The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-04-26
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The results that may reasonably be cx
pected fronany 81il depend ndch upon it,
,lcpth, We doubt ifthere is ono garJeniu
ten, where The soil has been stirred and pre-
ared to depth sufficient 10 reap the Iull
benefit from It's cultivdti N Not long snce
n friend bt oufs purchased q small place but
few miles fFors tlIis city, aud was Halter.
ing himself on coming into immediate pos
session OF q hrstrato garden, as It had been
umler cultivation for a long whllo. What
was his surprise, when commencing opera.
tons in tho Spring, TO Rnd that IN this old
garden had been spod d To- yeats, tie
soil, although rich on the surface, was moi
more tlian eight or ten inchcs deep. Veg
etablcs will grow, or at least viii make an
effort To grow IN a shallow soil but IL y0u
want good vegetables ola thrifty growth,
you lh,ist ALLOW thom GENEROUS luSiridiH
soil OF sufficient depth, in which TO rcvel
A garden soil should not be lees than
twenty, aud We, pteter twenty fonr inches
dcop and thisdel,th, where IL doostiot cx
ist, ,ucan be attained by trenching. lu
trenchng, or sub.soilug, all tho coarse
manure aud gO0d sod, should be deposited
at the bottom the finer portions nearer the
surface, and the cold, barren suhspil either
removed enti ely, or thoroughly pulverized,
and Incorporated with an equal quantity OF
iino wal-rOtted manure or compost To
pre- pare garden soil in this m,unor re.
quires II good supply Of vegetable sub
stances and manure. But u few rods thor
oNghiy prepared to good depth, vii! yield
far more satisfactory crops, aud with less
labor, than large garden cultivated bnt a
few inches deep. Those who have paid
little attention 20 tho matter will he sur
prisod to find how far the roots Of plants
will penetrate the eoh III search OF those
life giving properties which their nature
requires i"
The fell and farm rs well as thogWdon.
might 10 plowei docpcr than is usuI' y
done and tho good results would surely
show themselves. The best crop Of wheat
we ever raised was in this wise. Tho baud
wos old sward on moderate sbpo lie
August we turned the sod with hoavy
piOw, commencing NJ the foot OF the slo 70
and turning each furrow tlown, letting
the plow run as deep as would turn the
furrow handsomely. Returning, we let the
plow slide over tho ground, aud turning
the guago of the plow, let II run in the
iurrow tue second time as deep us it would
work; thus throwing several inches bt the
Snbsoil on the top OF the inverted sod. BS
this operation we travelled across the licli
aud back again. twice at each furrow.
With sde.hill plow, one half ol this ia.
bor would have been saved. Aiior the
blowing we gave it, heavy coat oi bari-
yard manure; mixing it thoroughly with
the s0il with light plow that would
not disturb the sod, and tho harrow, Tho
crop of wheat was q noble one an the
ground being seeded with timothy and
clover has yielded .ftno cut of grass for
several years Since. We are partial to n
deep and, where it ia not OF good
depth whether iii field or garden, we would
adopt some mode of deepening it. In turn.
ing ov heavy sward for corn, il might
with advan' age be treated as in tho case of
the wheat referred to above.-N, Y, Oh.
SeI'rey,