Des Arc citizen., 1866-03-24
'Tis eobd to speak in kindly guise,
DEEP FLOWING.
ountry Gentlcman.l

e4 DEBT FLVWENUs
 From the Country Gentleman W
 THEORY OF PLowISa- -Why not put the seed on tho ground? Because one of the surroundings (moistufeJ necessary to vegetatc life would be wanting Why not dig holes large enough only for the seed and cover them? Because disintegration of the soil is necessary to facility of pene- tration by the roots of the plant. To pro- slucc that disintegration (lbeyond what IS done naturally freezing and thawing,) in the most expeditions method, we blow Why need tho roots penetrate the soil ? To, sustain the tops ofthe plant in an up- right position, and give sustenanee to the plant; as a large portion of the nutriment which is assimilated by life, is. drawn from the soil, as well as the air by means of the leaves.
 DEEP PLowING-We have now a uni versal key to.the true solution of the much mooted question of deep blowing. Ploac as deeply as tue materia' of sustenance can De found iu rcmuaerafiig qna'ltiy. If this proposition seems general-too wide for rule, it is nevertheless the only one We mast regard them.
 l. LENGTH OF RooT.--Thc roots of plants run, as general rule, rather deep CT or longer than the tops of plants rise a bove the surface of the earth. In the case of small plants then, no matter what the soil, it would not be necessary to pl6w deeper than the height of the plant A. gain, the roots of plants do not descend vertically; but at an angle of various in clination to the horizon generally filling out their greatest length latterally.-The reason of this is the law of nature, project ing the roots within the range of the wi tai forces" sS
 2. TIE < VITAL FORCES. ."-The lead ing vital forces are five water, heat, air electricity and light. Roots seem, there fore, to run just low enough to insure moisture, and enjoy heat and air: ws know less of electricity. Deep blowing then, fayors the largestsapplicatien of ths vital forces to the expansion of the plant and therefore the greatest groieth, othe things being equal.
 8. How DEBT ?--If the vital force were the only surroundings of the plant the only limit to the depth of plowinl would bethe length of the plants, unde the most favorable circumstances-ffteel feet deep for Indian corn would not be to deep! But then the mineral and yegeta ble remalns-the nutlancnt of plants must be considered If there is one foe of nutrimental soil resting upon sand Q lime stone, then blow one foot; so of pip clay, or other substances not capable ( adding to the nutriment of plants; leav them at the base of the blowing don tlirnthem to the top, because it would b putting the innutritious clements in cor tact with the vital forces, to the exclusio of the nutritious. Ha ]
 1. SuBsoILINa.-But after you hay turned up and disintegrated all the pr ductive elements of the soil, subsoilin may be used as means of providing re eryoir of water for the roots in dry weatl CT, nothing more; and when the upp, soil is very thin in the crust, it is especia ly necessary, to prevent the water frol washing away the soil when underdrainin Is not used.
 5. DEEPENING rHF SoIL.-ft some times happens that the nutritious soil ma be increased by exposing the subsoil to tn action of the vital forces and the inauenc of freezing That is especially the cal with the limestone lands of Kentuck The red clay of the central parts of tn
 State, taken .sn feet hclow the surfacc af