The Red Cloud chief., 1895-02-22
About S~uhsoilins.


About suhsoiuins.
In answer to numsrous enquiries Il
regard 10 ri method Of subsoiling v,
will endeavor to presents plain state
ment from the commencement Of on,
experiments as conducted during tn,
past eight years as Geneva, Nebraska
In ,be spring Of 1887 We commenced
on our nursery grounds to prepare
the grounds for planting iu the orsi
nary maoner. w plowed the ground
about eight inches deep and planted
OUT nursery stock, among which was Z
quantity Of seedlings which we're dug
the rame Oil. In order to got the
proper length Of root to successfully
transplant the seedlings II became
necessary to get under them much
deeper than the ground had been
plowsd, which was accomplished by
using = seeding digger set to run
nearly sixteen inches. It required
six horses to do this work and the
ground was stirred up % il never was
before. The next season this portion
Of ,he Geld was planted to corn and
the yield was nearly 20 bushels per
acre, while land plowed 10 the ordina.
ry way Welded only IS bushels. This
led us to experiment IN preparing the
sell, our motto bsing-'Plow deep and
thoroughly prepare tho soil before
planting"
Each succeeding year gave US good
results by deep string, though No did
not attain the full measure Of success
in u experiments until we began to
use q pillow to subsoil the entire ground
10 the fall Of 1891 we purchased .
Mspes subsoil pillow with which VIC
succeeded 10 getting down to The
depth Of sixte,n below the surface.
Oar method is FIRST to pillow eight
inches deep with an ordinary IA inch
stirring pillow which is followed by the
subsoil pillow running in the same fur.
row ~loosening the soil to the depth Of
eight inches more but not throwing it
TO the surface. This gives as q reser-
voir sixteen inches in depth to ca, Oh
and retain all the moisture that falls,
and VIC are convinced, that during the
twenty-three gears W have resided 10
Fillmore county there has never been
II season when the rainfall was not
sufficient to fill the reservoir with
water before the growing season com.
menced.
We have been asked the following
qnessions BY correspondents.
Q-When do you subsoil-fall or
spring?
Ave have SUBSIDIZED both tall
and spring with equally good results.
Q.-How many horses do you use?
A.-W. use three horses on each
pillow. though two good horses will do
the work.
Q--What kind Of a pillow do you
use?
A.-Ths Mspes subs"il pillow, manu-.
featured by Deere & Co., Moline, III.
Cost of pillow $l4.
Q.-What is the nature Of your
soil?
A.-See analyses os the soil, and
letter Of Prof. Whitney appended
hereto.
Q-ls your land upland or bottom?
Alt is upland prairie, the depth
to water being III feet.
Q.-What is the cost Of blowing
per acre by your method?
A-As the subsolI plow. is drawn
by 4 separate team and follows in the
same furrow behind the stirring pillow.
1t simply amounts to n extra pillow.
ing.
Q-What is your method of cult.
walton?
A.-Our method is first 70 harrow
each evening all the land plowed dur
ing. the day. This breaks up the clodS
before they become hardened, and pre-.
vents the coil from drying out by
evaporation. Before planting we
again harrow and pulverize the sur
face with . 'aoat." We ale then
ready for planting.
II We plant TO smsll grain We drill
east AID " st le Iying the sn,f.co