The state herald., 1894-08-17
PRODUCE A SURE CROP
SuR-soll Pl0W.

pleptDg BY Younger Bros. .,the we'll known
bon pnlturists Of Geneva, Mob, have
shclp snch astonishing results as to
praeally demonstrate two things: first
.thl - SEASONS OF normal rainfall the
ineessd yield on land that has boon
eupsti plowed, ~ compared with that
wk4l has received ordinary plowing,
vlitef itself paw for the increased labor
q - many times over and leave a large
nasStn Of profit besides, and second,
stn years Of extreme drouth boun.
titeS Sseop Il assured, that would be CON
sidd large for season Of normal rain
1lllb that IN very dry seasons the dit
~ ~ between sub soil plowing and or
dis1y plcwins may b. oppressed ~ the
dihsssnoe between good crop and none
! ! fisssN The youpsse Bros, believing
'shs4 ths results obtained BY them were
Fsmsrka6ls enough in the light Of their
Importance to the farmers Of Nebraska
made special report to the Secretary of
Agriculture at Washington from which
we quote:
"Having practiced sub-soil plowing ex.
tsnsively on our Dursery grounds near
Geneva In growing fruit and ornamental
trees with gratifying results, We con-
cluded to experiment with grain and
vegetables. After preparing the ground
by sub-soil plowing In tho fall OF 1892,
the crop Of 1893 consisted Of corn and
potatoes. Corn that year being q very
moderate crop in this vicinity, (maximum
40 bushels per aero, and the average not
to exceed 20 bushels per acre) we har-
vested crop Of rs bushels per aero from
. strip d ground that had been sub
soiled. The potato crop vas practically
. failure In this vicinity; tho result Of
our experiment was = very good crop
about lbs bushels per acre.
This ssssou (lssi) the crop consists OF
corn, oats, rye and potatoes. Rye har.
vested indicates yield Of 80 bushels per
acre, while rye in an adjoining field-the
same seed, planting and harvest will
yiold 10 bushels per acre.
Oats on land sub soil plowed in fall Of
1888 will yield 40 to As bushels per acre;
oats % land adjoining, under ordinary
cultivation, vii! yield 10 to 10 bushels
per scrs Che average crop under the ad.
verse conditions that prevailed,) in each
instance the seed, soil and planting be-
ing identically the same.
The superiority Of sub soil plowing il
especially conspicuous in the length oi
straw aud stand on the ground.
The results Of experiments with corr
and potatoes cannot. at this time, be de
termipei. With . continuation Of the
present favorable conditions we will hav,
the largest yield Of corn We have evel
hs,.s Even under these favorable oon
ditions tho corn on sub-soil plov e
ground seems TO possess an element o
strength, that will, in all probability, ex
srt its influence in demonstrating th,
value Of kub-soil cultivation"
Tho plan followed by Younger Bros
has been to first turn over q furrow I,
the depth Of eight inches, in the ordinar,
way, and then run the sub-soil pluw II
that iurrow gagged 70 depth OF six o.
eight inches; thus stirring up the soil Il
. depth Of fourteen to sixteen inches
Inspection shows that oven after our 70
cant remarkable drouth the nurser,
stock, as we'll as tho aeld crop Of Young
OF Bros. bears every appearance Of |
healthy and more thsn ordinary yield.
The results achieved by sub-soil plow
Ing require but one such plovinR in o
bout three years, no that the increased
cost OF labor ss compared With results il
merely nominal.