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should be more insisted upon by the northern man ; 

 depth and richness, by the southern. The northern farmer 

 is to secure warmth by selecting an alluvial, sandy soil, 

 or a light warm loam, and then to increase the warmth 

 by abundant manuring. He must get a large crop, or 

 it will not pay for cultivation in his expensive way. 

 The southern farmer, on the other hand, we think, may 

 depend for warmth more on his sunny climate, insist 

 more on depth and richness of soil, use perhaps less 

 manure, and be contented with a less crop. We are not 

 sure, that moderate manuring and 1,200 lbs. of tobacco 

 to the acre, are not quite as good evidence of wise 

 husbandry in Virginia, as very heavy manuring and 

 2,000 lbs. of tobacco to the acre are in Massachusetts ; 

 though there is this difference, that the former will al- 

 ways exhaust the soil, while the latter will as surely 

 enrich it. 



ni.-TREATMEXT OF THE SOIL PREA'IOUS TO SET- 

 TING THE PLANTS. 



If, in turf, it is better that it should be plowed the 

 previous autumn, both that the frost may help to pulver- 

 ize it, and that the vegetable matters may be progress- 

 ing to that condition in which they can be taken in by 

 the crop at its rapidly growing period.. If not in turf, 

 it is of considerable consequence that it should have 

 been nicely cultivated and well manured for the former 

 crop. At any rate, if not plowed in the fall, it should 

 be plowed early in the spring, and the manure for the 



