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cause. To turn over such deep furrows was sheer folly, and 

 such heavy dressings of manure would not fail to destroy the 

 seed. But it didn t ; and let our farmers remember that it 

 never will ; and if they wish to get rich, let them cut out 

 this article, read it often, and follow the example of our 

 fanatical Scotch friend. 



&quot; This system of deep ploughing and heavy manuring 

 wrought its results in due time. Paying off his debt, put 

 ting up buildings, and purchasing stock each year to fatten 

 and sell, Mr. Johnston, after seventeen years of hard work, 

 at last found himself ready to incur a new debt, and to 

 commence laying tile drains. Of the benefits to be derived 

 from drainage he had long been aware ; for he recollected 

 that when he was only ten years of age, his grandfather, 

 a thrifty farmer in the Lothians, seeing the good effects of 

 some stone drains laid down upon his place, had said, 

 4 Varily, I believe the whole airth should be drained. This 

 quaint saying, which needs but little qualification, made a 

 lasting impression on the mind of the boy, that was to be 

 tested by the man, to the permanent benefit of this country. 



&quot; Without sufficient means himself, he applied for a loan 

 to the bank in Geneva, and the President, knowing his in 

 tegrity and industry, granted his request. In 1835, tiles 

 were not made in this country, so Mr. Johnston imported 

 some as samples, and a quantity of the 4 horse-shoe pattern 

 were made in 1838, at Waterloo. There was no machine 

 for producing them, so they were made by hand, and 

 molded over a stick. This slow and laborious process 

 brought their cost to $24 per thousand, but even at this 

 enormous price Mr. Johnston determined to use them. 

 His ditches were opened and his tile laid, and then what 

 sport for the neighbors ! They poked fun at the deluded 

 man ; they came and counseled with him, all the while 

 watching his bright eye and intelligent face for signs of 



