The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-05-13

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previous article, We showed tho
causes Of the decline Of fwhoat produc
inOhio and Indiana, were too poor soil
single plouqhing system and broad-cas
wing We propose 10 show how thee
Iils may ho rcmcdird:
i Hoio can rieai lands Be- enriched
aalcr sown on clover, and the croT
'ocfhcd under, is q good mode, but viii
nltcr BE- generally followed, because th,
e',sicr cannot be had, and the necessitic,
y Garmors are such, that they will either
NOW OF pasture the clover. No mnnuring
except BY ploughlng under q green CROP
neti bo mentioned, because mineral man.
los are TOO expensive, and the farmer
wants bis barn manure for his potatoes and
n crops. Tho mode best suited 10
c7udiiion, is one adopted by Mr.. Love,
u Epglishmnn Of intelligence, and thirty
oar experience as a practical farmor.-
|io first ploughs deeply IN the fill--this
nifhthere be done in the spring--pnd eows
tho field with half bushcl ofwhite must
sld seed TO the arcre, lightly narrowing II
~. After the first blossoms drop, aud the
ccd pods begin TO make their appearance,
e ouns Il under, and again sows mustard
al first, and aiter narrowing iti In, rolling
with light roller. When the mustard
Ia reached the same growth, Il Is again
fuincd under; and Mr.. Love sows a third
TINE, and a third time turns under, aud nf-
f laying few weeks, puts in his wheat
ap. But on account Of the dryness Of
climate, this third sowing could not be
lpanlaQeously followed, for Il would make
DO putting IN Of the wheat too late. The
cond crop Of mustard would be ready b.
ln under in July. and after laying until
beginning Of September, the wheat
onld be- sown.
Toe effect Of this system is that "a piece
poor, spongy, thin soil, upon a stiff yell
clay sub-soil, yielded forty-ono BUSH
ofwheat b. the acre, and whom pluughcd
siter the whea, was Of, worked lil'v a
rden.n
This -.s.au, e will be soen, unitos
snnohing process with the fallow sys-
sm, system absolutely necessary 20 Sc
uro q good wheat crop. allow many
bushels Of wheat does your land average To
De acre, when put In BY the single plough
bel" we asked a Northern farmer Of In
ans recently. about ten bushels" wns
be answer. "And how many If you fal-
stfn "About double that amount" A
lriking instance Of the utility Of such cul-
iivation we saw, few days since, in Mon
Doe county. Il was an experiment Of an
acre lot, on which hogs had been fattcncd
year or two previously. This was the
hriching process. Last spring Il was
1owcd up for sorghum, but tie seed failed
account Of the extreme wctness Of the
Feather. twas again plowed up for tur-
nips, but these failed. Il was ploughed a
lhird time, narrowed, sown In wheat with
4 drill, and more promising prospect now
. nowhere to be found.
Robert ]. Swan, Who obtained the first
premium from the New York State Agri-
cnlitral Society, In 1857, for the best man
ICED farm, states that his mode Of fallow-
l1 b to plow three times, and thoroughly
arrow each time, and before drilling In
% wheat, b roll the surface smooth
is first crop Of wheat off forty acres was
Ne bushels per acre; now Il ranges from
Tenty 10 thirtyafvo bushels.
The object of following Is two fold-to
asten the decomposition Of the vegetable
natter in the soil, and to thoroughly pull
'crize the ground. Plants cannot avail
shcmseives Of vegetable matter until Il Is
siolvod into gasses. The soil absorbs
hase, and the roofs Of the growing plant
~ thom In from the soil. lftho ground
'isioddy, il cannot absorb gasscs, nor can
llliender rootlcts penetrate the clods. -
Besides, we'll pUivcrlsed soil acts az a
L1nlch, Il prevents rapid evaporation Of the |
nolsiuro on the surface, and retains the |
nb-soil moisture, as Il rises upward
Now Let every farmer reflect how brief a |
lsfoid the fall wheat has to grow, before
must endure the rigor of our severe and |
4hangeable winters, how often that brief
efiod Is suffering from drouth, and he will |
eo the necessity Of giving 70 10 the young
wheat, every facility for rapid growth,
1rhloh abundant gasses, a mellow and
hoist soil afford. And hence, too, he will
Zee the reason why a thorough iallow of
lhree ploughings, especially when green
crops are turned under, acts 30 beneficial
3. We have heretofore noticed the SUI
periority Of the drilled wheat to that sown
broad-oast--the greater number Of ia roots
and their greater depths in the soil This
condition is generally attributed 10 the |
bet that the drill leaves small ridges be- |
iweon the rows, which fall down during
he winter and cover the roots deeper
But we have just carefully examined a
hold that had been rolled, after the seed
was drilled, and could not see any differ
|ence between il and unrollcd fields. The
utility Of the drill is in planting the seed
eo deep that the roots form deeper In the
soil, and hence are less exposed to freez-
lag out, or to be checked in their fall
growth by drouth
In examing field that had been put IN
on good ground aud well, for the one
.ploughing system, but which had been al
Imost entirely frozen out, the owner re-
marked that he could well have afforded
% have bought q drill for that field alone.
This was the truth, and we commend Il TO
'the consideration of our farmer readers.
An ohleetian Is made to the drill that il
cannot be used when erop of weeds or
clover Is turned under. Thisis not tho case
u the ground is ploughcd deeply, and har-
towed and drilled as il has been ploughed.
The objection cannot apply to ground that
has been fallowed, and we confidently
hope thatthe fallow drill system will rapid
b take the place Of the present unpro6t-
able ono--the one-plOughing and broad
cast sowing. INDIANA.