Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-02-23
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The diversity Of gTiuiJu nih regard 10 'Hl'
lowing lands IN autumn and over wafer ap'
pears n, he present lime 10 be lUuch less than
\ in he uract.ee. W. have lately eupuired VI
tsyerui VIA, benefit they found IA tie opera
ron. None. they say, only It alFauc'' 'pN"g
wosk That real injury, beyond Inr cost OF
play.inr, doeS iolcw, no enc Who tatt''Ny oO'
'crvss Fan doubt. from the .ust ,hat he more
hueh a soil is puiVerlzed ,ue teller u 'sA"ap,,
cd TO the growth OF plants. Now 'e'H Es'a
be plo,Sed in au,utnn and be bare through lae
winter. aud how much Of the very huest ana
d hes. soil viii he blown oil before seed time IN
nv fnr7 We have, nhsr ordinary winters
\ ,sen this tine esrih living - thick on the sno"
10 roads passing by such fields that It might
epsily be taken mp by hnUdlu's, aGu Wteie
held. we're so locnied;,hnt there could he 40
mistake where the dir, came nom va nave
seen snow deeply discolored by i fourth oil a
aiile from tue fields.
Now, ,hn, the .oss o this fine soil, even IN
small quantities, is serious injury to Tue lana
,hers can be no mistake, for il is the very soil
for roots 10 luxuriste upon. II should be care
fully saved. at saves time next spridg. -
4 We fu,ly believe in economi.ing time, for II IS
the wealth and comfort Of life. Bat, upon this
ur;nciple a man may ~ well empty his plaster
az his ashes for HIGH wind to blow over his
6eld, because "!t saves time An ana saves
IL. like fall blowing, al great sac'ice Of 'he
interests Of the iarn,
We resolve the matter in this points man
ran get in more sowed crops, II his lana II
plowcd in the fall, and scwed crops always are
In marke; Of essy transportation. Many "FA'
ets think the true idea VI farming IS 70 get me
most money in the saores, time. They sacF'
6ce their farms to DO go; raise crops TO the eH'
hauston OF the soil 90 do 80, when, II ihey con
suited their true interest, the object would oe
10 improve rather than exhaust their ahos'
even II the expense OF pre- ent rroht'
Another argument. Corn band should DC
slowed in fall 10 Kill worms We nave u'PG
il, and,we therefore know. To secure Good
crop o. corn. we would not have our 'ano pow
ed in nutumn il il would be well done Tor no.
thing. Nor would we do 1t in early spnnf'
"when the frost is out iust enough TO p''"
sward land " It has been our sQc' eSsfn' p'ee'
,ice for many years to pow our s"sfd !ah' 'o'
corn just long enough before planning 10
harrow it thoroughly. When those WHO "a'
powed in autumn "to kill worms" nave h"n
their corn DESTROYED by them, we have esSjP'o
their rayages. We attribute this caose " men
we piOw, the rOotS Ol SidsH az guy
starred. They are young and tender ana the
worms love them and let our corn alone.
We get another advantage by SAVING me
heat in the fermentation of the turf and good
bottom heat il is.
+, In agriculture, more than in ANYTHING else
flor il is the bread and butter us well rs NE
meat Of the world whatever is done should be
,g ,yss N Y, With speelsl reference to the future
rs welAs present profit, OF course, then no
more land should be TILED Than eau be done IN
proper season and proper way.
Remarks We know the writer Of inc
above TO be a successful farmer az well as a
good writer, but we cannot quite oglee VITO
ali he has here advanced. Much, we believe
is gained by blowing Of stiff soils IN autumn
tina, the frost may act upon the npturned sods;
while we believe with this writer, that light
soils may better be let alone till spring.
We never supposed that fall p'o"in2 would
kill The worms entirely, but we have believed
and do still, that in most winters, (mnch de-
peuds upon The charac.es OF the "lnter,> II
greatly dalnshes their number 4 American
Farmer