The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-01-25
Farm, Garden, and Household.
Thin Skinned Land.

What is the rcsI mesnino Of tbisg am
so frequently told II have no dcntb or sn,l
mine Is tbju-skinned land " tha, I naturally
Az whether there is hard rocl, i,,,,,,tist.lv
under This tniu skin III ( inches AT ,,lowed
Aud and then lind that there i under il
~rNahlv $50 feet decp of GOOD honest land
.sJ Thai " has only been skiured fhe body
;.iItluin. uurouched %os there j. noth
u4 really more easy apI ,rml.ie than deep
nn. his thin stable I'd any reasonable
~,.nlryd extent Keen the top-soil whore
-f : but hre,k mr. +be hitherto undis.uyhaa
soil so that mir and water ran have frsa
access into and tlranuh it. and so that ths
'up-s0i} ann manure may rest nnn,, hr,kan
round ami gradualIy mix with II This
has been nv practice for the last os voars
sud as a natural conspouenca 7 uat tbo.a
.arse crops which ar,- th4 .nrnriSe ,t ,na,,,
who once knew the navartv af tho soil
tect this object by fotiovip.r in the trsck
Ui tbt Ht,, niovg with another n,o,. rninnS
tte hreast. jr.Sr bv f,,ror six horses the
n,-t p,ow turpina th. ron.so,i on to The
broken unl.t-soiI The ,tt.rfs are ptomDt
And obvf,ns. r4jp-wster sink, rapidIy
-tr.,i,..l +b. -SofI jnro tha broken nndar
.uI and TIM. facilitates il. pa-saue Ia he
trains Th.. top-soil i thus left to eiry.
sud rit to receive the full benefit OF warmth
sid changes of temn-rature. the snbsoil
psrrAktng also i1s tfeoree of the like advsut
4ges A 4 rule. The sub-soil hsyino re-
.uaiued unhr1ken for age- i. pannea down
,u tight As To become almost jmpervious
and certainly In i great degree deharred
from atmospheric, influences All this he
zones gradually changed hv suhsoiIino or
under-plow,ne called trench. .nIowing 500
what lakes mace on. onr hesfh The rnnar
soil ha, often h..,.r taken th.. ,,,s.,.9
..nb-Sou tar = tim, rApstrs hsrran IN,
,tter a rar,a{n n,.rIo, II h,.c1mas iI,,rrovs.{
f,.th. action NJ air ami water and il syain
,vcu roarad win v.oataiion AMI ,s robhad
OPP 4rripncd ~ have Frequently w,tnessaj
,nrIn5 thirty wears Flamants of ter,ili.r
-xist In nnr snhsail ahnntantI, hnt ara H.
III unpqvanehIa ~ r,a.srva conit,jor IVA
.r raw ana wont COOLING h, a+rnosnh.nil.
..>,n.,,ra an,l Influences How vii ,ta Ia,,
Nm Samnal Snith M ois Waa,ta, 49,
-t,od tbi. lie not only exnnsad the .uh
-.l f., atmosnbari., octior k ,1a,'in 49,
...4 s.,,l. togetbar ana las,,ino ~. I,,,,r,nad-
.-te sns.s .,f row srt,,N ,,a,,,,.a] h,.
.rastl,. has,ap,a ,h.. .,oLi,,, ,,r,,..,s, h,, /
,.+s-r.ixIr,, v{,I w.. ,r.'t .ojI ,,Ia,,+,,
nsnnra so .het1f became vary ontclly
.,.,4 tee4tny yrnnrd for tha roots Of nIonts
re 43fotning. root rrons tSwedesN Soon
-,und mis- ont and nccnnfed the bitbar,o
..rr., ,ofl ,,,;,b ,b<,ir ehras -
a,i.ta,,c,s ~ ,ha ,.olna .,s ,4a.,, o,,i,t
..rt,r .rs ,taini, shawn 1.hara,,ar ditoh
H.. n.sr 4iIef NJ, or ryb,,., bs dratns hs,-a
...a, .t.a,,Ix n,sced -Vhate+ tho nrons sbo,r
,-t.i4l. a3i-a,,,.,, +, - 49, -.
.asr. Sorna fsncy tho, ~ T. hanarsa 80
liza rs 49,. hat,a, ar.t-,oa ~. ~ -
...., d. ,h., ALL, 1,l,.a,I,,r ana l,to+,,r
-.sr,. +ho.s1r 1)..., a,,3 ,,ooa cnl,i,a
.n.5 ,,sn,ri,,o remain vi>ihIs for naarI,
81 century or more. Walking with friend /