The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-12-05
Fall PIOwing.

It has always been our own prart;ce
to do as much o the plowing for spring
crops the previous fall as possible.
There are several advantages to be
gained by fall plowing. First, If in the
case of sod land. the work is done, and
there will be so much less to do in tho
spring when work is particularly driving.
A field OF grass we'll plowed in autumn
should never require cross-plowing in
spring. If the sod is turned over so
early that the grass starts into growth
between the burrows, or comes up
through them, then the pulverizing har-
row should be used till everything is de-
stroyed. This will leave the land in
almost perfect condition for early plant
ing or sowing in spring.
1t has been our custom. when rossi-
bic, to haul out the summer made ma.
nure and spread it upon such newl ly
plowed fields and harrow it in all ready
FOR spring planting, either with corn.
potatoes or garden crops. Land treated
in this way will be as mellow and fine
ter two or three harrowings in spring
as the bet worked old field, besides
much vali able time will thus be saved.
All the fields where corn, POTATOES or
other crops have been harvested should
be lowed as soon as convenient after
harvest, for the purpose of destroying
such weeds as otherwise would live
through the winter and be ready to
start into growth in the ea-ly spr ng,
before the land would lie in fit condition
o. plowing. Sorrel, all kinds of grass,
and many biennial weels may be de-
5 ro ed by the plow, which, IL left to
grow, would be seriously in tn way of
10 L., g.
ass roots are eas IL destroyed BY eN-
posing them to the weather by late
plow ng.
Gardens that are to be planted early
should be plowed and heavily man.
ured in the fall. Then there will be no
hindrance in the spring. af'er the frost
Is out, but Tire seeds may be- put in with
little fert lizer in the drill. and the
crops will be growing while tardy
neighbDrs are hauling manure or plow-
ing their land. Ii is true that things
will not grow in spring until the soil
and air are warm enough, but it is
equally true that most of US lose more
or .e-s of the early growing weather.
while we are doing work ut might
perhaps have been done in the fall.
Fall blowing undoubtedly dos disturb
and destroy some of the insects which
annoy us by destroying our crops, yet
we do not look to this as one of the
greatest gains from fall plowing.
Some soils are benefited by being eN-
posed to the froSts of winter. Freezing
and thawing operate to break down
ha d Jumps, and IN ME sure. to crack
in pieces some of the stones OF our fields
which thus at length ,onverted into
soil. Light, sandy land that is easy to
plow. and which is never too wet in
spring. may be less bcn. fitted by fall
pow ny. Yet this, II weedy. should be
turned bottom side up for destroying
weeds. About the only exception we
can onceive of, to be made to fall plow-
ing. is upon steep hIllsides where mel
low land would wash and gully out il
plowed lust be oe wint,.r sets in, and
on meadow bottoms subject to overflow.
and yet in such locat ons the loss NAV
not eAceed the gain in time saved, and
in weeds destroyed.
Teams are nearly always in better
cond ton to plow and haul manure in
the cool autumn davs than in early
spr ng, after they have perhaps been
comparatively idle in winter. There
are ands, too. VIII ch are too stiff for
turning under manure, but which must
be manured on the sur e. Such
lands if plowed in the fall. may be COW
cred with manure at any tim., duriag
winter. whi e. If the plowing be de-
layed. until spring, the manure hauling
must also be delayed, thus patting the
spring work badly behind. There is
very little oss from spreading manure
in winter. whers j, is to be used in
spring.-Nclo Eng'','a Farmer.