SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



unfavourable the owner can make it over to suit 

 himself, while if he is remote from market he can 

 do nothing to help himself as regards that diffi- 

 culty. All these considerations have weight, and 

 must be duly allowed for; but the point I desire 

 most to insist upon is the advantages possessed 

 by the loams lying on sandy or gravelly subsoils, 

 in their excellent natural drainage, and in being 

 easy of cultivation. 



LAND DRAINAGE 



Land, Soil, or Agricultural Drainage is a topic 

 already touched upon, because inevitably presenting 

 itself in connection with the choice of a proper 

 location; but it is quite too large a subject to 

 be dismissed with a brief and merely casual 

 mention. 



In selecting a location for either market garden- 

 ing or farming, it is preferable, as we have said, to 

 secure land that is naturally well drained. By 

 this description we designate a soil which, owing 

 to inclination of surface, or from having a porous 

 subsoil, lets the water pass off quickly after a heavy 

 rainfall, and which therefore stands in no need of 



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