Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-05-15
lfnm Scientific Farmer
7..azz..-E AID Narrowing .

T.assA..s AID El--:w.as.
Shall we plough deep or shallow?
We advocate nei,hcr, as We must be
guided by the character OF the soil.
The corn j. tropical plant. and it,
roots luNuriatc in earth oi high tenn
ycn'uIc. hence. there j. an object in
most ATTITUDES in keeping The sod near
the surface: where IL -ag.l become heat
"a hv the Tay- ot ihc -un, aud by it.
lc-omposhi n furnish the food fuf Ibc
roots wlli-r 50 luri Us and completely
occupy if. ia corn plant he dag care
.uliy about. 4; viii hr seen that II also
root, deeply, some roots rsS.iu. down
pcIpeud.cuiatiy. Nov in plnughiu.
We mu-t keep ili- roofing cLara tcIi-tic
oi the plant ia Niow. When the -uh,oil
s. sufficiently pcIucJUic to roots, We
fl.lHk tAaJ shallow u.oughiuG wall lie
found tAr best practice, a. % certainly
les ilo Cheapest practice. L. shallow
r.uurhiu4. 'ir hes; OF the spi' IS k.lt
near t.e surface. ara iu IroN mstF 'o
jse warm air. auu }hc Ito'- "i iLc plant
4ur jlr- encouraged tc rapid growth,
't.. $50 Iataitn. pee ih.- position Iniu-
i~.c- mould -H'N conducive q" tlc
.1aT ui The plant. a. retaining ih'
moisture 90 iue ram, a4d $50 sgh'nriu.
az as.d creating . porous >uli wLetc iAC
.Sl.r-i .,tuIu- surface a 'hc plants
lamihe- dur,r. ihc ,8Iiv and ate peri
".., I'd growth. The field f. uo- under
sod. Tie effect j. also beneficial. a. toe
richer earth a. kept Hc4I,s tas surface
and the warmth 81 the All; aud t.e OF
CREATION % rloughIng = chcAp,ncd.
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10" F', mug. oN turning .hP l'lI""
. '.'''".' n' " mas '"i ''"' a. 'At' l''-
non o' Ii. VEG ape HAl''r J., 4''t al
: a"l Lett va IA L.oe' WINK lh'i,ioh =
'h"'e l'' uHe extension q" ihe uee'er
ie'.-' ~ ''lN' SOILS "N,f l''"-'''''- =
c~'ei''-Ai i' ne 't,i i'>uI.s' b"l - ]. =
lt'l'iiA'" III "a greater cost thAh lhr
sha'4"M l4'U-hlh-' j wen Tor 'He
,Ai ne 1" cSie'uiy coh-lH,l H. heri.
IN heiae long cuiINAied' through the
impaclioh OIL t4e sol4 oF ~ moving
uuiiHS SH''uie' anu ne OK 1A'ioh Oh ~
o' =""lc iiiA''ef, "hitn 'eLus 10 "ih.lhI-h
H. PoIo'1ls' ueep i"ou-h lh2 seems oil.
iehct OF u'S man on virgin SOIL or land
winch has beeh i"lg IN NJu.
~ the operation OF piou@hlhg, j l.
well TO CONSIDER that this Is perhaps tie
most expensive portion OF tie culture.
and thus oilers = chance Tor the saving
oil laoor wh1cl, IL l. uh~lse 10 leave un-
considered. The character OF the soil
hNs' uec'ue "helhef 10 pioh@h deeply
"F Swallow OF Whether 10 draw WIDE
OF a narrow harrow; The wider the fur
TOW anu Tie more shallow, admitting
mat our purpose l. accomplished. the
cheaper l. the operation performed In
! one Way, however, we can always pro
! duee economy, ana that Is to draw our
burrows lie longest possible, ms we thus
save tihe occupied ia The turning. The
most p;olthOle length Is The distance
| The horses can draw before requiring'a
rest, or multiples OF this length, for thus
the turning serves TO rest The team as
wei. Let any iarmer inquire the loss
occasioned by short burrows, and he
VIII realize the economy which will fol-
low the adoption oil this advice, what is
more, an economy which has nocom-
pensaiIhg disadvantages. On stnbble
land. the use OF gang plough will in
many cases be found desirable. As to
I The style OF plough, this i optional, but
we always like to recommend the swivel
form ~ preference TO the ordinary form,
a passing up ana down the iurrow. the
held i finished as lar as gone over, and
The necessity OF dead burrows Is obviat-
ed, besides saving OF lime and labor
at lhe lea LANDS;
IL duhg IS used, we prefer 10 apply II
on the land now, before using the har-
row; u iertlllzer, alter the narrow, and
following WIN brush harrow or IA
ilght chain harrow, or light implement
oil Ike character. This, and the reas-
ons we offer will receive treatment in
our next chap'er.
Inc Object OF the harrow is TO level off
me rfdge' ieit BY The plough, 10 ~mootq
The surface and to pulverile the upper
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