, 1859-04-01
NgfieVIiufs.
Flows and Flowing.

g. Flows and Flowing.
The due preparation of the soil for the re-
eeption Of the seed, whether Of hoed or
urain crops. is q matter of more consequence
than some farmers seem TO be aware of, if
we nay judge them by the careless and SLOW
saly manner in which they plow their land,
end SOW and plant their seed.
Much Of the secret and success Of grow.
Ing GOOD crops depends upon deep and
thorough pulveriEation Of the soil, prepara-
tory to committing the seed to it. Where
the land will admit, it is deep plowing and
increased manuring that generally pays the
preat. st nrofk Land deeply worked is in
4 mnch better condition to imbibe and re-
tain moisture, and the fertilizing matters
brought to it by the rains, dews and atmos-
phers. than the shallow and badly plowed
soil. The crops, too, on the well and deeply
vorhn1 sod, will bear up under the effects
of our frequent summer droughis, while the
crops on the shallow plowed fields will fre-
quentIS Be nearly ruined for lack of mOis-
turo. -
The depth Of plowing should be regulated
BY the quality Of subsoil. 1t might prove
. serious injury to some fields to turn up at
one slowing two or three inches Of the dead,
inert irony subsoil. And it might not be
Rood economy 70 plow at once, even good
soil. two or three inches deeper than previ.
Gus plowings, unless an extra quantity Of
manure can be applied. Asa general rule, it
isd. .afest way 70 gradually deepen the soil
6t each successive plowing, till the required
depth n obtained. r.l t1 -isfa
Different soils require differently con-
structed plows. Heavy, moist, compact
soils, will generally yield better crops where
The fhrrow slice is laid at an angle Of about As
degrees, than II it is completely inverted and
Sh1i down close. The interstices beneath
The angleturned burrows" serve to keep
ths land drier and warmer the oxygen Of
he air beneath the sod has freer play to act
upon and hasten the decomposition Of the
vegetable and carbonaceous matter in the
tus1 thus preparing il to be readily taken up
e f1od By tho roots Of the plant. W
On naturally dry, sandy or loany land,
Al plowing Is generally thought preferable,
"a II he Inverted furroW slices are pressed
o04h kard by the use Of a heavy roller, the
crops will better withstand the withering ef.
fscis Of druught 81 ToEL
A well constructed side-hill plow is most
oonvonient implement on many farms.
Whole much Of The plow land on farm
-lia lBa slipping position, the shifting mold
hoar1 ploW D almost Indispensable We
have never used the Michigan double plow,
bul have seen it IN operation at several
n firl'n and as FAR IS We were able to judge
- ne ere, the best blowing we have ever
witnessed On the field was done by the
Michigan double ploW. ar
A pIow for turning over old ground, in
dian corn hills and sfubble land, should be
differently constructed from Tho greensward
piou. To do IL work well the stnbbleplow
requires shorter and . more curved mold
11Ild. md thus forming more obtuse an
olo With the beam Dian that Of the green
1r1rd ploW.
Construction Of plows during tn past thirty
r8rs. Jze number Of diiiere,.t patterns
aro almost cndlesa. Scores Of them have
ben palcnledAt quality ranging from
yoty 91od to bad, and farmers generally can
Obtain ruch g arc mo particularly adapted
a h. wants and uses Of each soil and farm
Jo1rrnnni and care, however, should be ex-
crfScd IN selecting the right kinds for the
various purposes required. We have never
6stn pIoW of . ali work" though there
are ffIner1 who own only one, with which
ihoy DO al their plowing. As already said,
there llculd Be . difference Of form in the
h'o|1.losrd IN pIops Intended for greensward
and s,ubbIo ground yet there Is great
dIIuunco II The lighiness and fineness of
tilih q the inverted soil as turned over BY
rloHs of different patterns. Some viii com
plcllIy inEeIt sod, turning IN and burying
gfass' weeds, dic., and at the same time.
i1oT'rg ne soIl IN q loose, ffiable condition,
f111 very mnoh lesscning tho labor Of afler
c1Ifihfion, IN narrowing, cultivating, hoeing,
&c. Oiher but differently CONSTRUCTED plows
win t16al|y well inscrt ilie fufrow slice and
ny i lal. without scarcely changing, loosen
ingcrcr1efing ihe ,uxlnfp ofthe inverted
col. lhul Iond1ling The aaer cultivation Of
~ land much more expensive, with the Ger
M'I'I Or II Yielding poorer crops than II 3
1'1hI|V con1il1clad ploV hnd been used. a
fnoIy comminutod soil is 90 much more a.
porible % he growth and rapid develop
mcnf Of Indian corn, and in fact al other Of
eur cultivated crops, than halEworked,
luapf soil is, that SONS ploWs, at cost Of
ol5 o. go, would be cheaper TO most far.
norl than others would Be as gin. The
bc,I only should Be- used.
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