Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-20
ADVANTAGE, OF suesolLlNa.
A. Set Forth by an Enthuslsstic Advocate
ofIhis Mode Of Cultivation.

Of This Mode Of Cultivation.
A Topeka correspondent Of the Kan
sas Farmer. who approves II the mod
ern mbsoil pillow, has the following 90
say on the subject Of subsoiling: The
nubsoil pillow ia simple and Inexpensive
mud Is peculiarly adapted 20 run deep
IN the hardest aubsoil with a moderate
amount Of power This would permit
the heaviest rains we have 10 quickly
10 down from the surface and hu r..
tained far enough below the surface TO
not bo ovaporated soon by the hot sun,
and would be exactly In the right place
for the growing crops.
Tho hard subsoil, that has been get
ting harder and harder for ages, Is oil
right. because when this new suhs0ilor
~ used thoroughly In that suhsoil IL
makes tho best reservoir possible for a
bountiiul supply ~ moisture and fcrt-
lizcrs. No danger Of the bottom drop.
ping out Of ii-nnd there Is very littlo
danger. II any. Of over getting an over
supply Of water except IN a cloudJurst.
And as Tor tho hot, dry season IL would
work no damage. Another most dcsir.
able thing would result from possessing
such reservoir below the surface. II
would tend 20 keep the surface Of tho
roll cool aud thus induce seasonahle
rains by condemnation Of the vapor In
the atmosphere. which otherwise would
bo driven Oh by the heat rising from
the ground.
ono great disadvantage IN not having
the ground suhsoilod IL that IN long
wet spell the thin portion of soil that
has been made mellow by cultivation
becomes 10 soaked that Il cannot DO
worked for some timo after the rain
has ceased. and ofion BY that time tho
bot sun has baked It so hard that " is
almost next 20 impossible 10 cultivate 10
with any kind Of tool.
Another point IL that this late inven-
tion Of q suhsOilof h tho only kind Of
plow that il needed on tho farm. Flint,
II can DO used without any furrow o..
ing made Tor It 10 run iu. by using a
rolling cutter on It. II breaks aud loos.
ems the ground m iirat class shape to thH
depth Of two feet or over nc tho second
time Of using 1t and leaves the surface
coll all ON top, just where II ought 20
DO. Tho surface roots OF all plants are
tho feeders. Other roots that 20 deep
aro mostly for moisture. Then tho weed
seeds, which generally are quite small
In siEo u not Ia quantity. soon find their
way down 20 low In tho ground tha,
they will never aprout or grow.
So say goodhy 10 the mold board pillow,
because It il very poor practice 10 turn
tho soil over. Besides being much
more expensive way, II Is many times
more work and labor both for man
and beast, But rather. after having
SUBSIDIZED tho ground two feet deep, run
light gang subsoilor or agitator that
would stir tho soil ~ inches wide ut a
timo, 10 20 10 inches deep, with one
good team. n corn stalks or stubs and
stubblo were on tho surface. rolling
cutter could be- used TO prevent tho agi
tator from cloggng, or n cheap and
simple tool could be constructed that
would gather tho trash into piles TO b,
removed into heap IN u convenient
spot 10 rot, and when fine put back 81
tho land much easier and with less ex
ponse than to turn n under and the wee,
seed up where II will grow.