The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-03-27
FLOWING.
How 90 Pfow IL You Would Secure the
Best ResultS


and the kind IF crop we wish to raise.
On low, fat ground we should plow
in narrow lands. The dead-furrows
form dr4ins and the back-furrows form.
ridges. so that our low, wet land may
be well drained by blowing. Some
may complain that this method of
blowing makes the ground uneven and
bad to work machinery over. BY strik-
ing out our work in lands, the same as
we pillow, we do not have to work
across the burrows. And we will get
enough more grass by blowing in small
lands, thus draining the low wet soil,
to well pay US for working across the
burrows
In blowing through hollows where
the water stands late in the spring.
pillow very deep so as to break up the
subsoil and give the water a chance to
settle away, What is still better is to
pillow them with subsoil pillow.
On high ground that is level, or
nearly so, there are two ways of strIk-
ing out land that are good. One is to
pillow around the whole piece and then
to alternate by commencing in the mid
die and working out, thus leaving the
fewest possible dead burrows. The
other is to strike out your lands about
forty PAGES wide, leaving headland of
from five to ten PAGES wide around the
whole piece; that is, if you wish to
havo your headland ten PAGES wide,
pillow a shallow furrow item PAGES
from the edges1 of the piece you
are to plow; finishing the headland last.
The next time you pfow the piece make
the back burrows where the dead fur
rows are, and if you are careful in your
blowing and the striking out of your
lands your dead burrows will come
where your back burrows were. Also
alternate the blowing in and out of
your headlands. By blowing this way
you avoid the turning on the plowed
ground, thus saving the labor of hay-
ing four hard corners to pulverize, and
four burrows that are hard to fill up.
The back burrows and dead burrows are
much pleasanter to work square across
than are the corner burrows and ridges
to turn on with machinery. And it has
been my experience that could raise
more on shallow dead furrow than /
could on the corners when / plowed
around the whole field I believe this
to be the experience of the best farm
ers, for about nine out of every ten
plow in lands, leaving a headland
around the whole piece of from five to
ten PAGES wide and plow.ng it in and
out alternating.
On billy ground we are apt to find in
the valleys many bitches. We should
strive to pillow crosswise of the bitches,
but never pillow into or very near the
bitches, for if you do you will give the
water good chance to wash out deep
gullies; and also pillow around the hill
so as not to form little bitches for the
water to run down which will also form
deep gullies. Where the hills are very
steep side-hill pillow is the best to use
Spring and fall blowing are practiced
by many of our farmers, both having
their advantages. Spring blowing is
the best on low, wet ground, and also
during a wet season, for the soil lays
up loose and the ground dries faster
and the crops will not be drowned out
so quickly.
For most grains and on most soils fall
blowing is better than spring blowing.
Wheat, oats, barley and corn, on ground
that is not low and wet, will do better
on fall blowing. The ground is firmer
below, and retains the moisture. better
while the top lays up more loose from
the freezing in the winter, and does not
bake down so hard and quick after the
hard summer rains. The roots seem to
take better hold and the grain usually
stands up better, thus giving it a better
chance to mature and ripen.
Summer following is one of the best
ways to clean ground there u.s. In SUM
mer following, the best way is to pillow
as soon as the grain is off the ground
after harvest, thus killing all the weeds
and grass that have started. The first
blowing should be very shallow; so if
there are any seed of weed or grass to
start up again they will start and grow
in time to be plowed under by the fall
blowing.
The depth of blowing depends on the
depth and kind of soil. / think a great
many have a wrong idea that deep
blowing brings the largest crops in all
cases. If the soil is thin we must pillow
shallow. If we pillow deep where the
soil is thin we turn up lot of clay to
bake down and make the surface hard,
besides there are few properties in the
clay upon which plants will subsist
alone.
By blowing up very little clay and
manuring the land at the same time, or
by blowing under a crop of clover, we
may deepen the soil gradually and thus
may plow deeper and deeper, getting
larger crops every year.
Where there are no clay bottoms to
pillow up it is not good thing to pillow
too deep at first, but to keep blowing
deeper as the ground grows older, and
also to keep blowing in coarse manure,
which will keep the ground in condition
to raise as good crops as new land.
The ground should not be plowed when
it is SO wet that when it leaves the
mold board it has shiny appear ance.
1t is better to plow when the ground is
very dry than when it is too wet.
In blowing we should use the very
best implements the market affords.
The pillow that has the lightest draft for
the team, handles the easiest for the
operator and work.. the different kinds
of soil the farmer has to pillow, is the
one for the farmer to buy.
Last, but not least, when we have the |
best pillow we should keep it in the very |
best condition. Always keep al the
burrs screwed up tight, the pillow free |
from dirt and rust and always keep it |
sharp.
A good plan is to have two lays for
your pillow, so when one gets dull you
can put on the sharp one and send the
other to be sharpencd, so you can
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