The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

Vbe 4arul.
Plow Deep, but Wisely.

81.
the natural, "hPIIIa3ea forests "i
the country, ana ieatil some res
sons OF proht from mem. liIr,e
forest VIII eli YOU thal ine WINGS
blowing against the tops 81 The AN
trees (leNers OF Uod WI hlaAc)
causes their lateral roots as thes
1.-THE trees are sWaIcd backward
and forward, TO lllt up 10 i 2'oI
depth the ealth on the roots, ana
thus loosen ana Keep ii memo" "h'
SOFT TO driHA up inc i''!S' Silo"S'
lfoslS, dc"s. ana i'9s Sti'' no" It ~!
God Almighty 10 inolS'eii ana It'-
tlilIe eaftn : SuIla't' "il' "''lS'
at the same IihiC liItl4"9 uIic l"i"
water TO ehlicli inc surl'ce' lle
water thus littcft'i, ie-api'e"f9 Ill
springs, ana bfooAs ahd rivers,
pure ~ crystal, To siaNe the tii'T9I
OF man. For these reasons, forests
in then natural state give o"t.NerN
little surface ram water 10 form
frcshcts but when man clears up
these forests, destroys the h"I''rii
deep workers (lhe tfteS) Oh tllt sou,
and begins the luIhoUs system "i
blowing from three to tour inchea
deep, which Is not enough qtptn 10
absorb or drInk up Il 9oo'i IAN ol
raln-WIter, winch must oIefllo"
thus shallow deplii OF IllIh' me
raln-water thus 1alitn hrst sleeps
out the finer PARTICLES OF decayed
vegetable and animal matter, winch
are lighter than the earth, ana TINS
vegetable matter, mixed with the
water, passes away INTO some l
bottom, to be again eVaporated III
the shape OF malaria, to produce
disease and death, whilst the thIEIy
plowed surface, from whence 1t was
washed, becomes harder II poorer
every time 1t Is pioWed SHALLOW, OF
skinned (Which Is better term Tor
such shallow s~cratchIn2), uhtIl IN Il
few years the rIch forest Ilat grows
fisher under oods WORKING every
year, has become as poor as power
ty, and so hard, under the working
of man, that the larger portion q
the raln-water that fails on 1t runs
off on the surface, as on the plank
floor; deep ploWlng does IN the
field the same thih2 that IS zone IN
the natural forests 10y the urhea'al
of the roots by the winds and storms
upon the trees and II man would
pillow deep enough Tor each acre OF
land to drink uP aIl tne faia-"atef
that falls omit the cultivated lands
like the forest, would not only I'M
prove by each EaIn, but give out
very little raln-Watef Torn Hoods,
and would give doubie dePJh 10
crop roots to iced III, and be double
is easy to cultivate after beng
broken. and besides all tins,
droughts would scarcely be known,
because the evaporation from the
deep plowcd iieidS, everywhere re-
tanning all the am water that falls.
would be 80 great that clouds Woulc
be more rapidly and constantly
forming to send back showers It
prevent drouthS: deep plowln4
would accomplish all tins: and /
seems to me the great designs o
the great Giyer of all good, wouIC
be met i'll the command he gay
man to till mot scratcl) the earth
Deep blowing does still more
l~ooscns up, and unlocks to Il create
depth. the hidden and surfac
bound gases embowclled in TIL
ear h. which gases. by the centrifu
Gal force produced 6y the reyoIu
tons of this earth. are ever bein
thrown to the surface TO enrich
for mans GOOD. not rs many SUI
nose. the fertilizers and mauures t
sink down and forever disappea
particularly in sandy lands. ii til
was the natural law in the cas-,
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