714 



Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo Dec, 1908. 



and comfortable enough provided the road is good for the\- have no 

 springs. On the average Spanish roads an Australian buggy would le 

 far preferable. A photograph of our tartann is reproduced. 



CELLARS OF MARQUIS DE RISCAL AT EL CIEGO. 



Before crossing the handsome new bridge over the river we come across 

 more subsoiling, for this part of the country is in full reoonstitution. It 

 is being done with winding gins driven by six mules. This time the 

 furrows are parallel as in France. The soil is being trenched to a depth 

 of 2 feet, the subsoil being brought to the surface. When I tell Don 

 Victor that in Victoria we expect to get our sub.^niling done for 50s. per 

 acre* he expresses astoiiishment ; he says it costs at least twace this sum in 

 Spain. 



TRAINING OF VINES AT EL CIEGO. 



El Ciego is a prosperous village which strikes one at a distance by its 

 imposing and characteristic church. Its most important institution 



* This was the price at wliich contracts were being let prior to my departure. 



