The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-02-15
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Deep Ploughing and Manuring.

sflSElTiSiiu, 1"iUlHi VIZ WIZ "'o'S
\ down !as the "Model Farmer" of our
! upper country, thus ties:
''Ihaye closely examined the best
farms Of our Northern and Middle
countries, but have found 50 few no
gtionsEwnich were practicable, that they
4 Scannos5be looked to rs examples, or
patterns to cepy--soil, climate, labor
! and markets SO differing. The whole
ssroutine Of Improvement has become
Brazed, in my mind, to two words,
stslaloleAing and Manurimg.' The
FIRST word d--ayc. there's the rub-and
A the second, what? Now the right sort
sofimplomcnts, and the way to use
then, is what we wait. Let these re-
sceiYe your early attention in Tic forth
coming sAgriculturist Give every
farmer who keeps three horses, an
Eagle Plow for his dinner, and al
Ster coming his hair with a Gcdlcs ] lar
row, administer few tcaspoontnl OF
Gunno to revive the sinking patient
who is our beloved Pine burr-pslaw,
= Palmetto Statc;|
What text! and what should be
tho commentary! 1t is true that
I our soils are Impoverished. 1t is
true that the last fifty years have
added nothing to the prnductivcncSs of
the country. 1t is true that oar sts.
items of tiIlagc haze s'udi"usly strivcn
ato lead to ruin and devastation, i'll
stead Of improvement and increased
fertility. Away, then, with the tools
and agricultural implements which
have scratched of the cream from the
8fat mould covered earth, which, in
days of yore, rewarded the homes toll
of our forciathcrs-,hc scooter, tn;
shovel, and the sweep; those abomina
tions and curses Of sIuvcnly tillagc.
Deep ploughing is all that will
save our quilted fields from becoming
deserted, even by the harcs.
tss We lately said, III connection with
these notions, "Sirikc the ploughsharr
8Btill deeper into Nhc bosom OF the
Hmother earth. 1t y the only in>ul.
she will smile upons and in token Of
approval, she will, ih return, d. elk her
! self in garments Of sSff@7c,, grain" Yes,
deep tillagc makes true, The Gancicd
fields of "the cloth of gold" Like
I the milkmnid, our farmers skim, and
:sthe weak milk /, left; like the butch
Ser, too, they skin, and the po"rcart is
left naked and bleeding, cxlauS,ing lis
energies in protecting itself. Let
them try our friends rccommcnda-
tion, or DIR. Broylrs' Subsoil aud turn
Ing plows, on half their cultivated
lands. Never mind if the Eagle p'ow
8 is made in Yankcc-land: it can turn you
5aSfurrow twelve inches wide and half
Jas deep, With q good team, and that
will be something gained, where farm,
ers only break. up, their l:Es6f8 ssI Il
!sshis sdepti:S@-lllksen u n +; Il 'S;itsi
ersTGaInSwith q subsoll plow ioII'w-
ling 10 the furrow. Your crops will
root eight or ten inches nearer the
center of the earth the next season, and
illustrate the benefits of deep plow.
ing by their superior growth. No
ordinary drought will check their lux
uriancc, or cut of their productive
ness. First experiments i'll deep plough
I ill.,, always carry conviction to the
minds of the expcrincntcrS. If it
is dry, the crops arc sustained by the
moisture preserved in the deep =, :
5mcablc soil; if it is vet, the crop is
not drowned out, and the ammo
I MIA prccipitated by abundant rains. is
preserved for the final uses of the
plants in greater amount. 1t is u
rule which work, both ways admira-
:bly. But every pl"w which pcnc-
2trates the earth or cuts wide and
deep furrow slice is not to be recon-
Z mended. The primary object Of cnl-
tivation is the thorough rulvcrization
5of the soil, and Of suhsoiling to Sc
cure means for the complete pcnc,ra,
ton of the hard underlying clay or
gravel beds, in order to let the
Esuperfluous water pcrmeatc freely
through them That pIow, then, which
subverts the soil and leaves it in a
rough state is likely to effect The most
benefit, provided the proper after ap-
plication of the harrow be made. And
the subsoil plow which, molc.likc,
ecvates the clay or gravel without
throwing it out in the top furrow, will
be found to answer the best purpose.
itis much easier to smoother and puI
5ycrixc with harrow, piece Of
land with turrows which are cracked
and broken, than to undertake Il
fiat surface Which has been evenly and
perfectly turned over. Then, too.
land which is turned in ridges, presents
agreater portion of its surface to at
smosphcric exposure, and if the action
G0fthe frost in winter is beneficial, it
Is clear That this mode is preferable.
tl Let us plow dccp-no matter how i
AiS donc-our soil is then prepared to
receive and retain manure. Oar
crops could then be planted with some
certainty rs to their probable pro
aduction. 1t would be no spcrula
tive work, and reward for toll would
8be more certain. 1t is skill and sci
once which enables man, in farming op-
3crations, to contend with the adverse