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r is r- I) iL'J: ' 0 1 I "1 r. - v n - Vcl 2SV. Ib. 5. " I -r. nAlIGII,,H. C.,.FED?iUMY 5, 1510. V Vcc'Jj: CI q Yccf. Good JOtGHT at ihc foundation of all good farming lies the matter i - of good plowing. TZ&enevcr- at farmer. bredlz& a piece ofh land improperly i or in azlipzhod, half-hearted fashion, he makes, iicettain right Jhcn that he is nbi going to get from it tjie 'bet''l crop that it is capable of producing. I IIaxiJnum crops come' only a as the result of a combination of favorable conditions, and when I the essential preparation i for the crpp :is fahUy thts maximum 1 , vpW fa '. marie imnn'ssihtii " ' ' "'' ' ! l ' . in the season's very 6c- Tint m m K- C ! -- ri i y n n u n u 1 1 j mule can pull can pull cannot hope to dp good plowing, except 4 at a very great wostS white-alihough, he may not realize it--the man who does not care. whether Hi$ furrows are turned- evenly, " whether his plow ruts at unHfortri depth, ? orTwhether he leaves " the shit thtmnfh1i hrnle'0'n 'nrt nnA jtfnw: 4mn1firtd it n.pTtnlrt, bythat same car'elcsh worjz, that he is not going1 to get the crops , 1 its is me season wnen 7 "n V ginning. r lid subsequent1 cultivation can talie thb .t.i m. -- :. .- JVoty, mcc o 7zc plors ing done in the South is not good plowing. Itusual ly lacks depth; the soil is too often f topped flat over instead o being set on J edge ; when a hard place is reached the plow is allowed fo run out instead pf being forced through ; the deepest: plowing is usually done on the fri able, loams or the soft, : sandy soils vjhere it' is least essential:) rMte on the tigh t days, wh ere deep plowing is so much need . ed, the-soil is simply: .scratched two to four inches ; . often the plowed field is full of "breaks",, and "chips" and other evidences of caret ess r f : t'- . iii.i.i, .i ... .1 . getting )thcm ready . fos -plrXt in erring. Every cna wUo can possibly do SQ snouia oe at tt vjnen ever. .oi7 conditions ' per- mii,;:arid by; beginning oiy e , can . nave time to do the work properly, and to harden his stock io U '0dty " 'In,- this, correction, yjei trust that nq one will fail 1 to read what is" said on page 3 f about getting the : worn stock ready j or the ; t busy reason, and that every'redder will act upon- the suggestions there , 7 made. , . Neglect to keep i thet patient animals that pull the plors in good con 1 dition ' and make them comfortable ;M3 at work ' is ! one of the cizrcst evi : dences of a poor farmer; workmanship. These faults must bo corrected before we produce ''I '"i'.' Again, 'it is a sheer wpistdo'f labor to try to berk viih tools that are not in good shape. ' Ei ry farmer knows Uat it tz.;a twice as much labor, of both mart and team, to ploxf a field with a dull, " J l ,. ,V,TIIE PROGRESSIVE PLOWMAN , . . S.V ..' 5 , j If It be trtie, as It la, that good fanning la impossible without good plowing, it b iqaally truel ; that good plowing U ixnpos3iLle without good motive power. ; The view given here wait takeri in the. i A 'Waiaf- ItVtnuo'h e-f f atw1 fsnYian tVimtno-Virint tVio RnntVi nun n frnotinTi fnrinA in t.hfiir tllnwinor finer - Ations. f Most of us, however, must continue to use "Tom and Jo" or'Doll and Dapple"; and with j - them we can do just as good plowing, if not quite so much of it, as' can be done with the machine ' '.' here showni . Two or three strong mules; or large farm mares to a good steel-beam plow this is the . r ; ort of motive power we need, and the" sort we mtiBt have. The one-horse plow must go; good plow- ing with it Is sknply out of the iuc:tion. ,:' ' . j;.;; . J 'j ?. .'."i i I fanners should , be" , busy breaking their lands and t.ie crops we should ; tut before they ere corrected we must have i .rca intngs: better -plows, belter ivork stock, and and better tabor. That as, we must have plows car. able' af, rninf dnnm '6 to, 8. inehesin tight soils, we niuet have enough work stock to putt i these plows, 'and we must have . plowmen who take enough in- l tcrcst and pride in their rjork to do it wclC K - '. ' , : : t The man who has only one mule; end, a-little plow that one ' rastv plow as with one bright and sharp. ' : - Get a good plow, a good tc'"r.i to pull it; keep the plow bright and sharp, the team well welt groomed, and comfortable in Jlia harness; ar.dturn welU.-zh foot of land you go over. In doing this you will 1 2 laying the fcihion for a good crop this year. A Great VJczlz 'tc? Couth C.:ro; Ilna IV.::; 4 3 , , -3 Fcrtlllrcr Czzzilozs 'Answered C3 c;v fcr rrri" Weill. . vi Lhort TalLi About Fcrtr::c:S- , ( Wliat Commercial rcrt::i:;3 ; - Arc ...... , C3 f;a!;olll3 for Ocm ......... 1C3 rho Farm lie:;: 2 Tj-J X-- cation ; ,1C2 VTtlcrrroGffe- VcoIca Fabrics.. 103 "WLat'a tlio I?cv.3?" 1C5, TVX.a i:i-;:::c3 is o Falsa Tcadir? '..-S-v. 104 7fc7 t-10 U.-t C!;ouia bo Kept ca CIcd 107 IT017 to Itea Teach Trc3. . . lli . ' . 't " j" ' t 3 al w. J C.A aaJT C f 1 .', 4 1
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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