The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-01-30
TIFFIN TRIBUNE.
EARLY FLOWING.
BY COL. q 8. INNS.

AAA Aet ht~t' a"fNt w Nha~t N~'~A
mined in what fields they wiz puI
each particular crop tho coming
season; what old meadows or pas.
lures they will break up, and made
their general arrangements for the
summers work.
TO this class--that is to the read
ing and thinking part--ofmy broth
er farmers, / would like to soy few
words about the advantages Of ear
ly blowing. Land plowed early in
the season will, by the action Of
frost or slight freezes, be made mel
low; and, therefore, much nicer to
work while planting and during tho
early tending Of the crops; besides,
bringing at least ten per cent. bet
ter crops. All those who heard DIR.
Warder's address before tho State
Agricultural Convention, remember
what he said about a white, brown.
headed, crooked worm, which we
usually call "grub worm" Several
years ago had field, the soil of
which was so full Of these pests rs
TO materially iajurc a corn, and al
most destroy potato crop.
Seeing an article in some ogri-
cultural paper, that plowing land in
early spring, so IT would freeze af-
forwards, would destroy such worms
L commenced on the Sth day ofl
March, plowing my land eleven and
half inches deep, and thoroughly
digging round stulnps as deep as
the plowing. We went over forty
acre field in this way. Il is true,
however, we had to work some days
with our overcoats and mi'tens on;
but had my land in excellent or
der at planting time; raised ninety
bushels Of shelled corn per acre,
and have mover seen but few worms,
and sustained no damage from them
since,
A few years subsequent to this, |
had an old meadow wished to
plant in corn, and there coming
favorable time in February, plow-
ed twenty acres. The season prov
ed to be prolific in cut worms, or
'naked caterpillars," as DIR. War
der called them. Some Of my
ncighbors waited till April to plow
their sod land. The cut worms al
most stripped the late plowcd fields,
while | did not notice a single stock
of corn cut of in my early plowcd
field. My theory of which is, that
plowing early disturbs the winter
arrangements of the worms, and
the subsequent frosts destroy the
eggs as well as the worm.
Other advantages are; we take
time by the forelock, get our land
ready for planting in good season (;
accustom our teams gradually to
their work avoid the almost killing
pressure Of them, during the hot
weather Of May and June, and
have mellow nice land to work in
stead Of clods.
Some Of the disadvantages arc;
that on heavy clay soils, should very
wet weather succeed, the hnd would
be apt to become hard and need
second plowing. This wouldbo the
case, however, on such soils pIowed
anytime in tho whole year. Clays,
when made very wet, soon after
plowing, will get hard, ualess they
are stirred. II We would be deter
red, therefore, on that account, we
would never plow them, as hard
rains come at all seasons Of the
year.
/ think il is wen 10 try our best,
put in our crops early and in good
condition, tend well, and nine times
out Of ten, We eau count on at least
good crop.
Another consideration is; those
that tend and manage we'll, get from
two-thirds to three-quarters Of full
crop, even in tho hardest seasons,
and then get double the price for it,
while the sloyen gets scarcely e.
nough to keep soul and body to-
gether. Choose, young farmer,
which class you viii belong to-
From shc Farmers Chronicle.
A man in Massachusetts,, in 1926,