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cjucntly. To this perfection, the premiums given to the 

 best ploughmen, at annual competitions in various dis- 

 tricts of the country, have greatly contributed. 



The importance of good ploughing is such, that an in- 

 telligent farmer remarks, he has often observed a diffe- 

 rence in the crop- of some ridges where he has had a bad 

 ploughman. 



The great difficulty in ploughing is, to determine the 

 width and depth of the furrow slice, which must vary 

 according to the object the farmer has in view, and the pre- 

 ceding and succeeding crop, &c. The following table 

 will give some idea of what is considered to be a proper 

 size, in different circumstances. 



TABLE OF rLOUGHING. 



Nature of tie Ploughing. Width 



Incites* 



First fallow furrow, 10 6 8 10 



Second furrow, ditto, 9^7 



Seed furrow, 7 4 



Oat crop from turnips, 9 67 



Oat crop from clover ley, 9 4 



Beans, if on one furrow, 10 68 



Beans, if a second ploughing, .9 5 



Beans, seed furrow, 9 3 



Barley, 8 4 



Potatoes, - 93 



The depth of ploughing must, in a great measure, be 

 regulated by the soil there is to work upon. On thin 

 soils, more especially on a rocky susbtratum, the plough- 

 ing must necessarily be shallow ; but where the soil is of a 

 depth sufficient, it is material to plough deep at the com- 



