The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-04-29
NEWSPAPER Law.


has no: for soma time --doab.less on
account of the press Of other matter
Of interest to the communily-given
rrch attention to agricultural pur-
salts.
Now, that lovely Spring is again
uHoa us, the time Of the singing of
birds has come, and the season for
planting is in full blast, seize my pen
with nyIdity, and hasten to say few
things to my brother cutvators oflhe
soil for their benefit and encourage.
n?rnt.
Much has been said in agricultural
publications on the propric'y Of pre-
pairing we'll the soil before planting,
o. the great utility Of deep plowlng
ard subsoiling. And though much
has been said, line upon line, and pre-
ccpt upon precept is still Unnecessary. IN
my communications twelve months
ago, spoke of the absolute necessity
Of deep blowing and subsoiIing, and
highly recommended it, from the fact
ofhaying sufficiently tried it and made
it prominent part of my experience.
Deep, close blowing asa general rule
is always the best for many reasons
quite obvious to every farmer of any
observation and experience, who has
not been a slave to obsolete and anti
auated notions, and tied downto his
absurd Evolutionary prcJudlces. Many
there are among us, who have been
planters from their boyhood, who have
never known but little else than OPP
Grating III the soil; upon whose cheeks
the great plow-sharc Of time hasmude
its burrows, aud whose heads have
been blcached BY the irosIs Of three
and ten winters, and yet they are mere
tyros in the business, destitute o! thu
first principles, having every avenue
to the admission of knowledge though
any OF the organs Of sense closed up
by Their deplorabie stupidity.
To those who have grown gray il
the prosecution Of their absurd no..
tioas, condemning every thing that
has not the dust OF antiquity resting
on it, and discard.ns every thing new
as new humbug or trick Of this cum
ming fast age, have no hope Of being
the least beneficial. for they are old
sinners. aad like Epham Of old, are
chained TO their idols. But those who
are seeking every opportunity for i'm.
provement, who delight in progress,
whose ambition is to excel, need but Il
small impulse to advance them in the
road to knowledge. and introduce them
to new fields of Improvement, and
open new and more available chan.
nels for the easier and more rapid ac.
cumulation of wealth from the genial
sell.
Slovenly and loose management in
any department Of domestic life, new
or fails to bring more or less trouble,
cause more or less Inconvenience, and
in many instances, suffering and want.
Those who scratch about over the
surface on poor land cannot OK.
pact to realize hardly living Of an
ordinary season, and many have al.
ready suffered enough from such folly,
to turn with eagerness from the error
Of their ways and act wisely for the
future; they ,OiH not see with their eyes,
nor hear with their ears. Breaking
up the soil deep before laying off for
planting corn, and then subsoiling, ei.
Their one or both ways. with the same
attention in cultivation till laid By,
will, on poor soil produce from one
third to double as much as the same
land would without subsoiling, especi.
ally Of dry season.
Rich land does not require suchpro.
ssss 70 much a. pooe land. but the