The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-06-19
;farm aud Household
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OOop-WVAN3hdi VhS wi. .H
tholi II demonstrated that the average
value Of land in tilage is pretty accurately |
measured by the depth to which II has beon
thoroughly worked. Tha, is TO say " a
farm of one hundred acres, whereof nue hall |
has l., on tiled. and wLiiIhstn ih thtlt N I
average depth of six inches OF thoroughly |
worked and pulverizod soil. is worth 500 |
pcr acre 40 far as IL has been titled and $50 /
per acre Tor Tho rcRidue-ih nll, 81 bJ0--tiCn 1
the value Of that farm would he Increased |
20 $4,000 IL those fifty acres Of tillage wero 1
no worked to a depth Of twelve inches
eI2, 800 if tho depth Of soil on the portion
In tillage were increased 10 eighteen inches;
and $4,000 il u were still further increased
10 two feet. Aud feel confident that no
thrifty, capable farmer can increase his
wealth so fast by buying more land, by
lending his money, or by investing It IL
mines or stocks Of any kind, rs by increas.
ing tho depth of his arabic soil. There
may bo exceptions founded in location
where land is very abundant and cheap, Ia.
Dor dear aud products low.pricod but the
general rule romans as haveetuied. Aud
Tbehevo the means are now within reach
whereby most American farmers can Gu
hnnco the value OF their arabic soil to the
extent Of at least Sl00 per acre ut n cost Of
ing aud Subsoling are each good in its
place but ! lavo now in mind something
different from these, though il may perhaps
10 regarded M an Improvement ou'or per.
iection Of the latter. refer to All improved
system Of Trcnch.plowing.
Just before the ground froZe up several
weeks ago, ! ran up one forenoon to Iona
(Dr. Grants islot in tho lIudson) to witness
the practical working OF two or three
Trenching .Plows Of the Doctors device on
the gravely, rocky subsoi of that isle t.
Tho ground had already been cleared Of con
siderable stones aud well worked to depth
o; foot, very nearly; below which was
the subsoil Just entioued-oompact pob.
bly,. and well filled with stones OF all sizes,
from that Of hen's.cgg up 10 that of toi.
kettle. The plowmen understood tier bust
ness but the team 1.-TWO yoke of oxen) might
we'll have been stronger. The plows were
Of various patterns, being designed for
working different depths up TO fully two
feet but though nowise pretty to look at,
aud not well adapted to standing alone, they
were admirably calculated to minimize side
draft and waste of power 10y dragging on
the hard ground beneath them. What they
aimed to do, and dii, was to combine at
moderate cost the benefits Of blowing, sub.
izing and thoroughly mixing tho surface
and subsoiI, 80 that the closest observation
could not distiug thom Il ON each other.
] am confident that this was never nearly so
we'll done by the spade, at n cost Of six
times that involved in the use of DIR, Grants
implements and process which, il tho team
wcro increased to eight oxen or horses,
could not exceed $50 per acre Tor tho most
thorough pulvcrizution and comminGling
To depth Of fully two foet.
shall rest content with setting forth
tho results which saw produced, without
attempting to explain fully the process,
since | am only seeking to call tho atten-
tion OF practical men to tho subject. Con.
eede that, for the present. only gardous, or
ehards, vineyards, nurseries, &c, are like
ly TO bo thoroughly worked to any such
depth os two feet, how great must bo tho
increasc of products thus secured That
the yield OF Bcets, Carrots, nc would bo in.
creased by more than $50 worth per aero,
will hardly be doubted while an orchard
Thus trenohed would endure twice as long
M ono stranded on hard.pan that risos to
within six inches of tho surface. Tho best
practical farmer know assured me, three
years ago, that ho grew twelve acres of
good Cabbage on an ordinarily subsoilcd
he must have applied had he plowed but
elk or seven inches; whilo severe pro.
tracted drouthy thai had stopped the growth
Of his neighbours ''truck' had produced no
effect on his.
must improve somo other occasion Ia
set forth my con viction that, in our pr,cA'
trious climate, subject to great extremes oI
flood and drouth, DeCp-Working is Of the
very highest Importance, and TINT deepening
our arabic fields will moro conduoe to III,
increase Of our National wealth and strength
than the purchase OF q hundred Samanat
and WalruSsius. Suffice il for the present
that | have ready answer to those who CO.
viii" Ii is very well to talk of Deep. Work.
lug !; but who does i'll Where How is
il to bo done = To these questions an
swer, |. DR.. q. w. Grant ; 2, At Iona }. by
providing Deep, Working Flows after his
patterns. aud improving on them il you can
Horace Grceley. rl.H
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