The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-10
DEEP on RREAkIS.
Lrtieae from United Sts.s.
msnt OF Agriculture


to produce la~sc. psoe,sa.s IS.
corn on SHALLOW soils. TIE .s
Of corn growing sAow that ;ssr -
failed. Daring iAlz s1srse -
fcw OF the more Progressive -.
have beea breaking their IAaas -
sir TO eight inches. and vvv. 81. :
inches deep. and have proG -ssa =
thirty 10 sixty bushels PEI are -
small cost. For forty yeas ga a..
age deptA OF breaking taa4 = ~,
Carolina has .beea about goar -.
with al average yield o. les. =
fifusen bushels OF cora per asre =.
year the nen, engaged. - the ss--.
ers' Cooperative DemoRs;FA-a, :
ess. Cooperative Demonatrauor 49,
broke three thousand acres s-a-- =.
to ten inches deep. and AaEysa.es
little over .fprty. bushels per acse -
cost was about tyeRty-ave eel.s ~
bushel. s..
b, Can We, not learn valuable ..ass.
from the, experience OF these an.
ers? Let. Us study, hr!efy. sc-e :
. the advantages Of deep SOL o.
OF the most Important problem co..
nected with corn growing Is a 2rss.
erly distributed supply OF mo.s,sr,
We cannot have this on shallow so1,
The. shallow soil 10 soon filled xfA
water during rain fail. II the ra.,,
continue several days. the soil STAN
saturated with water. This kee,4
out the air. 1.-TWO things can 10; o.
cupy the same space at the Saz.
time). Corn will not grow ualea
air gets down to It's roots. There,o-
the corn, fails during wet spells q
weather. The excess Of rain fall usa-
ally does much washing under such
conditions. When the rains cease
the small amount OF water held Ia .
shallow soil Is soon exhausted BIZ
evaporation and by being used hy he
corn. so that the corn now s. ers for
lack Of moisture, With a 1eep soil
these conditions do not exist when
rain comes, 1t sinks down into the
lower parts OF the deep soil, letting
the air into. the upper portions SO tina,
thecorn continues its growth. Whea
| dry weather prevails the deep soil, By
having caught previous rains. is able
to supply moisture enough TO keep
the corn green and growing.
In this section we nearly always
have a wet spell or a dry spell OF
weather during the period OF corn
growing. One usually follows The
other. The effects OF both extremes
can be largely overcome by having
a deep seed bed. Then, too, 1t stands
to reason that there is more plan.
food IN deep soil than in shallor
one. = 0'-' - '''' 'l'..
Some exceptions to these Gatk
ments should be noted. A sol that
Is filled with water during a consider
able portion OF the year is not ssse-
fitted by deep blowing. II such seEA
were wen drained, then deep bleak
Fling would be good for them. Many
marshes and other wet soils wush
produce big cropsif they we're drain
Led and deepened by blowing Loose,
sandy lands, whit open, porous sub
soils, without any clay in them or en-
oder them. are. not much benefited By
deep breaking If much hutnus is 70
/ be turned under on them, then deep
blowing gives much better results
1.-The time. of deepening the soil =
Important. Many farmers wait I'LL
spring to deepenitheir. soils and Often
makeGpoors crops because the sub
sou wasstoo wet tor he plowed after
1.-THE. winter rains had fallen. Tie
proper time to do sdeep breaking Is
during theffall land early winter, Tro-
,sYideds the, soilsand -suh-soii are dr.
-speu gA-o1 This,pernits several weeks
IWea thering, to take place before'rfs
ngtDlanting beginsa r0n' land that
has neyert hadsthe satmosphere 'oosn
jHt9 Hsisi not Q at place to plant SEED.
Ibis also allows the soil TO be pa
-Terizsd ,hyJ the freezes. rats > ,
ID1Rath ,aEs and thei freezes are rgT
valuable in makingi plant food avail'
able for the use of,erepsJ In doing
deep breaking at any time, tits mol
.ai!diyisables to turn yeEyt much Of 7os
raw l sgnIb-soil on top, Those Who e.
pect TO make big crops next year
should begin now 70 deepen thsIsea
= properly, done. under average COB.
ditions, nc, further deep breaking skl
be necessary ip, the, spring. !, Thss.
the. time to, do a lot OF, !disclng and
narrowing IN order to make a nice
yell-pulyerized seed bed ,slstl
Bullletins;m-No, ATs8. Farmers
Cooperative, Demonstration WoFE'
ADDRESS Pr s., A. Knapp. Washing
IF farmers g Bulletins 81 81, and .45. ~
~ ares sssn Secretary of Agriculture %A'''
ibnps'o .l,o1 y Z. so.o n .lsJss 's'i'
's'iThss1P ronoo 49, n..o,n tHopse. -