SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 

 cultural directions for special crops. After the 

 manure has been supplied and turned under, the 

 next main requisite in preparing for a crop is to 

 pulverize the soil; and since the plough is very 

 efficient in this and other services, in fact quite 

 indispensable, it is manifestly one of the most 

 important of agricultural implements. 



Amongst the many varying styles, and different 

 manufacturers, competing for preference, it is a 

 natural question to ask which is the best. There 

 is no complete answer that can be given to this 

 inquiry. Nearly all of the leading styles are of 

 practical use, and each has its own peculiar and 

 individual merits. In certain soils and for certain 

 purposes, one kind of plough will often be found 

 to do the work and answer the purpose in view 

 better than another, while, under different con- 

 ditions, the latter might be decidedly the more 

 serviceable of the two. 



All the different makes now in favour are good, 

 and some are known to be specially adapted to 

 certain kinds of work. For example, a mould 

 board that lifts and turns the slice very gradually 

 will operate easily, and turn the bottom side upper- 

 most with the least possible disturbance of the 



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