Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1867-04-25
From The New York Observer.
DIG AND PLog DEEP

The results that msy reasonably be expects6t
from any coil depend much upon ito depth - -
We doubt If there is one garden in tenr where
the soil has been stirred and prepared 10 |
depth sufficient to reap the full benefit from
its cultivation. Not long since friend Of
ours purchased small place but a few miles
from this city, and was hdt,ering himself owl
coming into immediate possession Of frt
rate garden, rs it had been under cultivation
for along while. What was his surprise, when
commencing his operations in the Spring, Z
fad that ia this old garden that had beenNuE
for years, the soil, although rich on the surface
was not moro than eight or ten inches DEEP
| Vegetables will grow, or at least will make AMI
effort to grow in shallow soil; but if you want
good vegetables OF thrifty growth, you must
allow them generous luxuriant soil, Of sufl
| Gent depth ia which TO reVel.
garden soil should not DO less than twenty
and we prefer twenty four inches deep; and
this depth where it does not exist, can oe e.
tanned ny trenching. la treuching, or spG-
soing, all tue coarser vegetable matter with
coarse manure and good soil, ehould be depOs-
tied 1T the bottom; the finer portions nearer
the surfsoe, and tie co d barren sub soil eth
er remove eatireiy or thoroughly pulyAr1Lti
ami incorporated with nu Equal quantity oil hle
, well rotted manure or compost. To prepare a
garden soil 10 This manner requires a good
! 1
4 But few square rods thoroughly prepared to
good depth will yield far more satisfactory
a crops, and with less labor than a large CAREER
cultivated but Il few inches deep. ThDss who
! have paid little attention TO the matter will be
surprised 10 fad bow far the roofs OF plants
. will penetrate The soil in teaich OF thpst
life.giviDg properties which their natusU-ro
quires.
e The field and farm, as we'll as tho garden
a might he plouetad deeper than is usualAS-a9n
and tie good results would surely show tho4
II selves. The best crop ofwheat We ever rsiss'
was 10 this wise.
I The lard was gu old sward, on modeIai
! slope. In August We tufpsu the. toa VII
heavy plough, CONNIE bcipN at the foot Of
A SLOPE and tutni1g zach iurraw down citing
i plough run as deep % wo'Sd lurn Inc sag ~
) nauIsUmey. RGtIgni4g, I've let'the pGaRi
slide over the gtouud, ana changing the,eu'g
4 OF the plough, I II run In the iurrow ghe see
II Houd time as desp as it would wofb; thu
/ I'M owing -ees~rtI inches of the subsoil on tA
4 top of the inverted sod. B, this operation v
d Travelled across the field aud back sgain 4wiC
for each fuTrow. With side hiil plough, on
IT half of this labor would have been saved. Al
,s ter the ploughing, We gave il heavy coat q
IN bar1ysrd mAaprei mixiug IL thoroughly wit
Is the soil with light rIo@ that would mot ~
- turb ,he sod ana tle Lact1w. The crop {
At wheat was a noble one, aud .ae ground beitI
seeded with timothy and clover, mas yisldei
A. a &c cut OF srads for several years SINCE.
l. We are pa iiai 70 u deep soil, aud where
II 10 not Of gooi depth, whether i'll field or garde
we would aGOpt come mode of deepening II :
d. In turning ever d sward for corn, it might wit
il advantage be treated as in the case Of the Whet
n referred 10 above.