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advisable until thej have been nnder- drained, as 



excess of water prevents its effects from being per- 

 manent. 



CHAPTER V. 



PLOWING AXD OTHEK PROCESSES FOB 

 PULVERIZING THE SOIL. 



The advantages of pulverizing the soil, and the 

 reasojis why it is necessary, have been sufficiently 

 explained to need no further remark. Few farmers, 

 wlten they plow, dig, or harrow, are enabled to give 

 substantial reasons for the operation. If they will re- 

 flect on what has been said in the preceding chaptere, 

 concerning the supply of mineral food to the plant 

 by the soil, and the effect of air and moisture about 

 the roots, they ■will find more satisfaction in their 

 labor. 



PLOWING. 



The kind of plow used in cultivating the surface- 

 soil, must be decided by the kind of soil. Tliis 

 question the practical, ohse7iji7iff fnvmer will be able 

 to solve. 



As a general rule, it may be stated that the plow 

 which runs the deepest, with the same amount oi 



