The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-02-15
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LEND, llonl " ses ON cel li5Ss4w fotei
sssi as The Mode el Farmer of Our
al country thus w;ites:
lsliase closely examined the best
s rms of our N orfhern and Middle
eso,intriies butS have found so few no
:tions which were practicable, that they
eannots be look ked to rs examples, or
patterns to col yt--soil, climate, labor.
ind markets. 50 iflering. The Whole
rontiJle Of Improvement has become
Tnzed, an my mind, to- two words,
ling and liaRuring.' The,
gssse S'ora AYE. there's the rub-and
THE second what? Now the right sort
of5innplenl and the way to use.
9 sstiilain siiszwhat we swant. Let. thesere.
aelve your early attention in the forth
Coming Agriculturist Give every
NOR Who keeps three horses, an
low for his dinner, and ai-
ter coming his hairiwi,h a Geddes lIar-
roW administer. a. few tcaspoonful of
ssssnalo to revive The sinking patient
silS Is ourbbeloycd Pine burr-pshaw,
allnetto State
hat d text! aud what should be
tho co,nmentary2 1t is true that
our soils are impoverished. 1t is
sflia that the last fifty years have
added nothing toatAe productivcness Of
tho eountry. It's true that our sys-
tens Of tillage have studiously strivcn
ito lead to ruin and devastation, in
stead of Improvement and increased
.sSiertilitY. Away, then, with the tools
anu agricultural implements which
ghape scratched off the cream from the
fat iaonld d:eovered earth, which, in
day 4 of y ore, rewarded tho homes. toll
oliT forefathers---thc scooter, th;
shovel and the sweep; those abominaa
tions and curses Of sluvc:ply tillagc.
Dsep ploughi,ig is all that will
Ssage our quilted fields from becoming
deserted ever by the hares.
q lately said, i'll connection with
these notions, aStrjkc the plouglshare
still deeper into the bosom of the
sinother5earth. It Y the only insult
! oh S,,ill smile uponS and in token of
approval, she will, ih return, d, ok her
saeif in garments Of g5fdrn grain" Yes,
deep tillnge makes true, the iancicd
fields Of sthe cloth of gold" Like
the milkinaid, our farmers skim, and
the weak milk is left; like the butch
er, too, they skin, and the pooncar,h is
SsleftSnaked and. bleeding, exhaus,ing its
energies in protecting itself. Let
them try our friends rccommenda-
;stion, r3Dr. Broyles' Subsoil and turn
ing plows, on half their. cultivated
lands. Never mind if the. Eagle plow
ID made in Yankee-land: it can turn you
as fi,rrowS twelve inches wide and half
deep, 9th d oed team, and that
will be something gained, where farm;
Gers anl ss break up heir; lssSSfS
sS,ith subsoll plow 1olI'lWF
Ing ia the fdrrow. Your crops will
! root eight or ten inches nearer the
center os tho earth the next season, and
$illnstrate the benefits of deep 5plow-
ing by their superior growth. No
gSordinary drought, will check their lux
liriance,, or cut off their productive
ness. First experiments III deep plough
! ing, always carry conviction to the
minds of the expcrilncntcrs. If it
rs dry the crops are sustained by the
moisture preserved in the deep pc =
s5uieables soil; sifitis wet, the crop is
B not drowned out, and the ammo
mia precipitated by abundant rains, is
4 preserved for the final uses of the
!, plantssin5a greater amount. 1t is a
gs,rilcS which work, both ways admra-
But every plow which pcnc-
D trates the earth or cuts n wide and
deep furrow slice is not to be recon-
Inended. The primary object Of cul-
gtipatioi, is the thorough pulverization
the soil, and Of subsoiing to Sc
ellrei means for the complete pcnctra-
! ton gotf the hard underlying clay or
\ gravel beds, in order to let the
superHuous water permeatc freely
Thong Ii them. That plow, then, which
siibgeTts the soil and leaves it in a
rough state is likely to, effect The most
benefit, provided the proper after ap-
plication oft harrow be made. And
the subsoil plow which, mole-lilc,
e5eteEaleS5 inc cray OF SraHel "itiiout
t!iro@ingit outin the top furrow, will
be found to answer the best purpose.
III is much easier to smoother nland pul.
Yerixs With a harrow, piece OF
laud with fhrrows which are cracked
and broken, than to undertake n
fiat surface Which has been evenly and
perfectly turned over. Then, too,
land which is turned in ridges, presents
! a. greatergportion Of its surface to Mt
i Iiilospiiericlexposure, and if the action
ssf the frost in winter is beneficial, it
! is clear that this mode is preferable.
Let us plow dcep-no matter how i
~ ID denc our soil.is then prepared to
SreceiiYe5 and retain manure. Our
crops could then be planted with some
erfsinty as to their. probable pro
duction. It1would be no specula-
tive work, and reward for toll would
y BE more certain. It's skill and sci
s once which enables man, in farming op-
scratibns, To contend with the adverse