The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-10-15
farmrr's department.
Fall Flowing.


It would bo difficult to snow where
fall plowing should aRd should not be
practsicd, better than it is dono in the
following article from the Valley Far
moE -..... .r....-
"The most bigoted farmer will admit
that fall blowing is beneficial. You
cannot convince him to The contrary.
He is stubborn in his belief as he is
against book learning. Whatever err
rors he may possess genorally-and
they are numcrous-his experience of
fall plowing is right, He knows that
the frost makes the turned.up soil mel
low, he knows this as n fact, as he has
had abundant experience. Hence, fall
plowing is practisod extensively, not
only by him, but by all, or nearly all.
Yet this bigotcd farmer, who has,
luckily hit upon a good thing, carries
the matter too far. We all are apt to
disagree here. Fall blowing is good
only for stubborn soils. For sand or
gravel it will not do. For clay or uny
lumpy soil, it is just the thing.
And the latertho blowing is dono tho
better, if tho ground is not too wet; it
may be moist, or even wet, but should
never be muddy. Avoid mud in all
places and at all times; avoid it in tho
fall as far as you can, To plow late
is to prevent the grass from starting
; towards the surface, and leaves the soil
comparatively loose and thus the bet
ter fitted for the penetration of the frost.
To "stand up" tho burrows, as some
: plows are said to do, though considered
fault generally, is here just the thing.
+ The moro points or ridges that are pro-
n sented to the action OF, the clements
h the bettcr-thus leaving a sort of hol-
). low condition Of the plowed ground, not
It only that the frost may work in, but
: the water pass off, leaving it compara-
t lively dry in the spring.
Ifplowed early, the ground will bo-
. come more or less compact, preventing
> the water from draining off, and tho
y frost from penetrating as effectually as
'e it would otherwise. Besides the grasses
i and weeds will get started and show in
the spring, making a compact, grassy
Mt soil, just the thing unified for q
e. crop, and it requires plowing over with
m a muddy under soil, which cannot be
20 endured for moment, as this will give
to brick faced surfaoe, nnG the eject will
n be visible for years-thc ground will
De receive almost fatal injury. There will
a be Jumps for years, and the frost can
y not restore them, nor tho clod-crusher
to The combined action Of both, with tho
en- aid Of the snn and the rains, and the
ls- SHOWS, together with limo and other ap.
lie plianccs, and time-these are ncccss
yg ury to overcome the injury which an in
IN judicious handling of tho soil hal
It. caused.
70 Set up the soil, then, and make it as
= porous and hollow as may be-, and plov
''' it as late as can be, consistent with tho
, late rains of autumn. -t,
y. This hollow or porous condition o
the ground when plowed as we hav
recommended, will also favor tho appli
=, cation of manure. Manure thus plow.
"a cd under will get the action of tho elo
-. ments, and add wonderfully to the pro
;uo ductiveness of the field, will improv
the mellowncss of the soil, and in
ward will be just tho thing for al
kinds Of grain, corn, roots-cvery
w thing. d
de- We have never seen better fields tha
nd those treated in this way with manur
err mellow and productive Thus, rigi
sed soils, cold clay soils may be redeemed
lad and it is difficult to redeem them in an
tie, other way. ''