The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-02-13
AGRICULTURAL.
Shallow PIOwing - TIsC 91rSnt
Error of American AgTtcui,uvai.n


Almost every summer furnishes abundant
proofs of the great disadvantages OF the
practice of shallow blowing. to both summer
and winter crops, if we Were hU, disposed
to open our eyes and look for them. 4 very
curious one lately happened ou my own
farm.
\ field was sowed with wheat hya tenant,
the blowing from three to lour inches n
deep hollow extended across part of the
a"il, in direction nearly cls, and west
tae dc exposed to the north tolerahIy good,
the south exposure very rich rs ght bc
expected, the wheat on the strongest sol
made the most promising appearance IN the
tall, and also for some time IN the spring
the carly part of which clover seed waa
wa on the whole, which vamc up we'll
rptrh came on late IA the spring; the
H.,,.. exposure drying FIRST. the whva soon
.uN.uE the effects OF it; and the drouth
ltuuug, n considerable part cHtlrely per.
Sdei, the north exposure also suffered, but
Toe ng more shielded rom the action Of the
hot sun, Was not so ciicCtually dried. At
harvest it was much the best wheat, not
wIthstaudiug the superior richness of the
soil on the other side, still greater dit.
ference appeared in the young clover ON
the south hillside it MAS almost entirely
killed, on the other very little injured.
have had some experience OF the henc-
hclal effects TO be derived from deep plow-
ing but the obstructyous in most of my
fields particularly large stones lust below
the suriacc) have prevented my adopting
the practice SO fully as could wish ycl
the success that has always attended my
experiments, in conjunction with my obsrr
vatlcns of others. has been conclusive cyi
aence to my mind,
In tho year 1905, took possession Of N,
present farm, and had field plowcl ior
wheat, which had been thought for snvcra
years before too poor 10 cultivate, either il
wheat or Indian corn | saw rye growing
on the best part Of it, two years before
just before harvest, that think would no
yield two bushels to the acre. II was plow
ed early i'll the spring, about eight inchc,
deep, and repeated with harrowings, a
proper intervals, several times during IN,
summer il was sowu about the last of In,
ninth month. The soil being weak. IN,
growth in the fall was slow, as well as il
the spring, yet regular, the color alway,
good and no appearance Of suffering, cithei
from drouth or wet at harvest the straw
was not tail, nor thick on the ground bu
the heads large aud well 6led the proiuc
between sixteen and seventeen bushels [,
the acre, except part of the field. sow
with kind of wheat was not hefor,
acquainted with, which was too thin. II
Co BE Iuence of short allowance of seed
obser' cd the state of the soil, from time "a
tnie, until harvest, and found that even then
it was open and in good tith. except a crust
OF two or three inches next the surface.
In the spring of 1896, with a large plow
and iour horses, | broke up part OF a field
measured the blowing frequently. aud
'aand Il IN many places eleven inches deep.
aud nowhere less than seven SO that tie
average was at least nine. This piece con.
tanned about four acres, on d gentle declv-
ity the surface too much exhausted 10 nav.
f"r Cultiva'lng any orop the coutnuu vdv'.