The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-10-30
farm aud aiollsrlold.
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land tomc contcnding that whcr
the sward ia comparatively light
such rs is often found on old pas
lures or fields that have been lon!
run out, cross plowing assists il
the after culture of the crop TO
greater extent than The cost Of IL,
cross plowing. We have though
this to he true in our own practic,
on such lands. But there is an
other point to I've considered, ca
pecially when heavy sward landi
aro 10 be wrought. We will stat,
some OF the reasons that occur {,
us.
Unfcrmenttd vegetable aud ami
NAL matters, when buried in the
soil as alimcnt Tor crops, ought not
to DO exposcdto the action ofihc sun
and wind, until they have com.
pletcly dccomposcd. The gasses
eliminated hy stable manure and
decomposahlo products, while in n
fcrmcnting state always ascend.
because they are specifically light.
cr than atmospheric mir. They
consequently enrich the soil ly
which il properly inhumcd, they.
IRE fixed, and thus contribute To-
the sustcnancc and support of
plants. lrirrmorlntion takes place
on the surface, as we think it will,
under favorable circumstances, the
gaseous products will DC diiuscd
und lost.
The quantity Of actually soluble
matter contained in an acre If well
tct ewnrd land Is much moro con.
siderable than many would i'm.
aginc.
An English writer has Gsccr.
tanned that II Vigorous eward, in !
verted in the latter part ofsummer,
after the hay has boon cut, or in
the spring before the grass has at
tanned much growth. contains not
less than 20 tons Of vegtta dc mat |
Ter to tlc acre. This, when re-.
solved to huuaS by II well sradu.
ntcd doccml osjiicn, will afford u
highly salntary alimcnt to ,cseta
ton, and. il Permitted to dCcom.
Ioso bon,aih The soil, will essen
,ially contribute 20 its product U.
mess We mako these remarks,
bearing in mind all the time that
decon position is comparatively
slow on the surface. and, also the
doctrine and practice of eomc
English farmers and writers, that
nothing is lost in surface mmurin
In that climate there may not he,
In ours, under the scorching suns
that occur, even in May and Sep.
tcmhcr, we fimly believe itwould
he considerable.
When, for the suko of n more .
thorough tilth, it is thought advis-
able 10 cross llow land, the first
blowing should bo deep, and the
second, or cross blowing, 81 allow,
60 that pulvcrization which is the
ob lect sought in the latter blowing
may be secured without disturb
ing the mass Of vegetable matter
turned down by the first, the fur
row slice, or sward, will be cut and
brought TO the turiaCe, greatly to
the annoyance Of the wogkmcn,
and perhaps TO the soil end crop,
In pulvcrizing the surface of re-
Gently plowcd green sward lands,
the cultivator. or horse hoe, is far
preferable to the plow. 1t pulycr.
izes thoroughly as far as its teeth
penctrates, and docs not 90 SO far
below the surface as to disturb tho
sod.
1t lie the practice in some sections
of New England to plough The
grass land intended for corn the
next year, soon after hay crop has
been removed in July or August,
allowing a few days for n new
crop Of leaves to start after the
grass is cut IL is thoughthy some
with whom we aave convorsod,
that this practice is an excellent
one, though no reasons were Civ
en- besides the one that tho corr
crop was much better than wbci
the lane was ploughod late in fall
or in the spring, If such is til,
fact, il will not bo difficult to as
sign a reason or reasons for it,
Nelo England Farmer