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buckwheat, it will be from eighteen inches to two 

 feet in height; the straw of which will remain on the 

 land, and give to it as well as the clover and grass, 

 all the warmth they require from the cold of Win- 

 ter. 



In the ensuing Spring, so soon as the hard frosts 

 are over, you should roll your grass and clover, and 

 settle them into the earth. The next harvest you will 

 have a full crop of hay, and by this mode you will 

 not any year lose a crop from any of your fields. 



You should never plough your land in the Summer 

 or Fall, unless you cannot avoid it; which must be 

 done in the seeding of your wheat. You should 

 never plough your land more than six inches deep, as 

 it will sink the richer part of the soil so deep as to 

 require one or two years to bring that soil again to the 

 surface, and yield nourishment to vegetation. If I 

 were at present a practical farmer as I have been, I 

 would not use any plough larger than a nine inch 

 plough, and from that size to one of six inches. The 

 small plough can be made to plough up the most grassy 

 land, by giving it the double singletree ; that is to 

 say, if your plough cuts nine inches, your double sin- 

 gletree must be twenty-seven inches long. If your 

 plough cuts eight inches, your double singletree must 

 be twenty-four inches. By having your double sin- 

 gletree three times the length that your plough cuts, 

 your plough will always run easy to the horses, 

 and turn the furrow in the very best manner. 



