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DEEP PLowING. In the 9Th number


of Coiman'S European Agriculture, lusl
published, we find the following remarks
on this very important subject: "The


loan, or vegetable mould, he says, is with.
out question, the great source or medium
Of nourlshment to the plants. Be it more
or less deep, il is always safe to 90 to the
bottom of this, and. by gradually loosen.
ing portion Of the subsoi, or lower stra
lum, and Incorporating ii with the mould,
and rendering It accessible to the air and


light, il acquires the nature of mould, and
the whole arabic surface is enriched. The
deeper the soil, the more deeply the roots
are permitted to descend, and the more
widely they are enabled to spread them.
selves-unless they penetrate a stratum
unhealthy from wet or the too great pre-.
valence OF some unlav0rabe mineral sub.
stance-so much The more luxutiant and
productive is the vegetation likely to prove


The depth 10 which The roots of plants will
go down in search Of food or moisture, is
much greater than a superficial obserya-
non would induce US to suppose. Ii is
confidently asserted that the roots of some
plants such for example as ucern and
sainIoin--go to a depth of fifteen, twenty
and even thirty feet. This seems scarce.
ly credible. Red clover is known To ex.
tend its roots to the depth of three feet,
and wheat to the depth of two or three
feet, where the condition of soil is favor.
able 10 their entension. Won Thaer, the
distinguished agrlculurist, says, he has
pulled carrots two and half feet long, the
taprool Of which was probably another
foot in length. The lap.root Of a Swe.
dish lurrip has been known 10 extend
thirty nine inches; the roots of Indian
corn, fall six feet. These statements may
appear extraordinary, bul by The free and
loose texture OF The sod, il is obvious II
goad hl,tlndnan will give egrey oppor
lunl, for The roots and their extremely
fine hb.es 10 extend themselves as far as
their instincts may prompt them"