, 1859-08-26
agficuIiurs.
Flowing.

Inc manner IN Wulcn HhAly IaTIueES plON
their land for hocd and grain crops, would
lead to the conclusion that they
thought the thorough inverting and pulver-
izing of the soil by the plow, harrow, &c.,
70 planting or sowing the seed,
was matter Of little Consequence; conse-
quently they practice the cut and cover sys-
tsm, Is though the sooner they got over
their fields with the plow the better.
The greater or less cost Of labor, in the cul
ture Of hoed crops, depends very much upon
The manner In which the land has been plowed.
DiGsrsat kinds Of soil require differently
constructed plows. We have never yet
ssen tie ploW adapted or constructed 50 as
% mlke tie best kind Of work on all soils.
A good greensward plow requires q differ
enf constructed mOld-bOard from that Of
Tie stnbbleplow. Some soils require .
heavy plOW and strong team. On other
soilA. much lighter plow and less team
will DO the work equally well, and at much
loss cost Farmers differ very much in their
views e 10 how gEOeuward should be
ploWed; whether he farFow slice should be
completely inverted, or LEFT at an angle Of
f0sty Eve degrees, the fnrTow partially lap
Ping. Says an English practical farmer:
The true and correct practice in plowing.
e ascsEtained BY long experience, is TO lay
In fhrrow slices at an angle Of forty.fve
dc.roes--that Is, the fhrroW must be about
oncsthird more in width than in depth-or
e six inches 70 nine, or seven inches 10 ten,
fIc, So Itis thus that the greatest amount
of Boil 4 exposed to WeatheFing Influences
besides, in this way Il must, II properly
dohe, lieciose; no holIows, no q hog troughs,n =
but one Uniform series Of farroWs, in the
best position for The harrow 70 work with
he greatest effect and usefulness, and thus
the most readily TO secure thodisintegration
of ammonia and is subsequent deposit.
Good plouing, then, exposes the most sur
ihco 70 the air Il provides best for subse-
quent narrowing, and also prepares il, when
well broken down, for better and more con
nislsnt consolidation, 90 that no hollows su.
pcrFone between tha surface and farrow
1oIo Ihoso important ends are requisite for
The best suslenanco Of nearly every crop"
Lapping The fhrroWs as above described,
b aiV0onied BY some farmers, while others
- strongly advocate tho most complete IN
version and shutting IN Of the fdrrow slices.
On heavy clayey or natural moist loamy
soils. he angle turned, or lhpfhrroW, my
prove the better method Of plowing.
D1I We think large portion Of our far
mcr1 prefer . pillow that will completely
irIn 10 fhrrOw upside down" and pun
f1o grass s.ubh|e, 80, out Of sight.
On light. sandy, and gravelly soils, n
sections 0f he country whore the crops are
liable 10 suffer from late summer dr0ughls,
We think lho 1ai fnrrow system best. When
he 1oi Of q grass field has been turned
At I1o buried 1inbble and vegetable mat
|nl IN course Of lho summer becomes a
.r1n1I ma1l| a1corblng and retaining the
o'.I1r1 hat rises from he subsoil this
moisture ha1l1u1 lho decomposition Of the
V.1.Ilh|o matter of he sod, and At the same
|'.I1 r.|I muc1 nlf1sis he bad eject Of The
1I1111I--.. lhs moisture does not readily
..I.II 10 10 surface Of the field and 8.
r1rl into no air, n would Be the case if the
r|1r|11 had been badly performed, and
n0.1 of q. IuEf torn up By The harrow, Is
h 1oU1||u3 he csc.
I,, i|1,rcaco In soils, seasons, manur-
|1E. II1, 3 % great lhali L would Be idle 70
~ down any specific rule that would apply
n ~ c.,.| = 10 re angle af which the
III1u I||cl should be turned or to what
1.p|h Ihe p|oW should ponetnte. Long
I1,1 Of rI1cIico will coufrm one farmer in
~ t1''1|' llnl p|oulhg % ihe depth Of four
1f Eve 'nch,r VII give him ~ largest and
most rro1lsb|ecrop Of corn. While another,
with 8 strong team, and he largest sized
double or M|cl|r1n ploU, win turn up bis
tIo1l .1l.. twelve inches deep, and sixteen
nd vida fnrlous; ho d cou6deut that he
r'|N larger crops Of corn. and better grain
0.I pas clopa Other hlmor5 practice
I|00'n1 q medium depth between these
vide II'lom11. and afo Salisfed with The re.
Ia'l|~1n1 hey seldom vary IN their usual
I1a''no 81 farming "A greater depth Of
r|oN'n1 lhan has been pflcllced by many
trnI'' would doubtless prove advantage
c01 II'1 however. depends much upon the
nI|rfr q 10 rabsol Such = the cold
..I Irony nature q some subsoIIn, that II
|.0 1I tI11 inches Of them were turned uD
.| rnr r'ouino. ii would result in great n
|1II 10 I11 crop. Ior several yeafl, unless
l1I4y lI1rln7l of line md manure were
11rI'cd Carefully oondnclfd experiments
n II1.o matters are 11feE guides than any
I111fJ not onndcd On he results Of varied
a Cmlous Invention
Among lh1 French Inventions Of the day,
= on |oI |1cFca.i1g Ihe produce Of autumn