The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-06-07

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F0pi and bNd, and ~ bad s1metlmas
appears 10 he hetter than The ga,al
wGfk. let ~ frat consider fha pnspl
work The harrow should have sharp,
long ieeih aud he lnlehp1 ~ . ehafa
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~ be- dragged level and ~ avoid lifting
apthf corner w which II u drawn II
then works ~ way through the soil
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obstacle met ~ zach tooth, and IL tbus
forced through tho fuff1N slleas In aii
directions, pnd quickly reduces the som.
pact earth Into n fine mellow condition
The Jumps which II ran not bfnsk II
brings 10 the surface aud there leaves
them and IN 10 doing II works the fins
soil down 70 thc bottom This ia very
quickly done IN light. sandy aoll, but
requires more working ~ effect II In
hard, sim land When the work IN
done, II tho soil IL sill and clnyey. tho
surface viii be covered With Jumps All
Che harder and larger II the narrowing
has been delayed until the soil has be-.
como dry, and all thu smaller II II has
been done on the newly lowed land.
But down below The soil Is tino and mel.
low and In good condition 10 receive tho
seed and cause It Ia sprout and take
hold with it, roots and make n vigorous
growth This, however. can not DO
done with ono or two strokes Of tho
harrow, but II requires repeated har.
rowing and cross narrowing to do
Bid narrowing can bo done very
quickly, rs other poor work may he
done The harrow il hitehed short,
and rides on n few rows Of the hinder
teeth The teeth are short and blunt,
and penetrate but n very little way into
tho ground. II scratches the surface
and does not work It's way tortuously
through tho soil down to the bottom.
II leaves the top fine, perhaps, but 1t
also leaves the bottom loose and opon
even In light soil. while in heavy soil
tho furrow slices He upon each other I'M |
broken. with vacant spaces Mt tho bot.
tom. An inexperienced man walking
over the field may think 1t well har-
rowcd; but II he tries TO push n cane in
70 tne SOL here n there. In one place
II will 90 down suddenly of its own
weight In a vacant space six inches or
more, and In another ii can not be
pushed down more than two inches.
Tbs seed sown upon such soil Is either
barely covered or II falls down into tho
spa cs. where 1t lies and rots. while tho
other sprouts, but soon fades and dies.
because there Is no soil for the roots 10
penetrate with sufficient case.
Perhaps the farmer has n roller, and
thinks the roller will make up for these
deficiencies. But this Is n mistake.
Where the narrowing has been good tho
roller will do good service. 1t will
crush the Jumps left on tho surface and
finish tho good work Of tho harrow.
But on the badly narrowed land tho
roller merely packs the surface over
the arehed clods below, which are not
crushed. because the weight OF tho roller
does not reach them, and makes the
matter worse, because the thin skin Of
soil packed By the roller soon dries and
bakes into a crust, and the young plants
rooted in Il very o o die.-M. J.
Times.