Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-10-30
Fall PlowiuR.

1t would be difficult to show where fall pIow.
ing should and should not be practiced, bet
! ter than it is done in the following article
from the Valley Farmer:
The most bigOted farmer will admit thai
fall plowiDg is beneficial You cannot con.
not convince him to the contrary. BE ia az
stubborn in his belief as he Is against book
learning. Whatever errors he may possess
generally-aDd they are numerous-his expe-
rience of fall blowing is right. He kRowS
that the frost makes the turned up soil mel
low: he knows this is a fact, as he has had
abundant experience. Hence, fall pIowinQ il
practiced extensively, not Only by him, bat
by all, or nearly all. -. $500. F..
Yet this bigOted farmer, who has luckily
bit upon good thing, carries the matter too
far We are all apt to disagree here. Fall
plowing is good only for stubborn soils For
sand or gravel it will not do. For clay, or
any lumpy soil, it is just the thing.
And the later the ploWing is done the bet
ter, if the ground is not too wet. It may be
moist, or even wet, but should never be mud.
dy. Avoid mud 10 all places and Mt ali times,
Avoid il in the fall as far as you can. To
plow late is to prevent the grass from starting
paratively loose and thus the better fitted for
the penetration Of the frogt. To ''stand upS
the burrows, as some plows are said to do,
though considered fault generally, is here
just the thing. The more points or ridges
that are presented to the action of the ele-
ments, the better-thus leaving . sort of hol-
low condition Of the plOwed ground, not only
that the frost may work 10, bat the water pass
of, leaving it comparatively dry in the spring.
+ If plowed early the ground will become
more or less compact, preventing the water
from draining of, and the frost from penetra.
ting as effectively as IL would otherwise. Be-
sides the grasses and weeds will get started
and show in the spring, making compact,
grassy soil, just the thing untitled for a crop:
and it requires plOWing over with q muddy un-
dersoiI, which cannot be endured for a mo-
ment, as this viii give you bEiek-laced sur
face, and the effect will be visible for years
The ground will receive almost fatal injury
There will be Jumps for years; and the frost
cannot restore them, nor the clod erusher.-
The combined action Of both, with the aid Of
the sun and the rains And the SHOWS, together
with lime and other appliances. and time
these are necessary 10 overcome the injury
which an iDjudicious handling Of the soil has
caused. =-r-~
Set up the soil, then, and make it az porous
and hollow as may be; aud plOW itas late as
can be, consistent with the late rains Of Al
tumn. -t-E
This hollow or porous condition Of the
ground when plowed as we have recommend
d, will also favor the application Of manure.
Manure thus plowed under win get the action
If the elements, and add wonderfully to the
Of lhe Geld; viii improve the
nellowness of the soil, and, in n word, viii be
uss the thing for all kinds Of grain, corDp roots
everything.
We have never seen better feds than those
reated in this way with manure-mellow and
productive. Thus, rigid soils, cold. clay soils,
nav be redeemed. And it is difficult to re-
eem them in any. other way.