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Vol. VIL 



ROCHESTER, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1846. 



No. 2. 



THE GENESEE FARMER : 

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Conversations on Agriculture between 

 Father and Son. 



decomposing and mellowinr^ influence of tlie aipj 

 with its oxi/gcn and carbonic acid, 50 inches o^ 

 surface, to every inch in length of each furrow/. 



Si,ii — I don't understand how that can happen j 

 seeing that the furrow is only 14 inches wide. — 

 Will you explain ? 



Father — Certainly. As each furrow laps but 

 two inches on the upturned surface of the pre- 

 ceding one, it is plain that 12 inches of each sod 

 will be exposed to the air. Then you have 7 

 inches more at the end of the furrow, being tho 

 depth to which the plow was driven, making 19 

 inches on the upper side. On the under sidej 

 you have 7 inches at the other end of the furrow, 

 12 on that which has been turned over, and 12 

 inches more on the bottom from which tlie sot? 

 or earth has been lifted. This gives a surface of 

 31 inches below, and altogether, a surface of fiO 

 inches. If you do not count the laps; anything, 

 (and they are only two inches,) then, by plowing 

 after my plan, you get three surfaces of 14 inoh- 

 ches each, beside two of 7 inches each at tho 



P L O W 1 1\ < T . 

 We spent an evening not long since in corn 

 pany with a very intelligent practical and scien- 1 ends of the furrow, in- the place of one sxirfacB 

 tific farmer, who was discussing with his son the i only, of 14 inches, when you turn each furrow 

 subject of plotoing, which incidentall^v brought 

 under review a variety of topics of great interei^t 



upside down. 



(S*. — I concede that you get about three times 



as jTiuch surface exposed to tho atmosphere by 

 your system, as is attainable by mine. Never- 

 theless, yon must admit, that on dry gravelly 

 soils it is important to keep the earth as compacJ 

 as possible. Under such circumstances, is not 



t of killing all gra.«s and weeds lietterjmy plan better than yours? 



other that can be adopted. The father! jP. Qn loose sandy or 



in the art of cultivating the soil. The son advo- 

 cated the propriety. of turning the earth ruiicd 

 by the plow, directly bottom upwards, so a.s k) 

 present a smooth and even surface when llie 

 work is done. It was urged that this method had 

 the merit of killin 



than any other that can be adopted, ineiat'ierj jp._0n loose sandy, or gravelly soils, t^he 

 thought djflerently, and drew wjth a pencil on ;i|p^j..:oj^ ^^ ,,.^^^1^ raised by the plow will not hold 

 pieceofpaper, the followmg diagram millustra- 1 t^geflier in the manner 1 have indicated. If 

 tion ot his views : ■ [^ i^^g turf and compactness enough to lie up 



at the angle, and in the manner I have spo- 

 ken of, it will be better to have it so than oth- 

 erwise. If the ground is too loose and poroua 

 at the time of seeding, the ■ roller can be, and 

 The fiitlser said that the above oblong blocks are jchould be, applied. 



intended to re{)resent furrows 7 inches deep and \ S.—l see that you understand the subject of 

 14 wide, lapping the edge of the one turned by I plowing much better than I do ; and I should bo 

 the plow, on to that of the next furrow only tvoj happy to learn wh.at the. mere drawing of a plo\y 

 mahes. By this process you expose to the; through afield many times, and thus breaking 



