, 1874-05-23
THE FA1sNI AND GARDEN.

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Weather and the Crops.
From our Horticultural. Correspondtat.
onAa'rAtdH' ILL.,, May 81, 1874.
MALL WE rIow DEEP on SHALLOW?
II silose is any one thing we'll settled In tho
minds OF tue theorist, tue book-lasner, and the
agricultural chemist, 1t is the doctrine Of dcop
poWing. Tho practical farmers hnyo paid little |
hccd to tla dogmallc tcuching Of tho school, |
roor. and have kant on In tha avon ,ionor NJ
t,,o,r % .to,s;, ~ tns aasr 't .''n, '0 ,,4,a
.neir "ays'-no" plowlnB deep, then little
deepor, nut, IN tho main, going rather Bhaliow,
cutting furroW OF about inches. They havo |
not always needed the ailylae Of poor Richard,
ITO plow deem vhile slupaarils ,loon that ho
,.. ~" ns. 49," L.. III tt 1aN sAe0r sA@' ~
'A15 nase eosn w seh %a,u W @esp'
Botofe mo ia pamphlet on tho landB OF Wiz
Elnia, In Which tho Idea Ia combated that tho
lands Of the old co-plantations aro worn
49,. ,a.ss - * .,.o,"s,,,, w ...s
thoso landd navo scarcely been toncneo ny tho
cropping; only or D 1nohos OF tue anrlaco havo
beon drawn upon. p1ow foot doop, snys tho
thnt mn, th,s od r1antaton viii laurh with rial,
."Hs' aua 'n's ~ psn" ".A ."ea ".sl ~"
nafVea1a. 30 tho Nortnern mao "no goes oo"n
to those old plantations mlat hayo toam anu
h1ow ,his q stirriun Of q iucles.
II +ha Mu9anr, ., tra stota Aor,.r,turo, so.
,,..z - ~ Naa Vnr,. - AIhsn~ ,s : ao,na,,a,, ~
utssS u Ne" !o'n, ~ 1A'o@"1, 10 !" eo'oo.1ou '.
the plows Of Asia, Europe, and America, but not
ono of these iB on tho Horace Greeley pau. Tho
Asi,t,o n,ovs con1d nn1v air tho aurfnco Mt tl,o
n't>" p'o"e eou14 49, ~ w.. ~ sA
oeA' wh..e tne capaqlsy y, aapsn VI .na o'anta 10
sa montolv os TINT nj tbaro ust u be 'soe sopo 's
take IN tho SCIENCE OF plowiug, for mono Of these
plows arc adapted to tho end of doop. .tllage, and
The world is ploving shallow, while tho phlloso-
j,lera have laid down the ruo'everyw1oro, teach
tho fatIlersare ovorloading thc market with farm.
products, Assuming That inches iB tho ayorago
depth OF plowing, md 18 inches tho truo depth,
aEa Sny faxns qR d a a Of eo eo eo
followed tic true uciouco for, in that casc, wo
should havo had a supply of, farm. products that
would 'hnyp oven appalled, the railroat-monopo-
lies themselves, aud thoy would hayo given up
the l0pos Of moving such q crop In dospar:
to theshoru lamb, also comes to us in this in
starlce, and we draw from Tho rosoryca forcos
OF the soil only our daily needs, leaving it, great
capacity for tho future, when tho accumulated
populntton OF ages ghhll demand 1t. For this
| rcnsop. NO ought not to deny tle correctnesa
| of the toacGing, but simply say that the
| present e1igencies Of tho farmer, or of
the worlds domand for food, do not reauiro
| an incrchsed dopth Of plowing. This should
satiefy tho tcachors Of agricultural. sclonco as
| well as tho farmer lenving tho one in full pos
session Of his pct theory, and the other In his
| practice.
In this eonneoI,on' t,nions tore rn,sos arc nlNns
| The other day, / WIS in tho nursery where they
| were trencti-plowtnG tho land about 10 inches
doop. and thon narrowing and rolling, to make
this 7" l inquired. tin ths first place, re ore
planting young trees that hapo long tap-roos,
| and tho gronnd must be stirred deeply IL order
! that we may nlaut thom with tho aid of a
di6b1e, md that tne young roots may be
! able to 1cach out for plant-fooa. Then,
| too, wo want tho rain, mud tho dow, auC
| the air, to b., allowed to carry plant
food to Ill the roota Of tlaeBo young plants; an5
| this breaking up and commlnntlnE OIL the Bol
| n1logR Of thiB"
II bavo Just passed block Of evergreen trees
and I 500 that you haYo not trouched tho land
for thon."
"No; oyorgreops havc no tap-roots; and, at
tue. roots nun nonE tlc SURFACE We p!ow r. shallow
perfect state Of preparation, and. in tue setting
we pross this fino earth very firmly on tho roo!u
Wc do this far the purpose OF holding the
moisture-th ,por Of water az It it w,efre,991i IA
this watar-vapor by capillary attraction
"This reminds mo Of the Satyr who turned ths
traveller ont Of the house for blowing both ho
aud cold with tho same bronth,-hot to warm Iii
Nos It all. Our soil is o clay-loatu, and th'
| water may pass through it, and nc need only tt
stir it to tho depth that the plants demand. Deep
| rooted plants need it pllvctizod to tho depth o.
| tho planting, and Shallo"-rootod plants only te
| their shallow depths"
! Well, wo must I'LL learn but here is gardene1
| with great deal Of the BANJO kind Of notions
He is rn!sing in manure as the surface, and