New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-16

the farm e Pref Mspes bss been reed with deep In
ieres.. All who have no, read .na account may not
b. thst every poor, unDroiuc:ive fam can be
sde 10 pr, dUce the results by ibe same means
From proofshett of the July number of I@e WORK
ing Farmer, edited by Prof. Mspes, we extract the
following account Of biz be ginning aod ogress:
Our operations were commenced upon twenty
accs, and this red kells, haripsn soil containing
an INNER quaint ty Of stones Of all sizes fcom that
# a hazelru; 20 powders weighing or two tuns.
The surface loam dd not average four inches, below
th, was d.composed portion OF soil, 81 nlar 10 the
sub soil, but in higher STATE OF progression. to 8
depth Of eight inches then the red kells hard
nan highly charged with sum.us, sDd breaking with
SLATED he fracture, IN flakes varying from quarter
OF an inch to an inch and quarter IN thickness. We
soon arrived al the conclusion that the stones mast be
removed, that the immense amount Of water occaPy-
ing the SOL from springs snd from nearly horizontal
straiifoa,on for It's circulation without descending,
must be carried cif by upjeI.drans, before whieh
The springs hould be en-. OF by such a irsia would
b. likely 10 cotch The whole Of them, SO that the
under drains should no; be yed with continuous
aud large supply o water snd only be active, as un-
dor.drsns slssys should be, in receiving Tie eIcss.
OF wsier falling on the svn by tue rise of toe lower
water level entering al their bottoms These spring.
occurred al OF near the bros Of each rse AMI the fol-
loving means were taken 70 &c. nd Of them:
"A small two inch earth borer with dye foot Ian
die wss turn ed down into the soil a. fall depth, At
distances Of ten spar each Inc uug the borer
with the soil So as TO remove from the hoie, and
dropping al ordinary larh in each hole the water
would appear in these holes and wet the Hath % cer
tain hight OF them within a iew inches Of the
surface, and others only few inches above their
lower end BY examining the row Of aih across the
highest point of the bill, we aceItained which la,h
i, ls.,ia mt Ia TRAIL
strrg passing this string to the lath on watch the
wafer tood highest in the next roE, being ten feet dis
tant and then 10 the next, AMI so on 10 the bottom o
the HILL where dug main open drain 10 reo,lye all
others that might be made thereafter. drain was
then dug following the line of this string ana 20 the
full 3, PHI of five feet; this cut of al the springs and
the delivery of water was SO great, that commencing
to dig a. the lower end, II was dfhcut To MAINTAIN the
figure of the bottom of the drain but by dressinRt
after the great msss Of water had run of, We were
eoaeed stone it, leaving opeoiog containing sixty
four square inches in its area. We afterward made
the uuderdran at five feet deep and eighty feet apart
but unfortunately at that Ii nc could not procure drain
tile. All drains more recently made, however, are
with Jipe tile and We have had fuli reason 10 Know
OF their superiority compared with the stone drains
These improy eulents were made only upon go much
land as in the same year, could be thoroughly mShi-
pula'ed and put in heart The surface plowlng was
then performed to depth of two inches beneath the
loau and this has been increased at each surface
blowing since until il has fifteen inches of losmy
surface. The stones were removed before and aiter
plowug, and this was continuously repeated until all
were taken away. After the surface plowing follow
ed a sub-son plow which in the commencement re-
qured repeating many times IN the same furrow, with
six oxen attached before the beam could be made to
travel in the bottom Of the fuuow. The Improvement
we have since made the construction OF the snbsoil
plow has materially facilitated this operation, and we
now throw it full depth with single team, even
the first time il sused.
stone but this receiving the atmosphere soon fell 10
pieces. and is now kindly soil. Being thoroughly
nnder-draned and fully fubsoi plowed, and clear OF
snripos we knew that the mechanical condition was
co1ect that roots would have full TO travel the
soil would arse and all necessary chemical changes
could rapidly Occur and all that was now wanted was
a continuance of this system only the texture Oh tne
soil should be what might be required To assst ussc
changes particularly those consequent upon the ap-
propraie circulation of air. and 10 prevent the fres
debris of the subso from being too adhesive, We nsed
in our stables and eventually the soil, large quaint.
ties of swamp muck, prepared by the the Lame ond
Salt mixture We have frequently reco nmended'
The results we have already stated. That others
may do the ia certainly true Prof. Mapes Gays
upon this point;
1--WE make no claims TO originality, but merely to
industry coatng the of others, and avoid
ing their errors We claim that thousands of ia
our neighbouhhood and elsewhere might be worked 70
the same profit by the same means. Many have sup
posed that invested large sums OF money in the pre-
paraon of the land before earning it. The is COS
we had no money and therefore could only avail when
nece ssary Of the simple credit of the season, as is
usual among farmers. The profit ct the farm has paid
its own expenses and increased Its size from twenty
acres 10 ts present dmensions besides paying for the
original twenty acres, buildings, family and per-
sOna expenses &c.
eve do not believe that il is either udcious or pa
trotic 10 work farm, moving but one tun OF timothy
hay per acre, when with proper outlay for under
draining subsoil blowing &c, before putting the farm
down to grass may be made 10 yield three tuns; IN
other words pay ten per cent on the investment as
interest in addition to profit twice as large as can be
realized by the old style practice. Near large cities,
where garden crops be Sold put each acre. in turn
in garden heart and it will pay its own expenses by
garden crops-roo crops if you choose-and thus pro-
coed over the whole farm, seeding down to grass,
the object be 10 make grass farm, after eacn acre
40 improved and ameorated. Once in such condition,
and fairly down to grass Light topdresslogs will keep
10 grass forever and without deterioration OF yield
Now, with such facts before them, will the owners
of so farms that yield 20 profit, take into
consideration whether ii is best 10 make them pro-
ductive, or abandon them as hopeless for residence
uron richer virgin soil, where corn and sgae are
about equally productive.
A NEW FERrILIzER.-What is the price OF rum
That il the great question for farmers. How