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Show AGRICULTURK. , Tus succesefal cultivation of the seil is a subject in whick we feel deepty interested.; We ars sot practical; farmers, farm-ers, hut consider it par t Pf our duty to offer, such suggestions, from time to time, on matters touching the interest of tke farmer as we think will benefit ktm. It is aa undeniable fact, that most of the land under cultivation' in Great Salt Lake County is worn oat, although it has only been tinder cultivation culti-vation from eight ttb twelve years; One cause df this we believe to be the careless method of cultivaWonpracticed by many, which carelessness was1 mani-? festedjn the. first .superficial breaking of tho land, and which, has been persisted per-sisted in until the last time of ploughing, plough-ing, or . in reality of scratching the soil. Again, a judicloua rotation of cr jps kas been entirely. Jieglcctcd; and ia addition to this may be added the isroada of cattle; for,, according to seientific and practical authority, Jt is a "conceded f act'-thathetreadiing, or traniping; of cultivatcdi'Jand by stock rjuops'teriUl pkapncssKjO Ac causes .rjnight" ''becnttmeratedb'uti we belive'.wo-hyve sent relative to the cause 'o'f poverty ia our cultivated lan&l lS"i:' $ 2bwthe question ,naturdlly ' e'jiougK jprese"niUelfV:bo thUrowiPgevii; to the ebil;so that the' .labors Ibf kasbandmaa shall not be comparatively wasted, and instead of this, be crowned with abundant success?. - : '; f To recommend manure would, at tke present time, be nscless, from theff act .thaVour farmers partaking1, top freely bf western habits, have pot jtaken,caro of 'this, valuable I - article, but iiavl-air lowed it ,to be wa5tcd,'fexposed to wind and weather, until what' little, Ja.:to be found is wwtklcssi having, rthrbngh hegiectj.lost.. iu'yaluable gaseswhich, if only placed in'contabt with;, the soil, Would crown ihe 'labors ofour hardworking hard-working farmers with plenty.-5 As it is useless to recommend manuro at tho present1 time; tke next test thing that presents itself, to restore productiveness I in the soil, is deep ploughing. Use tho plough! as. a fertiiispr. Deep plough-t plough-t ing is. the only means; known by us at present that is certain in its results, I that the farmer can resort to, as a fer-i fer-i Ulizer, in 'the,, abseaca of manure. I Thbrefbro,wj9:concTudo5 to recom-i recom-i mehiJ to our farmbg friends a mode p. practioablerand within the reach oE all, r byTThich thoy' canagain reap a full i hafvetrfrorii;their lands is,all that wo I P.a k ..OwigMtiQiiK4utt .each r farmer,tha ensuing spring, should break up his land just as; deep again as he formerlybrpkeiti andi opr word for it, kewiTealiza a crop equal 'to that of X:f$ jear Our reason for this cbnqlusioa ;w simply "this: if the land i formerly produced, say forty Bushels i of wheat p acr with only . three incli-; incli-; es :?f the soil broketf,.ibAt' the same land, if brokea! six inchas"deep, must at least produce as heavy crops as it did.oa the first breakings We hear of objections like this, that to adopt this, aibde of farming; tke farmer must increase in-crease his team or hire his breaking t done. In answer to jthis, wo feel satis-f satis-f fied that the increaso of tho crop 6b-tained 6b-tained by this system will arapljr pay ( all extra exponse, and leave a handsome eurpius jn the haids Of the enterprising tfarmer, brides reclaiming his farm. A few words more, let the experience of the present and past encourage all to take oajre of the manure deposited ia their ytWs and eerrekt, jnte kk lMfe; aad preiei ic- freat the wea4ker aad at' til 'ti in alar ateMJhftal eaUeMaatit Aft 4Mlir IImIi Vbv7 nVVW araaafw wavTBarair Taf I de aet eeatiae''.the pretties ef earUaf evtrytkiag awayfreat year hm,'mi NtarBiB aekiag. |