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with dirt, and goes through the land like a 

 stick. 



In fact, there are but very few good ploughmen 

 to be had, and any employer is fortunate if he 

 gets one. Many men will call themselves good 

 at ploughing; but the men who really understand 

 it, and do it as it should be done, are very scarce. 

 When such a man is found, he should be kept 

 on the place, if possible. 



In ploughing land for the different crops, 

 some plough about the same depth for everything; 

 but the depth ought to be varied so as to suit the 

 crop. For instance: all root crops should be 

 ploughed from ten to twelve inches; while, for 

 vine crops, six inches would be quite sufficient. 

 Many take, in all eases, all they can to the furrow, 

 making it, say, twelve or fourteen inches wide; 

 but where the land is ploughed twelve inches 

 deep, and a coat of manure is turned under at 

 the same time, eight inches is wide enough to 

 turn the furrow. In a "first-time" ploughing, 

 six inches deep, with no manure to turn under, 

 twelve or fourteen inches may be taken at each 

 furrow. Always plough all the land once in the 

 fall and twice in the spring, but never when it 



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