. The American farmer's instructor, or, Practical agriculturist [microform] : comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm, together with a variety of information which will be found important to the farmer. Agriculture; Pennsylvania imprints; Pennsylvania imprints; Pennsylvania imprints. which it had been originally ploughed, or to such lesser depth as may be deemed expedient. It is in this respect greatly superior to the harrow, which we cannot regulate in this manner. The employment of the grubber, however, does not super- sede
. The American farmer's instructor, or, Practical agriculturist [microform] : comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm, together with a variety of information which will be found important to the farmer. Agriculture; Pennsylvania imprints; Pennsylvania imprints; Pennsylvania imprints. which it had been originally ploughed, or to such lesser depth as may be deemed expedient. It is in this respect greatly superior to the harrow, which we cannot regulate in this manner. The employment of the grubber, however, does not super- sede that of the harrow in the pulverization of the ground, and disengaging of the roots of weeds. The harrow is still to be used, in conjunction with the grubber, and especially for col- lecting into heaps the roots of the plants brought to the sur- face. COULTER FOR LOOSENING THE SUB-SOIL. This is a valuable imple- ment on tenacious clays or stiff soils. It loosens up the earth for several inches deeper than our common ploughs go, without bring- ing the earth or sub-soil from below on to, or mix- ing it with the surface soil. One horse attached to it, and walk- ing in the furrow after the common ploughman, will effect all that is required. This process of stirring the earth to a greater depth than is usual in common ploughing, will, in time of much wet, suffer the superabundant moisture to sink away, and not injure the plants by diluting their food too much; while in time of drought the fibres of roots are enabled to penetrate to a much greater depth in search of their appropriate nutriment. James M. Garnett, Esq., an ardent friend of agriculture, introduced this improved implement into Virginia. He met with it accidentally on board a steam-boat, but could obtain no authentic account of its origin, when, where, or by whom in- vented. He was so much pleased with it that he made a sketch of it, and on his return home he had one made, of which he gives the following account. ^*I have
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