Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-04-23
sub-soil Flowing.

sub-sOil Flowing.
The following are extracts from our cz.
change. on the suhjcct Of sub-soil plovins.
I've rcjoicc to scc how strong and ma.
merous the arguments are beginning to ap-
pear in behalf Of this all.imporiaut subject
and We wonder that /, ha, been possible to
smother up 80 long. For two years We
have urged and urged. again and again
have We r,cimmcul,l nri1u. experiments
and although every s,as1u gives moro aui
more proc, Of is grca; value ir warJius or
the ELECTS of drou,h, yc, either from want
of knowlcjsc Of wha, sub-soilins meant,
OF from an unvillirsncs' to so to the cI-
pense, many Of oar h,,, farmers have never
Vet tririii. That Ignorance has prevented
,hc practice Of sub--1ilins wc have no
doubt, Ur in our travel, We End many who
profess G, hc lars' farmers, who never saw
a subso.l Tlow, and DO not know what It
means-mugh les, know how TO Use il.
And again, We have called at Asricll-
tural sioy,s. lnI when We ask 70 So their
sab.1il plov., they would show Us large
br,akius.up rlow, or a decp.,iIler; even
IN. they Jill not know subs,il pl,w."
lEl. California Far.
"Thc,e ,hr,e facts are well known 70
every man oC ordinary inteiliscuco in the
older portions ot Kentucky; l., that here
to!ore, as a general ruls, thc crops og our
farmer, hay, nos b,sn diversified. 2nl.
That nothing lika a jal,ei1us sys'cn ct
rotation has b5,n pIr,a,l. Ani 5rj.
That ia, same le,l, have b,.n s,,l,i 70 the
sane staples, year in AMI year on, for half
a century. until OF them the elInl will not
ps,Iuc, enough to pay for tho labor OF
working is-in many cases falling to return
even 80 much a. tho Sod soNn. Beyond
these three facts, however, i,a fourth, not
generally Sn,wa, or Il knlwn, not though,
Of, whi;h, while tn, denying ths exhaustion
spoken OF, ye; saw, that that exhaustion
i. only partial. This As, i, ,hc important
onc vt silior Bl0rHs. We know what
We ara wri,in; ablut waen We mako the
ayermcnt, that in much the larger nlmbsr
Of ths oh l.rm, in Hen,acky, which are
supposed 10 b1 rr5'l or. u,ihins has ever
been touched by the p'1w, ia, harrow, or
the hJ, oC IA, ha,hlnlusn, blt the Gr,t
I've or Sax inches Of ihs top. II this, then,
tlc ,Iiaa,hJH has b,cn clnin,l, such as 1t
j. aul i, i, % this tiA, IL, attention ol the
cult,ya,5r mus, be turned, who undertakes
10 pa, ia hear, a;l,n what has bsen abused
auI impoverished. Ani "a, Who'll, proccs,
ofryarraaloa, though for tim, requiring
labor anI patience, i, simple aul certain,
as we ,htuk ~ shall oe able to dsmoustrats
IA successive numbers ot ,his journal.
"A icw simple principles lie at the bot.
tom OF successful Agriculture, without
a iair understanding Of which i, is n'eles,
to lean upon the soil OrsaPPort. Warmth
is necessary to vegetation, change Is rcqui.
.ite 70 lrcluen, cropping rest, Or H. equiv
liant. r,gifEHJH. Is esseutial to all soils.
but few cultivated crops, IL any, have
strength enough - push their roots WhgTo
tie pl0ushsharo has 40, been pushed before
them, and II they had they would Be chill
led instead OF n1urishel, f1r the soil has
no, been opeuci 10 the genial influence of
ths sun and storm. Without rotation Of
crops. the bcst land in The course OF few
wears becomes exhausted Of the elements
TIA, most enter int, the production Of
plants grown upon il, and having no longer
power 10 WELD them Substance, they fail to
grow aud produce. But even with deep
plosing, ani ludicious changing ot crops
the land must sooner or later give out, un-
les ret bc allowed it for the purpose OF
recupcratins it, exhausted energies, or ar
tifcial siimulants be applied to keep
it IN heart. These simple principles, aud
the necessity OF their Observance, we shall
hope 10 elucidatc and enforce as successive
numbers Of our journal make their appear
ancc.
=" The influence Of judicious systems Of
ullase upon the prosperity Of a people, has
b,eu - forcibly illustrated in Belgium,
England. aud other Eur,pean countries,
and also in some Of the older States in our
own nation. as TO admit now Of no denial.
Wealth now is no more power. Education
i no mode enlightenment, Christianity Is
no more religion, than S-isHce IS Success in
Agriculture.