The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-04-05
Deep PIOughing.

However much the opinion of farmers
may differ in regard to the cultivation OF
crops, whether the deep and high ridge
culture Of the old school, or the surface
skimmings fat culture Of the "new De
parture," all agree upon one point, VI i:
that deep ploughing in the spring is alb
solute!y necessary to secure the pest Re;
suits. So universally, is this admitted
and the reason so obvious that it wop q
be idle to advise it were it not that one
half Of the arabic land@in the State is
'sbroken-up" with one-horse plowsy mpd
at the average depth, of 81; to, inches
Lands thus prepared cannot fail to dis.
appoint the, hopesf Of the farmer, and
where the heat Of July sun willis the
leaves and the crops come to stand still
he is ready to murmur and say it is bad
-!"cropT Tyear,p when the fault to great ex-
tent lies at his own door.
! > Laid broke at don nblelthis depthy ysay
7 to s inches, may not double the yield,
but will increase it, BY deep break
ing the AREA is virtually enlarged BY
causing it to yield large produce by ep-
abling the roots of the plant to penetrate
downwards in search of food, which is
taken UP only when it is dissolved in wh-
SGs ana moisture tas aSSPSs e ssss
supply of food slowed up for the future
.usa.''t .i;T ~ ! -! Pr .:;|-
1.-THE ,subsoil Being: broken, is mixed
with the soil, greatly improving some
aa6d4 ana The a7r freely admitted to the
depth broken. Now the subsoil being
cooler than the air, it acts as a conden-
ser. and as the.air comes in contact with
+ t;Iwater is formed This water acting
upon the. organic matter in the soil pro,
dutceSs Water, carbonic matter acid and
ammonia, three; essential constituents OF
plants. GThis is notsthe least of the ad-
vantages, for these are; held for. the bep"
eft of the plant, and will sustain its Wig
or of growth in shallow ploughed land.
Indeed there is plenty of water held in
solution by the air in the dTyese weather,
and if the soil could be-! completely pull
verized to considerable Depth crops
might be raised with very little rain.
Deep Breaking prs1entst d . great ex-
tent the washing away of soil by rain "a
rainfall that would wash nd:ploughe ed
4inches deep, would be entirelgtabsorbed
and ruined by that. .ploughed: 8 inches
deep. Another advantage Of deep break
ing is, that ell or most Of the "6lt6o ON
the land may be turnedl under. This
keeps the soil loose and! light, prevents
baking, and is really a dressing. Of man
ure turned under to give up its fertilizing
properties throughout the season.
= This, ''filth" on, bottom land is some
times So great as to require burning bs.
fore ploughing. This, however, should
not be buried where the. ploughing can
be done without it, sooner than burn (if
the land does not wash by. overflow it
should be ploughed under in the fall
while yet green. :.
By deeply and thoroughly ,breaking
and:pieparing.land we very! much lesseh b
the after cultivation, ana we dotit toe at
a comparatively leisure time. All have
heard of making crop before it was
planted p tFei secret lies in the above
suggestiois.
Well prepared and planted the crop IS
-haif~made; hut ndiFerentiyp prepared
and planted and it is never made. WE
suffer By the comparison when we splace
the products of some other States, claim
ing no superior climate or soil, by the
side of our own, IA bushels of corn, s
bushels of wheat, 8 bushels Of, rye, l6
bushels of oats, 600 pounds Of tobacco,
II tons of hay, 400 pounds Of seed cotton.
These arg about the fgpgesat which we
stand at present, With half the State we'll
adapted to corn and cotton, and, the other
,halfto wheat, oats, tobacco, &c.; If the
half. of our lands now broken with one
horse '!plows; was deeply and faithfully
prepared; North Carolina might show a
column of figures, much more comri-
mentary to the skill Of her farmers
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