Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-03-04
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Flowing.

In primitive DAYS blowing was done with
the branch of tree. with its cleft and
curved edge sharpenel to scratch iurrow
for the seed. 10 imitation Of the ,illage effec-
ted by the snoat Of swine. Even. down to
the middle of the lae century. and in Eng
land too. the pillow Vas 90 rudely construct
ed that from three 70 Eve horses were re-
quired to pillow in light soils. and in heavy
soils a. many as seven were attached to the
pillow With this team to pillow three qrar
tiers Of an acre per diem. wac considered a
good days work. AZ late as 1885. pillow
having cast iron mould board. was re-
jected bee use they made 0ae sceeds srOv !!
But few agricultural implements have
undergone greater notifications than. the
plow.
But with the Improvements in the con-
struction Of plows. there has not been
corresponding improvm.n, in blowing
Yet every observing farmer knows sass
rluAins is the basis OF all good culture of
the soil; and yet. were the practices OF farm
ers. to define what is good blowing. what
diversity of answers would be given.
One would define j: to be. depth of five
inches. with the furrow turned up side
down, with the ..ccld. sour sub-soil, left
down where it belongs" A second. would
not think that ten inches was an extraordi-
nary depth that the furrow should b. ridg-
cd or Tapped, that the richest. inexhau.ted
earth was to be found in the sub soil.
The truth is. the object of blowing is two
fold: the pulverizatlon and loo.cning of the
soil. and rendering it permeable to both
moisture and atmosphere. for blowing is as
much fer the purpose of ,nrniug under sun
hekt fheatI aud air as the covering OF
weeds or grass.
The requisites to good blowing are a
good pillow. adantcd 10 the varietr Of plow
ing ;utended-a good team. and good
teamster. The greatest fault with nur
teams, is, they arc not strong emo ieh.
Ilny Of the farmers in this County are
running into wild ard lisas;rou. extremes |
III this respect. Our oae horse farming is
fas, unfolding tale Of depletion. for we /
must. and d. adapt the depth of our plow-
ing to the strength of the team. If the
team can't carry the piov four inches. it 4
il lifted To three inches.
Thi. shallow ploning is doing an untold /
injury tn our whole system Of farming. III, +
parent Of the 200 generally accepted idea
that farming in Maine can't he made a
paving buslucss.
In England, to lie a plowman. j. consid-
cred To he as mnch trade ns to he a shi2
wright, or any other specific occupation.
There. the plowman does lille else and
learns his trade 50 perfectly that every fur
row ia turned with the greatest precision.
With as the gud ding rule seems not to
he how well. but how much can be plowed
With such an ideal as matter of course
tie work is poorly done. Haste make.
terrible waste IN plovins. OF the alyan-
tages o. subsoiling, We NAV write. ere
long.
recent English writer makes the fol-
lowing sensible remarks on deep culture
That land may be injured hr deep cul.
tnrr is a common hut verv erroneous
opinion. Plnwing down good earth AMI
M had, and Letting them remain in tina;
pasItIon. must lessen friiitr for time.
Int that is not deep cnlture: il il exchanr-
Ing gonl earth fnr bad. and il the reason
why individuals declare that they have in
jnred their land bv deep blowing. L.; the
nature Of the land he what it may. il can |
he raised 70 1T. greatest fertility only hs n /
sufficiently deep pulvrrization and mixture
OF the ingredients Where the .uhsoil is
Of good quality. and in r any places i is
better than the soil. bring i; M at once to |
the surface. Where deep culture i. Jude /
iously executed. in no case does the earth /
lesson or destroy the fertility # the old; on |
the oontrarr. they improve each other. and /
cnns.itute deeper and more productive
soil.
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