American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-08-04
farmers Column.


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'e 1tiiss been truly said that an incteas.
Of one inch iakAs average depth of plow,
ing thrOughsht he United States. would
produce a letgeF snRuut Of profit. as com
pared Eiss PEz-s0t sssuiis. than all th,
gold rsssitsd rOm california. We be
Iieve z his assertion But we do not be-
Ii.vs .6sfslnssIlEe eip6s. being previous.
y sdbTsoiIsa, aFqy6t ioF, this immsd,st.
eipeEsase y depth We know that even
.tsslzy thbsOils. Which appsOaSh within .
s..t,fsp iuchss q the surface, after being
s..,s'horougbly sub soilsd. becoms SO auelio.
- rated Is % De. capsule Of a5mixturs witb
ihs imuaadiate saFf.cs soil: we are equally
well aware thas the sub-soiing cannot be
performed with any prof. in ebay sub soils
sss contAisihg excessive amounts Of water;
thsl such soils must first be endsrdrained
&. before sub-sOiliog can BE- pnrsued with
profit. as well as that sub.soiliog must
Precsde an increase Of depth in surface
e blowing, But there are millions of asr es
capable Of being plOughed to double the
depth 10 which they have ever received
esn ineision from a tool Of any kind, with
increase profit. Even 10 the State OF New
York, there arestlousands Of acres at this
time, which have never been plougted 10
a greaserdspth than four inches, compos.
'' ed Ofs loan en,isly ready 10 be disiute-
grated BY = surface plOnghipg TO the depth
Of Twelve or fifteen inches with increased
profit: and thcre are few soils that may NOT
be at once ploughed to an inch or more be-
youd the iormer depth. The tdape that
many farmers oWn another farm imme
diatsly under that which they now Guilt.
vAte. cannot be too often repeated. and
the judicious farmer whose will has been
SO often quoted. as baviDg Informed bis
sons that be lad buried sum Of money
at depth Of twelve iOohss somewhere on
his farm, n0d that they must end 1t, i'm.
proved lbe quality Of their prOducts by
the disturbance of the soil more than he
& would baye benefited them by tho sup
H posed lseacy BY direct bequeatbment.-
LESS manure will produce larger amount
's ofcrops ina deeply disintregrated soil;
audit isnot true that the deeper you plough
the more manure You require. Il is true
shat the more thoroughly manure {, diyi.
ded, the greater win be the amount Of crops
septoduced; aad this Is more certainly bro'tt
about BY deep than BY shallow ploughiu ing,
a, No practical farmer can doubt that 10
I deeply ploughed soils. crops are less an !.
sssnoyed bydrouth aud BY insects; and IL
ploughing isuseful at all. it must be use
sfal precisely in The ratio to the amount Of
soil disturbed provided that roots are On.
.!PAbie OF approprIating a greater amount Of
= soilsby its disturbance. Who doubts tia.
2 roots will trayel'io the depth Of twelve or
iiftesn inches, or even double that dstauce?
Who doubts that lime passing down thro'
thS-soll will rest inert on the surface Of
Aold and undsinsegrated sub soili Who
1sdoss mol know tia. many farms supposed
10 10 be worn out have been revived by the
increase Of few inches 10, the depth Of
ploughiog? And who win be, ccniented
10 use a'one.horse plough, skating II thro'
the soil like hsrow with one tooth, and
starving on the. continually decreasing
prodact?-[workiug Farmer. VI, !
PRESERVING BurTEe IA patent has
been granted to w Clark. OF London. |
England. foriansw,mctliod Il treating but.
neutrality-suspicious. be valuable, III,
as iollows: Alter charaiDg. The butter is
worked inllbe usual manner. II is then
placed. between liunen cloths. like any 9TH
-setsubsIapce 70 be pressed. and submitted
'osevcre pressure, which rem yes the
whey and water. lis then covered with
seeleaa white paper, which has received
seoa.lng on both sides.wih a. preparation
composed ofthe white Of eggs and SALT
Fifteen grains Of sal. are allowed to
zach egg The paper is dried, and then
heated before The ere or with hot iron
iusi before Il Is applied to The butter. Il
bolsmed that butter treated iu this way
will keep two mohthsw,thout any salt, IL
placed I'M cool cellar. Any ordinary
cheese press, Cr,he cheese presses accom-.
,Psnying the portable cider mills. now
common. willanswer the purpose. Re.
moving thsswatsr from the butter. and TIE
application o. the prepared paper. which
serves to exclu 10 the air. viii. anioubtsd
". secure decided improvement ia the
keeping qualities Of the bni.sr. q,
"A ouaH ron HHEEr KrELfso Docs "A
soa'hern wsi.sr gives the following: - Sc.
.lect the siou,sst and most vicious old ram
IN your aosk. and shear him elOse: then
net . small Maeilla rope, thirty Eve ls.t
long. and lie one ,eud Areund ,hs ram's
mack. and the other around the dog . neck.
and kuru them into a tan .... ga III