Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics and. tne TJseJul Arts.
D. P. IIolloivay Wm. T.)
Dex.iis.R. T. Reed—Editors A
RICHMOND,  DEG. 15,1856.
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I Vol. V. ...
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Terms oi* tne Indiana   Farmer.     | common plow.    That is,  it will keep the fur-
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By the by, that "Essay OndDief'is a capital thing could it be but applied and practiced by many of our improved cattle breeders.we
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more satisfactory to themselves and more ben-
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the directions as to breeding &c, were regarded, more especially the draft upon the:"corn
bank" would be materially lessoned, from
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For tho Indiana Farmer.
Critique on the Indiana   Farmer of
October 1st.
"Improve your plowing." A reasonable
hint indeed, if all cultivators would practice
the suggestions therein embodied, the produce
.of our own State would at least be greatly increased if not doubled in the next lour years.
Too much cannot be said in favor of "deep
plowing," or as some writers have it, "bringing up that other farm." Perhaps of all the
operations upon the farm, nonfl are so thoroughly slighted as plowing. Indeed, it seems
to be tho highth of ambition among numerous cultivators to plow up earth enough to
nearly cover the seed—often one half lumps
at that. The plow, perhaps, strikes a stump
and flies out, but on goes the team until the
ploughman can "right the plow," skipping
over several feet of ground which is to be
partially covered by the next furrow. .The
true way is to back up, turn over every ineh
of soil to the depth of at least-ten or twelve
inches, and if the sub.soil plow is used in addition to the above, so much the better, tho'
the latter is an impliment which is but little
* in use, simply because our cultivators do not
knew by self experience the great value attached to subsoiling. In fact, there exists a
prejudice against the use of this implement;
some contending that the ground when thus
loosened to the depth of eighteen or twenty
inches driea out so soon, while others insist
that the subsoil plow cannot be used.on stony
ground, or where the siumps are frequent.—
Now these, exeuses when applied to nine-
tenths of all the i'liable land in Indiana, so far
as stone is concerned, is all fudge. We Have
yet to see the first field in our State where the
subsoil plow cannot be used to great advantage. Stone does not interfere with the subsoil more than any other plow; indeed, not
so much; it being narrow will work better on
stony   ground than a broad-bottom, or  tbe
Jpeside**, if a more economical system of feed-
■rogwere introduced by our cattle growers,
the great body of farmers would more readily introduce fine Durhams and Deavons than
now. Owing to this extravagant system,of
feeding, those in the immediate neighborhood
of herds of the above, suppose it absolutely
necessary to continue "crowding down the
corn," and being thus expensive they will not
adopt them for the reason that economy is at
the bung-hole instead of at the spile.
"Fertilizing;" like hundreds of other subjects there cannot be too much said in regard
to it; but if one half was practiced that is said,
it would fee far better for our country. There
are hundreds of farmersjin the West that are
now spoiling the second farm by their miserable mode of tillage—taking off and putting
nothing on. We want to see more clover,
more stock, and especially sheep. And, by
the way, Mr. Farmer, why leave that "bank"
lying by the end of your barn year after year,
from which enough passes away by evopor-
ation and rains every year to pay your taxes
and interest on the cost of all your implements?
We once knew a farmer absolutely move his
barn rather than a ten year old pile of manure.
Strange to say, he sold out and went to the
West, where the soil would never wear out.
Sparing the birds.--Yes, boys: please.read
that again. "The art of farming. The Mass.
Plowman is correct, "farming above all.others is a practical art. No one succeeds in the
business without long training and practice.
Theorists who ride by and laugh at our country practices, often • imagine great things;—
They tell you what they could do, if they had
the management of such and such farms. A
long apprenticeship is absolutely necessary in
order to enable one to manage so as to realize
a profit beyond the expenditure. And if no
net gain is to be realized, the business must
soon be given up by all but men of large capital, who may carry on farms, far the mere
pleasure of it.
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