The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-01-30
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that every farmer has to do, and yet VIC see
but small amount Of good blowing in proper
tion to that which is bad and indifferent. This
is owing more to farmers using plows Of bad
construction and make, than to ali other eau.
ses combined Hence farmers will tolerate
bad blowing, when they would "veto" ut once
bad moving. poor cradling, and careless hoe
ing in their fields. Then again, good or mPro
| we'd p!ows will cost double and sometimes
treble ut first cost, over the ordinary p!ow.
This fact stanlS in the way of many farmers,
and when they atc told, as they are by some
"leachers,' that on an ordinary farm of a
hundred acres they must have from four to six
different sized plows, they become disgustrd
Or disheartcned at once. Now we have found
that as good sward plnw is could be brought
into the field was also Il good plow for stubble
and mellow ground, and this tOo after ten
years faithful trial; at the same time We us d
other powS. as the case required.
OF course there can be no objection to far.
mcrs having as many different plows a> they
htvc means to buy; hut with many farmers,
one improved plow is aS much us they can al
ford, and have other farming tolls to match
fact by the way, which very few farmers
have arrived at.
As to the different modes of blowing, there
are many dilierclt ideas among farmers; some
prefer the lap iurrow, and The Hat or land fur
row others prefer Both are good enough if
the work is wv donc-lhal is, if tie lurrows
are turned down to cover all Tie grass, weeds
and foul stuff. We have fpnnl the flat or Ic-
vel !aud !urrow, after trial, where each iurrow
j. shut in ni." .. .h', ''," ''''>t plan 10 pre-
vent grass and weeds growing at the e.IgrS u;
"t the iurrowS that We have srem ad"i'lrd.-
Aud so we have yracicrd lhr flat or level
land iuGruws on all sNard lands.
The manner of la ing ont lanlS for blowing
is worthy at consideration; - is often the case,
wrn field has been = ""eI one way for
wears, large rid -e> will hc found 1T tn, lc> OF
ence> whe low swa.c< will b.. left through
field 10y "dead furrow>." In this case, the
flowing should he reversed, $" that the soil
NAV be brought back to its original place. We
have found, when the fell WAS l"lcrahly level,
whether large or small, that it was best to Z"
around the whole field at once. making but one
land, and OF course having but Que 'drad fur
row. In t!is case the lrlicr way would he
to have some twenty feet III width at the 'hca'I
lands" and sides of the field to be powed last.
These lands can br p!"~el by going round the
field of course, turning to the right Il gee
about until the field is linishrd. \ still bet.
ter plan we think woull be to commence in
the middle of the field; his conld easily BE-
found BY pacing and stalking. Here pI"w Il
lurrow, >:.y two rods in length, then turn hack
another turrow the same length. Alter you
have plowcd six or eight tnrruws in this way,
you could commence pl"wimg across the end
of the land Flowing in this way, you would
Of course turn your team to the right, and 'scc
about" and so on until the field was finished.
l he particular advantage OF pl"winy in this
way is, that your team is all the time lrcading
OH the Sward or nplowed land, while, piowIng
the other way or ''haw about" you are con.
stantly driving your teams out at the ends on
to the plowed land. you have "double
sward, then tie ploved ground at the ends Of
the land becomes treadcd very hard, and the
soil i made almost as unfit Tor cultivation us
though it had not been plowcd at all.
Another advantage of the "gce about sys-
tenn is, you can plow your whole field without
leaving any middle or dead turrows, which is
quite an object of consideration, especially in
blowing sward land. In plowing meadow
lands the dead furrows are not of so much con-
sequence, as they can easily be drawn down
by the harrow in cross narrowing. The same
system of blowing without leaving dead fur
rows, can be done by using the hill side plow,
by commencing at the side of the field and
blowing forwards and backwards until the field
is finished, leaving the head lands to be plowed
last.
As to the depth Of blowing, of course all
farmers must judge for themselves; but the
depth should be increased at each blowing or
90 down eight or ten inches at once as you
see fit Subsoing should of course be atten-
ded to- us all farmers of the right stamp know
at present. We notice that new patterns Of
plows are being brought out every yeaI. What
the particular advantages Of all these "new pat
terms are we canuot say now. We think in
many cases that too much gearing is attach
ed to them for practical use. A plow with Il
clevis or draft rod and wheels is enouge for
practical use.
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