Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-01-26
Deep and Shallow PIowins

have paid a great deal of attention to
what is called deep blowing, and l never
yet have seen any blowing that can average
over six inches deep, and that look so deep,
to an inexperienced person. it could east
ly be palmed off as eight or ten inches
deep. But after trying satisfactorily both
deep and shallow blowing, | have come to
the conclusion that, blowing should be reg
ulated to suit the land we we're blowing.
If | went into a field with but four inches
soil, l would turn over that land but three
TO four inches, and subsoil in the furrow
of the turning plow that would be my
system for the first time [ plowed such
lands. And the next year if there were
stubble or weeds on the land, | would
turn under again, going this time from
four to six inches-that is, / would never
pillow any land deeper than its soil-tbe
first blowing with a turning pillow; but
each succeeding breaking up, L would
gradually go deeper, until [ reached the
depth of seven or eight inches, which is
the maximum depth | have yet seen done
by the very best plows, plowmen and team
of two and three horses and if we nave
weeds. stubbles, clover, or peas to turn
under annually when breaking up, a soil
can be made deeper than when we first
commenced.
My rule of blowing is. to be governed
entirely by the quality of lands | am GO
ing to pillow in. If deep soil, / pillow deep,
and do not subsoil. If shallow soil, l
pillow shallow, and suhsoil and put on the
land such crops as will make the most
rubbish to turn under-and, in time, a
field of shallow soil can be deepencd by
judicious blowing and rotation.
l would never turn up the clay to the
surface if it can be avoided and if a field
had so little soil. 7 would break up such
lands entirely with subsoil plows-then
SOW them down with small grain. cut stub
bles long, aud her turn under as above
described. rs
There is no implement we use of so
much importance as the pillow it is our
first and greatest implement ; hence every
farmer should make the pillow and blowing
his study, he ought SO to understand it, as
to be enabled to instruct or aid the manu-
factur,r in its Notwithstanding him
what he wants, and what is necessary to
make a pillow perfect.
But, as it is, there are SO few farmers
who understand the pillow and blowing, we
have been dependent entirely upon the
manufacturer to suit US in plows. in ac-
cordance with their own ideas of what the
pillow should be. and right or wrong in con-
struction, we find but few who know it.
The pillow may break and turn well, and
The draft may be too heavy, or the draft
may be too light. and the work of the
pillow imperfectIy done; also, the fault
sometimes lies in the gearing in of the
beam. But be the fault where it is, the
farmer should so understand the pillow,
blowing and gearing in Of the same, as to
detect the error and point out the remedy.
If not, his plowings are accidental, wheth-
err right or wrong.
In turning lands, it will be noticed that
some plows turn the furrow slice fiat over,
lap on the principle of Smuggling. Where
the pillow turns the furrow over fat, / per-
fer such a pillow for manurial purposes,
that Is, to turn under clover. weeds, or
stubbles. 0tca su{.-a
But in breaking the ground foa ~oultiva-
ton, and especially for corn, giN1- me the
pillow that lodges its furrows-as. when the
are so lodged, the ground remains
loosened and broken-as it is not
so easily run together and compressed by
rs when the turning over is fat
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