Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-02

We answer, It any time when the frost !.
out ofthc ground. ".Ah but that won't do. y
Well It viii do every time, if you win only
use the right kind ola pillow, inthe right way
From the time tia. the grass makes Wig
| orous growth md while Il continues to grow
prairie can be most chcaply broken up with
= good sixteen inch prairie breaker, but should
not be cut moro than three inches Dc p. Al
other seasons, .or when the grass IL in . STATE
Of rest, use double Michigan plow set the
top pillow so that it will cut an inch deep, and
the bottom pillow two, or two and . half inch.
es deeper.
We sowed spring wheat on seven acres Of
prairie broken up the last of February and
first of March in the spring of 1859, with the
double Michigan, and re-plowed in the fall
and sowed last March. We now have the
result: twenty -thrcc bushels of first quality
Canada Club to the acre.
Our son had never sowcd any grain before,
and in sowing the first four acres put on less
than a bushel to the acre, and in the other
three we had him SOW one and . half bushel
to the acre. 1t was all sown beautifully even,
and came up well, having been thoroughly
put in and rolled. On the three acres it was
estimated that it turned out over thirty bush.
els to the acre. It should be borne in mind
that on new land, spring wheat requires thick
seeding, as it will not tiller out SO much as
on old land, hence the thinness of the crop
on the four acres, which must have been less
than twenty bushels per acre.
Fawkes broke up four acres with his steam,
pillow in November, with common breaking
plows. Three acres Of this we sowed at the
same time, putting on nearly two bushels Of
seed to the acre, and giving it most thorough
narrowing Theresult wasa :spindling growth,
not worth cutting; in fact, too thin and light
to cut at all. One acre we sowed to the
Black Tartarian Oats, a most vigorous grow.
or, and the result of that was ten bushels Of
oats.
We have now plowed up all of this stubble
land, and find that of the March breaking is
in fine order, well rottcd and friablc; that
done with the common breaking pillow is but
little rooted, full of grass and weeds, and re-
quiringa breaking plow to turn it over, where.
as the other was replowed the first time with
common plow without the use Of q coulter.
And the difference is easily explained
when the grass is growing. by turning it
over, the turf or roots are wilted, not so when
in state Of rest but in blowing with the
double Michigan pillow the turf is cut thin
and rolled up like . scroll, so that the frost
and winds of winter, and of spring will kill
out and dry the roots; but when turned over
with common pillow as in the case of the
steam plow, the turf rest on the ground and
keeps the reversed turf from dying out, and
the roots are preserved in all their vitality
and ready to grow on the approach Of warm
weather.
E,o,,, ,,,r n~~.,:.~no ,ro ,,ro,,1d r~xbor
have prairie broken with the Michigan pillow
in November or March, than with the COM
mon pillow in june. And we are now pre-
pared to recommend fall and spring break
ing; but we want it distinctly understood
that in no case is the breaking to be more
than three or four inches deep at most. Be-
cause the Double Michigan pillow was intend
ed for deep tiller, it does not follow that
that it can not be used as we have described
for very different purpose than its invent
or intended. t. ... .t.r
At the season for carly and late breaking,
the land is usually wet, and the work is done
much easier for the team. We care not how
wet, even if the water follows in thu new cut
furrow-the subsequent frost will make it all
right. We have been asked if this esl;iiy
breaking will answer for the mall grain
sown inspiring soon aftsE breaking. Ifdone
n November, we link fine crop Of oats
could be gse'oe'wn out the chances for spring
wheat would be rather uncertain. The great
advantage Of this new order of breaking is to
DC II at season of comparative leisure, and
whera the weather is cool and the team capa.
bic Of doing large days work-certainly
better than in the heat Of july. under q glow.
ing sun. We hone our readers will give the
subject their earnest attention, and prove its
truth or falsity-IM. L. DUNLAP. in Illinois
Farmer.