The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-06-04

one who has live stock, PARTICULAR
hogs, should seed small area this
spring. -American Agriculturist.
Flowing.
There are more points that should
be considered in connection withplow-
ing than many people imagine. First
in order will be few points about
whether it should be riding pillow or
a walking pillow would depend upon
the individual and his circumstances.
If he has large fields and plenty OF
horse power, blowing with the riding
pillow may be cheaper. In either case
the pillow will pull the easiest that is
shortest from end of beam to pillow
point, other things being equal. This
| is true because the team hitched to
such a pillow does more lifting of the
earth and less pulling through it. a
short and deeply concave mould-board
on pillow is best for blowing sod or
clay land. This is because it breaks
or cracks the earth that is turned, thus
leaving it mellow. But this kind OF
pillow is utterly useless in some soils.
I had pillow of this pattern that had
most provoking way of sticking to
mother earth when it arrived at GER
tain place in the field. The pillow was
perfectly bright and smooth, and yet
this particular soil would always stick
to it, filling the mould-board COM
pletely. This side of the field was q
fine, loose, mellow, black soil.
When to pillow depends upon the
soil, climate and drainage. Fall plow-
ing for corn would never be a good
practice upon very rolling land, on
account of the washing Of the soil.
On land where there is no danger OF
this and where the plowed surface
will not puddle or run together in soft
mud, fall blowing would be likely to
prove good. thing. as it would expose
the soil to the action of frost, the best
pulverizer in the world. This would
greatly improve the mechanical condi-
ton Of the soil. In addition to this it
would decrease the amount OF work to
be done in the spring. We do not
wish to expose our rolling land to the
winter rains, but may derive some
benefit from the frosts of March.
! have plowed a stiff clay sod in
3 March and had it freeze to depth OF
l only one-half inch, and yet it narrowed
$ up the first time almost as mellow as
4 an ash heap. There would not he
quite so much advantage in blowing q
clover sod in March, for the longer
the clover is left to grow the more
1 nitrogen it will accumulate. The
9 larger the crop of clover to pillow un
It der the more it will enrich the soil.
9 In my own case, last spring, early:
e was engaged in grading the yart
:, and painting the house, things tina
9 had to be done as built new house
g the fall before. Being busy will
IS other things got no blowing done
IS early. Later it was entirely too we
}, to pillow. The first blowing that coul!
J. be done in this community was Apr
al 10. This made planting little late
than usual. first plowed the so'
r where the clover had been all kille'
in out, then the clover that was nearly
s. foot high. This mass Of clover great
p enriched the ground. 1t might hav
is been different if the season had bee
ct dry one after corn was planted. b1
n. as it was, the rain rotted and mad
at the soil available by the time the cor
is needed it most.
an In the state experiment the dept
u of the furrow, whether six or eight {
be moro inches, does not show any etfe'
in upon the crop. While this was tru
e, for that soil and for that season, c
To- not believe that shallow blowing CO
ne give as good results. It is reasonab
Vi that the less soil there is the lie
en- plant food there is, and the less p!a
tie food there is the sooner exhauste
ire If we always pillow the same depth II
as tramping Of the horses and the pre-
in sure of the pillow packs the subsoll al
TO- makes it impervious to both water a
ore plant roots. We should pillow to
be- uniform depth and we should chan
* the depth Of furrow at each plowln
We should pillow the deepest in
fall, when subsoil is dryest.-A'
Adams in the Epitomist.
Iho Farm and Garden Notes.
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