The Bossier banner., 1891-10-22
FARMER AND PLANTER.
FLOWING.
rhe Operation. OH Which Much of tiie
Farmers success DEFENDS


for a little ventilation of this all-im-
portant subject of plowihg the ground,
It being the foundation of mans tenn
boral business: No other Department.
ST agriculture, or any other business Of
mankind; Of whatever name or nature,
S of such vast Importance as the worR
3f blowing the ground; therefore, when
ind how to plow, is Of vital Importance,
to know the best results to be realized
thereby. When to plow, is of great inn
portance for many reasons; but how to
plow, is paramount to all else therein.
The best time of the year for general
good plowing is in the fall but what is
Of most value in regard to time for plows
ing is by ali means before seeding time.
How to pillow for ali crops, both grain
and fruit, and also for cotton, is the
teading business III new agriculture:
This, therefore, now claims the atten-
lion first of thinking. acting, enter
prising and leading agriculturists.
How to plow is here and now fully
explained intelligently to all reason
able, thinking, intelligent plowmen.
Practical plowmen are those we think
will read this communication and en-
aeavor to profit thereby. A plow suit
able for the business, motive power,
and to know how, are all necessities for
blowing. "band to pluw'' is so abun-
dant (nearly like the air we breathe),
that little thought has been given there
to on account of the superabundance
thereof "Under Cultivation . we say
truly; under CIVILIZATIONS because our
great untouched wealth, the lower farm,
is truly under, yea deep Under cultiva-
tion, so very deep under the surface
lalthough much less than foot below
the original surfaee) that many old
style plowmen never have even Thought
of it, except that it was 'Under Culti-
tation." They never seem to think of
the fact that it is right or proper to dis
turb this lower farm with the plow.
How to plow is the question. An
swered as follows: Much deeper than
blowing has been done-from one to
four times the depth of the old style
blowing, which is much more easily
done than has been thought possible.
A good, large size p1ow must be used
where proper work is to be done; some
less width of furrow to be taken than
the full width of plow, instead of
greater width, as has been the custom
in the dark ages of shallow blowing.
A plow made expressly for shallow
work is a poor bool to use for deep
plowing, They can be used to the full
satisfaction of the non-progressive;
those who can not change from antedi-
luvian customs, and there will be such
who can not believe that change is
necessary until they are compelled by
force of circumstances to quit the old
style ways, and put their plows down.
The shape of the plow for new agri-
culture is that which will do good work
at any depth from six to eighteen
inches, and easily drawn in clean land
by two good Clydesdale horses, or any
other good span weighing one and a
half tons to the span, and properly
trained to blowing, and hitched close tC
the plow, which must be manipulated
! by an intelligent plowman.
The brightest of the Boys should
take the lead in New Agriculture, and
the less apt follow the less important
calling.
The days of trickery must pass away
and true honest merit come to The
front; earnest work and true, proper
i life is now demanded, not only in the
/ professions and in office, but in agricul
/ ture.
The earth must be moved alta greate1
depth by the plow. Intelligence is re
+. quired to do it. More wheat, more corr
and potatoes, more fruit and more cot
ton is needed, and must be produced
which can and will be done by putin,
the plow down into the new land
which will be found easier done thar
clod- -hoppers now think possible o
proper to do. A sigh of relief vii
come to old fogies when they are in
formed that one deep, thorough plow
ing will last number of years, th
good effects thereof in each deep-plowet
acre will so stimulate and encourag
the plOwman that he will deeply plow
soon, all his acres and viii realize tina
New Agriculture is a grand reality
and not nonsensical theory, as som
smart Alec. S now call it.
The Ethiopian can not change hi
skin, nor the leopard his spots, but
change from old to New Agricultur
can be easily made, and it will pay hi
all who will make the change; labor
saving machines have been very su,
cessfully introduced in defiance of oil
fogies and scoffers. Except in til
plow, great changes have been made i
all agricultural implements, but it r,
mains unchanged except in the ms
terial used in it's construction. Th
plow has been constructed for shallo,
work, left and right-handed plow!
wood and iron stocks made, cast an
forged iron and steel, used in the cor
struction of plows, many devices DR.,
vided for riding and attaching motiy
power to the plow; but no calculatio
made to plow deep, because surfac
alone was sought or desired. The plov
maker has made the kind of implemer
required for the old style of work, an
will just as cheerfully make what
needed for new. All old stvle impl,
ments will be worn out by those wh
| can not DrOUreCS and vybo I =, -. -.