Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-11
Aatifmltaral.

FALL. Inw,NG.--We knUw Uf nothing that
so tends To ".as. the dulie; of the year move
on with clock work rrgulaSiy in this country,
as the accomplishment Of large amount of
Lowing in the Fall, Spring is late in this eli
mate. and su'netines bursts upon us with great
suddenness The quick change from bracng
cold to enei waiting heat, just after the compar-
alive rest OF winter, makes work very CALLING |
both to the farmer and his team. Often, too,
though the weather is adapted to early Spring |
blowing, the land is not fit. The frost IS not |
sufficiently out Off, or it is in a heavy, spongy,
wet condition, and cannot be worked. These |
difficulties do not present themselves in the Fall
| The slow process of plou ching does not con- |
trast painfully with the hurried rush of the |
season as in Spring, awakening anxiety lest the
nick of time for sowing should be MISSED
Nature is settling down to repose instead of
| rousing up to most intense activity. The |
Spring is virtually made longer by every acre
that is plowed In the Fall. Its hurry is les
sened, while Its Possibilities are increased. IT.
the Spring is early enough, and long enough TO
admit of another ploughing, the crop " ii he so
much the better for II; and if the season is brief
and hurried, the crop eau be put in ON the
| "toublequick," with cultivator aud harrow
On the principle, therefore, OF stalking time by
the forelock," every good farmer will get as
large breadth of blowing done in the Fall as
lie possibly can.
Another important consideration is the bene
| icldi tlicCt Oi tue elements OH the newly luIti-
ed up soil 1t is a weli-settled fact that simply
exposing soil TO the action Of the atmosphere
lends to enrich IL, as well as TO improve its
! nditi"n mechanically for cropping. Hence
the agricultural proverb that fillage is manure
Slaply to stir the soil at any season Of the
year, and let i'll the air among its innumersble
PARTICLES, Is to do II good But in addition to
thi. beneficial influence, Fall blowing subiecs
the soil to the action of frost. Alternate freez-
ing and thawing are Of great use, especially to
still soils The more thoroughly they are dis
integrated, crumbled and fined down, the bet
ter state they are In for producing crops. Win
ter 10 no doubt very valuable In Its action In
this respect. There is no disintegrator Of soils
to compare with frost in the completeness with
which it does its work. Il not only fines down
the earthly particles but unlocks and sets free
the variou; nutritious elements that form the
food ofplan's. Nor must the snowfall be fol-
: gotten,
This brings TO the soil certain propolt ion
vi ammonia, the most important ingredient in
all manures. Fall blowing facilitates the action
oil the snow no the soil by 10 sening il u ),spread
ing out the utmost possible surface, aud max
ing myriads OF intersticss through which the
ammonia charged suew-water can trickle dow,
! into the well stirred ground.
Finally, Fall blowing confers ON land some
Of the advantages Of drainage, giving the sur.
t iace-water a better chance ofsettlng into the
ground, or OF running off in the dead burrows
aud bitches, thus putting the land in order for
seeding sooner, in some cases, than 1t could
, possibly be loved, had 1t been left untouched
. until Spring. Even in heEase OF drained land
this advantage Of Fall blowing is not to be uli-
= dervaued; how much more when so much
T. land, as far as drainage is concerned, remains
y i'll state OF nature. II undrained land were
SUBSIDIZED as well as surface-plowed, this advan.
tase would be greatly augmented. Land thus
thoroughly prepared In the FALL would be 10
III s'-ia,e order for seeding in the Spring.
These cons ierations have only to be wei
pondcrei by common-sense minds, to induce
tho determination TO keep the pillow In active
ii operation during all the workable time that
l. may intervene between these mild ctober dal
II and the final closing in ofthe Win'er.-- Canada
s; Former.