Show QUESTION OF DEEP PLOWING DISCUSSED some very spiking increases in production have been secured by method by E 1 KINNEY kentucky experiment station during the last few years some borne very striking increases in production have teen heen secured by plowing very deep ty ly on the strength of this a number of authorities are advocating deep plowing for the south they advise from rom eight to as s much as sixteen inches deep it seems somewhat dangerous to the orthodox man to give such buch general advice as this until we have bavo more experimental data to con farin its value it Is undoubtedly true that much deeper plowing than is now practiced in most sections of tho the south Is desirable no cultivated crop can make its best growth in a seed bed less leas than seven inches deep where soils are so 0 o thin plowing to this depth will bring up a large quantity of raw subsoil tho the depth should be attained by plowing a little deeper each time instead of taking th tho 0 full depth all 11 at once in this way the subsoil will have a chance to become weathered and incorporated with th the 8 surface urfa cc soil some advocates of deep plowing propose to go to the desired depth all it once we are not prepared to say whether they are right or wrong however the tha safest plan Is to try it on a email scale at first deep plowing to ij expensive and must show decided benefits it if it Is to be profitable let several join and purchase s e a plow for deep tilling and give I 1 it t a good treav alunder tri finder fair conditions this will be safe and not expensive it Is worth trying and tho the experience will be of value to other farmers it A would ie be a good thing it farmers trying new methods would make it practice of reporting results whether profitable or not ono one difficulty in deciding the merits of any practice Is that the successful ones report while those who tall fall do not |