DEEP PLOUGHING.
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The roots ofplants should be allowed


TO extend themselves in every direction.
The deeper they penetrate, and the wider
their ramlflcatlonS, the greater will be the


absorption of nourichment. The average
depth OF good soils is about 6 Inches
Every inch added increases its value g
per cent. 50 that a soil where the vegetable
layer is IL inches thick, is worth hafas
much again as that in which it is only six
Inches: 1t is consequently obvious that
whatever, from this cause, may be its en-
hanced value, if not reached at some time
in the progress of cultivation, the remain
der is in effect n cdpm mortuum. BY
deep ploughing the capacity of the whole
soil is called forth. While it enables the
earth, through The agency of air aud water,
to inhale atmoSphercal manure by dimn
iShing the force of the suns rays il lessons
materially its exhalatious. Should the
substratum, which perhaps in every i'm.
stance contains the principles of fertility.
be broken, still, as a general proposition.
the,most signal benefits, prospectveIv, if
not Immediately, may confidently be ex.
peeled to enure from the operation Deep
ploughing inSureS the greatest product
from the smallest given quanty of land.
If by use ofone-halt OF the soil ten bushels
of Corn per acre be obtained, il is reason
able to infer, all other circumstances being
equal, that were the whole in tlth, twenty
bushels would be harvest: indeed much
larger quantity onght to be the result. for
the deeper the soil the greater will be the
nunbpr of STALKS aud tho I,rcror ,i,J ,,,1,l
numerous the ears. The Maize, says Tay-
lor, "is little tree" and possessing roofs
corresponding to its size, penetrates a
depth almost incredible, 9 feet, il is known,
have been reached. Ii follows that, where
from the vigor Of the plant or the lriabIlity
of the laad, the root meet with no obslruc-
ton, the consequences Of drought will be
sensibly diminished, if not entirely pre-
vented. II is believed that the rolling Of
the leaves of corn is attributed solely 10
the absence of moisture. This is an error.
Scanty manuring or shallow tiiage is as
aften the true cause.


To render deep ploughing efebtual, it
should take place in autumn. The ex-
pansive power of frost, aud the modifying
influence Of air and rain and the action
of these IN breaking the continuity of fl
brous matter, are strong reasons in favor
Of the practice. Whether it should be
done once in two or three years only.
which, believe is the opinion Of the most
successful farmers Of Great Britain, or an
nually, as is common in parts Of our couu-
try, is certainly as yet aud undetermined
point.