The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-29
Shallow Flowing.

| DIR. Trimble publishes letter to
Henry Ward Beecher, in a recent num-
Der of HEARTH AND HOME, in which he
gives the following strong testimony in
favor Of shallow ploughing:
Richard NJ Acton of Salem, man
we'll known in New jersey, has told me
| that some wears ago he was Secretary
Of the Agricultural Society Of that
| county; that at one time. seventeen
members Of their Society tried the cX-
pertinent of subsoilng: that in the fall
after the crops were so far maturcd "a
to he able to Judge of the effects, they
met and compared notes on the subject,
and their decision was unanimous
against Subsoiling.
David Petit, IL wcll-known farmer.
has told me that he tried it in a corn
teld--Subsoiling a part and leaving
part without-thr corn was best where
not SUBSIDIZED. Clark Thompson. one
of the best farmers in New Jersey, told
me Il few weeks ago that he would not
-pcrmlt any one TO subsoil his land for
fifty dollars am acre. John Holmes. Of
Elscnborogh, SAYS the same thing.
At one time had a supcrinbundancc
OF harnvard-manure, and trenchcd
portion of my garden about twenty
inches deep, in order to use it. That
part has never been more productive
than the rest Jonathan Imgam of
Salem, tried trcnching, and the next
crop was Il total failure: lie considers
that part Of his garden as ruined till he
can make those portions Of the subSoil
brought to the surface a. rich as the
surface soil was originally.
y GU are draining, too. To dry up
sWamps and turn them into meadows.
instead oi frog-ponds. is excellent
But often sec long lines Of tiles laid
deep under ground, always dry enough
for meadow, where top dressing would
have made it produce two tons per acre
of timothy hay. Money is often wasted
in this Wav
The comparative merits Of deep and
shallow blowing are claiming much
attention just now.
At a recent meeting of the Farmers
Club Of the American Institute. Mr.. y.
{. Mccker of the New York TRIBUNE,
read an account OF a visit to the farm
of Horace Greeley. at Chippaqua, West
chester county, y. V, in which corn
field of eight acres was carefully describ-
ell. He said:
L.
much like the best prairie-was ploughed
twelve inches deep. One ton of pouderette
and two tons of superphoSphates were
applied i'll the hills
Mr.. Mcckcr further saws:
THAT the ground was rich enough to
produce fine crop of corn without manure.
| have no doubt. 4 farmer generally
would have considered none necessary, but
1t was proposed to do the best that could
he done. with the knowledge that oven
under such circumstances, adverse intlu-
ences are likely to operate
Mr. Greeley is great advocate of
deep tillagc, and probably believes that !
this fifty bushels to the acre was the |
result of blowing twelve inches
The following letter explains itself:
SALEM, y. j., Nov, Goth, 1869. |
DR.. J. p. TRMBLE: ESTEEMED FRIEND
Please report to the American Institute |
Farmers Club, as 4 matter of fact, that |
Samuel p. Carpenter had this year one
hundred bushels Of shelled corn to the acre
on meadow ground with ploughing, as he /
informed me, as shallow as he could-prob- /
ably not even three inches. think George I
Abbott had as much. DAVID PETIT.
In Il subsequent letter from Friend
Petit he says: I'VE rarely manure eur
uplands for corn, and our meadows T
never" Now, let us compare these
two crops:
5. P. Carpenter eight acres pro-
duce eight hundred bushels,
which, at 81 per bushel, is $500 /
Horace Greeley's eight acres pro-
duce 400 bushels making $400
From which deduct for one ton
poudrette, $50
Two tons superphosphate, 100
$40 40