The Red Cloud chief., 1883-06-22


Dufy of farmer. k-swse4 drep psgs-
a. o. D. th- t-ss &c az .xs ,ni 81
rruf-. hu; sinrs that line rasas Fave
sAsnsrd fbesr sPkn50s~ To-Day bet
t~~ ~al sdyoca;e deep PkwLng -iihosi
ssps graAsr1,oa- Expreace has
proved that ~hx, /. b~ss fsr o.~ -Si. or
rUp. nzzy NJ ~ b~si for snStksr snSl.
- for = dIfsrrn; cruP. IN t,ss II -
toand thai p0gins. hke ufker o-cups-
aun. ga til fAra- aa ~. - n ans
asreiy Il sG-r1s<. - brSaxa; Under =
1gid rules. but that .ssb - q Lard
nj eara crop n8usf b. e~ssnsE8sr.d ~ T.
elf. that fh. depth which Il = t-.s -
BIo~ ma.; 4s~ai mNaly - The char
4c;rr 81 ib~ .oli aad tk. nz;arv q The
crop 10 b. grown; for r1supir. Il tie
-odl - 3 Ssry sABiy Ian. AL til crop
20 D. groza b- Indian eurn. Il sboal3
ao; D. pioTed 80 deep n II tn laa4 b.
\ heavy loan and ih- crop be carrots
~ part p~- IL H. \ nai,;sk. 10 .ap-
oo~ that o-caa-- on@ aind e 3 ssi. ~
GRIP. do~. better by 11ep piowing tat
all -Oil. and crop. d. A .oil that j.
reh and full Il partially decaysd vege-
taiion TO the depth Il ten or twelve
inches i. no dBub:. improved u dep
blowing. for souss CROP. bat a ps-x
cod tina; j. deaciea; ia partially a-csy~i
vegetation. cxc-p; 4 f-S inch-. ol tAe
surface. would b. greatly injured the
tirs, Year by deep plo-ing- Tai. has
ben ~thoroaghiy demonstrated By =
lArg. number q -xp-rimeni.. bat he
cause this i 20. deep ploNing oagsi n0;
20 be condemned. nor should farmers
who own farms With = dep rch s5l
in.i,; that deep blowing : the b--; for
all farms, because They md u bst for
sheirs.
Nature has pls~ssl the richest pOrbt
| & lbe soil vcry near the .urfae-. sai
she has construct, 4 plants with their
feeding roots yeEy near The surface al>o.
that they might - wherr tn soil : ia
the les; condition Ia feed them Wien
man attempts 10 overcome these natural
| cond.fio1s he -oJn fnIs IL can only -,
done NJ 4 grea; co-t. II ai sil. Nature
dos no, ob;ec; 10 having the ~oil msde
rich Ia Il much greater d-p,h thar IL !.
usually found ia il. natural -;ate. bu;
whrn mar reycr,c- the natural con-
diious by changing the four inches If
rch surface sol and placing II at the
bottom II \ fnrrpw eigh; inches in
depth. and 1T the same time cpye il
With four inches II the poor sol which
nature has placed beneath the four
inches ~ the rich ~oil. she Ie1sl. and re-
fuses To produce 80 good crops - when
only four inches II the richest soil j. ~
SerSeh.
While most crops grow bess when
the sol j. made light and lore eight
inches deep. IL ! MOI 80 important tia
the lower half If this eight inches
should l.. very rich. - il j. that the
upper bali should; such bring the case.
IL viii readily bc seen that when \ soil
i rich only = few inches IN the top. II
this "a. changed la the t-pltom Of a dep
~furruw. and replaced with poor sol. Il
VIII he difficult. If not impossible. Ia
make the poor soil thus brought Ia the
surface A. rich a. the natural soil which
has bcen covered - deep tina; .bu; few
Plant roo;, that arr particularly adapted
for feeding roots can reach &
In deciding wha; depth 10 plnw land
il j. important Ia know how deep the
so!l has b -en enriched. 30 a. not To- -
much below il. In deepening 4 soil il Is
best To do it very gradually. not more
han n inch each wear, even " hen tbs
is lone it will require n larger Jnan'itv
# maaure than if plJwcl only the usuil
depth.
Unfortunately our plows are not eon-
struciei on a plan la initiate nature. but
eXacly contrary 10 na;ur.. II We hsd
= pillow that would STIR and palyerize the
sol. and at the same time keep Il the
same side up. there would be but VERY
little. 4 any, objection tn deep stirring
Of the soil; then the rich soil would be
kept neal the surface. AMI the fertilizers
applied would be mingled With IL. and
thu. make the most desirable condition
for rapid plant gruwth. We trns; that
the time VIII come when w. shall have
an implement that viii III r u-hly stir
the so.l and leave il the sane side up,
and II the same time miDcle the n
" iih four inches Il the surface soil: un-
I'll we have such implements We should
be ciut nus how we pillow the land much
below the rch soil
On land of ordinary richness \ crop
of Indian corn vii grow better with the
same rare AID manure. il il be- plowed
only four or five inches deep. than If
iAp"fi 'k-At VI ttl lhtHt- oFFba
i true of corn i true OF rye and similar
crops; but if il 3 desired TO grow car
riots. or horse-rsdish. or any deep-root-
Ell crops. il i important that the land
should be plowed deeper. and for such
crops il Is also important that the Land
should b. prepared by gradually deep
ening the soil until it has been we'll Gu
riched 10 the depth Of eight or ten
inches. When this i done deep plow-
ing may be escorted 10 with advantage;
but TO attempt 10 prepare 4 shallow soil
in \ single yesr can not be done without
the application of very large quantities
of MANURE; and even then it wpuli he
difficult. IL not impossible. tn mingle
the with the soil and make il 80
well adapted - plant growth. - IL the
deepening had been done gradually.
covering \ period Of several years of
time.
BY carefully examining the subject. I
IL VII b. resdily seen tha; ss hong Is
we use piows that turn the soil over. we
shall have to consider the condition Of
our land. and make ourselves acquaint-
ed with the depth If the rich portion Of
the soil. before we know VIVA. depth tn
pillow. The question As Ia the proper
depth Of blowing land should be left for
each farmer to decide for himself: let
him frs; make himself familiar with the
prlne;pls that he ought TO b. governed
by: then he will be far better able To
decide This important question: than
the most .killful cuitivxtor who knows
nothing Ut the soil tha; = 70 be ploNed-
IRE sooner the farmer understands
he has got TO think for himself. the
il viii be for hm--NaSSacsESehs
FoE5kEaaR.
GAlle1 Shoalden.
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