three inches
deep, it may not be made twelve.