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I am happy to see, adopted the plan of shallow 

 ploughing; believing it to be the proper mode pointed 

 out by nature. Reason and experience evidently go 

 in favor of it, and that which is proven by experience 

 should be immediately adopted. That it will be uni- 

 versally adopted, there is not the shadow of a doubt. 



ON THE PRODUCTION OF FRUIT TREES. 



I have been astonished, for a number of years, at 

 hearing farmers speaking of raising trees of all kinds 

 by the process of grafting scions on other stalks. 

 This is not necessary to obtain the kind of fruit de- 

 sired. I have come to the firm conclusion that graft- 

 ing is not the best mode of obtaining the kind of fruit 

 you want, and that it is not the soonest. The manner 

 I recommend, is to take those sprouts which grow out 

 of the trunk of the tree, at that point where the first 

 limbs rise, and are conjoined. These should be cut 

 off transversely with a smooth surface, and the ends 

 covered with cement, made of beeswax and resin. 

 Have your ground ploughed and in good order, and 

 then lay off the rows with your plough, about four 

 feet apart. Plough the furrows about four or five 

 inches deep, and take of the best rotted stable ma- 

 nure, and put about two inches in each row. Then 

 take those sprouts, and lay them down lengthways 



