New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-05-11

for obsorn,ioh nv plonts In other words 40 IA the I'M
cooked FOR pant cdnsGpiior The lime essential
to tie OF the grain may be there
but unavailable lying locked up IN mo tO ~ " '
clover or potatoes may no present but inactive, aud
therefore Naluellss. Organic mater may 10 et"l to
in abundance and yet be 81 40 account unless uee0uo
on Is dong lis appropriate wok In converting 1t to
state III for nOuIshnR plants. NOV the nnuoO,o ,
within lie soil are outside that soil and the principle end
Of blowing g. 10 bring tbe SOIL ltO suyh cO.tiOn
these Influences mdy DO their appropriate WpIk "io
hindruuce and thus the noursng power Oh tlc son 10
augmented. The piOw should 80 oen anu IN re
soil, should so separate lIe p ~. ~ ratet
gases may perneate II freely aud 10 the greatest pOsDo
depth. carrying N It's oxygen 10 IlUc'1 and form
compounds essential 10 pant CROWN, anu convey 20
the rootets and to the inorganic elements the Sar3pnc
acid ammonacdl gases TO perform helr uSssuV uu ~
prOpuate work That the AR, warmed by tho sum,
eF sun may carry into tho 5 SS a7&
hat the transmission of heat should be immediate, hence
one great Office Of the plow is TO place soils in the best
mechanical condition for receiving solar heat. wafer
also needs the same facilities for pemcang inc SOIL ~
contains certain elements Of fertility and in orderto ayal
ourselves OF their benefit the ram WHICH ias 1on our
fields should through the soil TO the sources OF springs
through the soil the air in the water Is driven out and us
The precise manner which the plough should turn its
furrow the position in which 1t should leave TO secure
all these results must be determined by the nature OF
the soil. Thus n sandy soil especially If its
texture is coarse is too porous and IS injured by thCe
outside influences, decomposition goes on too rapidly mo
elements Of fertility are too soon carried or and are lost
to the plants We cultivate To avoid this difficulty on
furrow and its puvorizing power is Of comparatively
little Importance But lands that tenacious, and
contain large portion of clay or on moist ana HeaIy
loans the pOw should perform entirely different W0lh.
10 shond thoroughly dsneglae the let hand nan on o
furTow and lay u with the greatest zap or az INC GIea
est possible angle lust enough prevent its falling back
and to bury the heritage that was growing on It's
The furrow thus at once puverlzed and laid up will ad
nit air and water through IT, viii have ar chambers
which have been described Frost is Of the great
natural whose long action has converted the rocks
int, nrt1 f1HU "A
vice 10 the farmer most lands Can The pow ana ts
elemental force in It's work. ana u 80, hT" IN ie Fo
of course and In such manner as TO expose e greatest
xenf of our face and give the freezing air free passage
trongh IT, This can he done best 10y laying the fuUow
on edge, but furrOw well l1pped, with goOd passage
beneath, is well adapted to that purpose and
the farmer requires pows adapted to this kind Of work
The absorbing properties OF the soil are lndlpehsab 10
its successful cultivation and add greatly 10 It's fertility
darkcoored soil or that which contains large per cent
OF humus, has this property IN the highest DECREE ~
draws its moisture from the air and the atmospheric
gases penetrate TO the roots Of plants ana to the lower
SOIL and thus develop the elements Of nouIlShment Inc
depth VI Flowing has mHch 10 40 WIN ths piUlIiI "
the SOIL aud II too deep nearly destroys It, Wme II Is
always desirable to have deep soil II must De Iehen
bered that no soil can be made GceP by tne pow oic
The depth to which should seek 10 penetrate must be
varied according to the nature OF inc son. II tnat
is only two inches deep three lncHes Is enough TO poH
FIRST and the process Of deepening should be gradual
m you reach 2ep'h EhSr9 so ME x inches ID c J the
plow is plunged u inches and the subsO brought TO the
TOP 10 would be made entirely sterile for time because
you would destroy It's absorbing power ana pace aton
the TOOtles Of the plants mass Of cold barren Haei"
destitute OF nutfOn Mne the true SOL WOuu NC pt'
beyond the reach OF ordinary vegetation Further re-
marks were made by Mr. solomon Mead, the inventor
of the cOnical plOw; Mr. Samuel Knox the Inventor
OF the best Of Ames plows; and Me- f. f. smith
the designer Of the Collins plows These enthusiasts III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS said they had given many years
some Of them almost lfetme-to deNislng universal
instrument, good alike in sand and IN clay, equally
effective on the stony hills OF NewEngland or the
mctuous prares OF the great West Mr. smilhSad nat he
had reached that end that Of the 10000 po|s when
the Collins Company had made aud Sold threeionrths
or pattern, and he with the other speakers,
expressed determination 10 continue his efforts until
the result much desired shall have been reached