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pleraent that does the work of two ploughs 

 when held by two different men. In case a 

 light mucky soil were resting on a heavy 

 subsoil, it would be advisable to turn up 

 the compact subsoil, and mingle it with 

 the light soil by cross-ploughing several 

 times before the trees or apple-seeds were 

 planted. A few days' work with a double 

 team and an extra hand, when preparing 

 the ground for an orchard, will be labor 

 judiciously appropriated. If the ground is 

 in sod, and the soil is heavy, the prepara- 

 tion for trees should commence a year or 



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The true way to ride a plough-beam. 



more before the seeds or trees are to be planted. It is folly 

 for a man to plant trees of any kind in grass ground. Grass, 

 clover, weeds, and grain, if allowed to grow near trees, will 

 retard their growth far more than one would suppose. As 

 a rule, this is true. And yet we have seen fruit-trees, on 

 deep alluvial soils, send out branches on every side, one to 

 two feet annually, even when the surface of the ground 

 around them was covered with a tough sod, and yielded a 

 heavy burden of grass. 



