Peruvian guano, in combination with his improved superphosphate of lime, hath wrought the miracle, aided as it has been, by the deepest plowing ever done in that State.
By plowing it in, particularly if mixed with one third its bulk of plaster, the effect is decidedly more durable; nor is it then necessary that the seeding should so immediately follow its application.
Do not fear to loose the guano by plowing it in as deep as you please--it will not run away, depend upon it.
Some harrow in guano, instead of plowing it under; but experience shows that it is much the best to plow it in, as the virtue remains in the ground much longer, by being covered deep.
Well, we prepared the ground in about the usual manner, except perhaps plowing a little deeper than in former years.
Calvert, mixing with it the same quantity of rich earth and plaster, and sowing on the surface, plowing in at once very deep, using the cultivator only in working it afterwards.
I prefer plowing it in for all field crops; and when attainable, would always use it in conjunction with ground bones, for the benefit of succeeding grass crops.
Do not fear to lose the guano, by plowing it as deep as you please--it will not run away, depend upon it.
He had a fine field of wheat, and was finishing the plowing of his entire quarter section.
I was going to town to school while you were plowing and husking corn.
De next year dey put me to plowing and him to hoeing.
Uncle Bill told him that he didn't have time, that he had a lot of plowing to git done that morning and besides it was customary for every man to catch his own team.
Young lady on a country road in a Ford car which has bucked and refuses to move, asks a farmer who is plowing in an adjoining field--"Do you know anything about a Ford?
A single yoke of oxen will do more in one day at plowing than forty men; yet the oxen may be had for fifty cents a day, while each of the men can earn a dollar.
The plants quickly die down so as to make plowing easily possible, but the aim should be to have such decay take place within the soil rather than above it.
It furnishes more green food for plowing under than the medium red; hence, it is, on the whole, a better improver of the soil.
Such fertilization usually calls for both humus and readily available plant food, and these are most cheaply supplied by growing certain green crops and plowing them under, or by applying farmyard manure.
Usually, however, if sufficient time elapses between the plowing of the land and the sowing of the seed, this work may be materially lessened by using the harrow and roller judiciously soon after rainfall.
Plowing such land in the autumn aids in securing such density.
In many instances, the growth made is so rank as to justify plowing it under the following autumn.
This may also be true of lands not over-retentive naturally, but made so by the treading of the animals for successive years on the soil under the furrow when plowing the land.
This is done with some form of harrow or weeder, and, of course, subsequently to the plowing of the land.
Pending these investigations, the exercise of great care in the purchase of seed and the immediateplowing of the infested areas are recommended.
Though the first crop should be taken for food, as it generally is, there is still ample time for a second crop to grow for plowing under the same season.
The trench is formed by plowing a few furrows and scraping out the loosened earth with a blade grader.
Such a road surface will lack uniformity of composition and it seems preferable to mix the sand with the soil by plowing and discing as previously described.
Carl Gleason found it while he was plowing a field.
I was plowing in the south field back of the barn, when I turned it up.
When the work of plowing was done, they patiently watched him sow the seed.
With each subsequent plowing the plow sole rides at the same 7-inch depth and an even more compacted layer develops.
The history of civilization's destruction of one ecosystem after another by plowing and deforestation, and its grave implications for our country's long-term survival.
He explains how conventional plowingstops this moisture flow.
One man rose and stated that there was certain plowing to be done on the following day, and if it was thought best by the brothers and sisters, he would do it.
Another rose and said he would volunteer to do the plowing if the first one pleased, and he might do something else.
Where it can be done, plowing is also sometimes feasible and should be followed by immediate crop improvement.
They should be lined out with the greatest regularity, so as to admit at all times of cross plowing and cultivation as desired.
The spike tooth or the disc harrow must work again after the plowing is finished.
Plowing and sub-soiling are the least of the planter's worries.
The Captain stuck his feet stiffly into the ground, plowing great ruts in the earth in his efforts to stop and turn and meet the rush of the other, as he recovered from the first shock, gathered headway, and bore down on him.
Then he sprang forward, and when the rope came tight he was upended, a shoulder plowing the shale.
Burr clover and rye would be very satisfactory for sowing, after the rains, to secure a winter growth for plowing under in March or April, or earlier if the growth should be large enough to warrant.
In places where the soil is pretty heavy and the rainfall is apt to be quite large, plowing toward the trees and opening a dead furrow near the center seems to promote rapid distribution of surplus water.
By irrigating thoroughly after harvesting the grain and then plowing deeply for potatoes, you would do vastly better than to plant in dry ground and irrigate afterward.
We are plowing a piece of light sandy mesa land, dry, which has considerable tarweed and other weeds growing before plowing.
Much less early plowing is done than formerly unless it be shallow to get in the seed for the cover crop; the deeper plowing being done to put it under.
I have been dry-plowing my land to kill the, weeds, but had a light crop of hay this year.
As for weeds, dry-plowing may help their starting, but that is an advantage and not otherwise, because they can be destroyed by cultivation before sowing.
It is very seldom desirable to postpone plowing until the actual time of planting comes.
With this heavy rainfall, is there any advantage to be gained by early plowing and clean cultivation right through the winter?
The soil is adobe, and the customary way of planting tomatoes is 6 feet apart each way, plowing a trench of one furrow with the slope of the land for irrigating, that is, a trench between every row and a cross trench as a feeder.
We ought not to expect a big crop on poor, run-down land, simply by plowing it three or four times in as many months.
You claim, I believe, that there is little danger of any loss from spreading manure on the surface, and I suppose you would have us conclude that we make a mistake in plowing it under, as the soil renders it insoluble.
Buckwheat, or millet, is sometimes sown on such land for plowing under as manure, but as these crops are killed out by the winter, they cannot prevent the loss of nitric acid during the winter and spring months.
If the manure had been applied on the surface, instead of plowing it under, I believe the effect would have been still more in favor of the autumn-manuring.
I am aware that many will object to plowing up old grass land, and I do not wish to be misunderstood on this point.
We lime,” he says, “whenever it is convenient, but prefer to put it on at least one year beforeplowing the land.
It is then applied to corn byplowing under; to wheat, as a top-dressing.
Thorough plowing is the remedy, accompanied by drainage where needed.
In London he bought a portrait by Raeburn; in Paris a plowing scene by Millet, a small Jan Steen, a battle piece by Meissonier, and a romantic courtyard scene by Isabey.
He had stopped in his plowing many a day to stand under a tree and write a poem--such as it was--or to watch the birds or to wish he could go to college or to Chicago.
Shallow plowing (5 inches) is practiced, as celery roots do not go deep.
The first plowing was merely to break the surface of the ground and turn under the winter coat of manure, leaving the land level.
Shallow plowing and the use of a little fertilizer or compost in the hills will put the ground in order.
The secondplowing (if given) is to be toward the rows, for the purpose of throwing them further under the surface, so as to get larger shoots as warm weather advances.
Deep plowing of low land will rarely bring up the sub-soil, and, after a good coat of lime, the application of manure may be carried to almost any extent, with good results assured in advance.
The brethren immediately rigged three plows and went to plowing a little northeast of the camp; another party went with spades, etc.
We took a course northward passing by the land where the brethren are plowing and planting.
The brethren commenced plowing early, others are gone to planting, etc.
Colonel Markham reports that in addition to the plowing done week before last, they have plowed about thirty acres which is mostly planted, making a total of about eighty acres.
The plowing ceased last week and the brethren are now making adobes, hauling logs, etc.
Saturday, July 24 The plowing is renewed and many are gone to planting potatoes.
If I find you plowing in your field and your neighbor plowing in his field, I have no right to draw the conclusion that you have conspired to plow or to help each other.
But if I find your neighbor and you plowing in your field, and I afterwards find you and your neighbor plowing in his field, I have the right to conclude that you have swapped work and that you have something in common.
Rawleigh Chinn was paid for "plowing up & fencing in my yard" and for "fetching 3 horses over the Creek.
Beyond this point for another 30 feet, a shift in the contour of the land, allowing deeper plowing in relation to the original height of the wall, had caused the second course of bricks to be knocked off.
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