PLANTING. 89 



By the first mode the mould undergoes 

 not the process of fallow ; nor, by the se- 

 cond, is the turf rotted, or in anywise melio- 

 rated ; but on the contrary, dried for the 

 most part like a peat for the fire, or what ve- 

 getable matter it once contained, and which 

 would have acted as a manure for the in- 

 fant plant, by a proper treatment, is either 

 blown away by the wind, or washed off by 

 blanching rains. 



Instead of these methods, my practice has 

 been, provided I had timely notice of my 

 employer's intention of planting such and 

 such a field, &c. to begin pitting in May, 

 what I intended planting the following No- 

 vember ; in June, what was to be planted in 

 December ; and in July and August, what 

 was to be planted in January and February ; 

 generally allowing the land to be planted, 

 six months fallow : Filling one pit out of 

 another, chopping the turf small, and laying 

 it in the bottom ; whereby it was perfectly 

 dissolved at the planting season, and rendered 

 into mould fit for the reception and immedi- 

 ate nutriment of the tender plant. 



