CHAPTER V. 



ON CULTIVATION AND CROPS. 



Art. LII.— principles OF FARMING. 

 By Mr. Hewitt Davis. 



1. Never to be contented until all your land has been 

 trenched and turned over by the plough a foot in depth, nor 

 until — 



2. The wet land be made dry by deep-draining', and con- 

 sider no land effectually drained unless the drains be 4 feet 

 in depth ; that is to say, unless the water-level be so far 

 below the surface, that corn shall have at least a foot of 

 dry earth to root in, unaffected by capillary attraction of 

 moisture from below, and the chill that water nearer to 

 the surface cavises ; this can be done only by having- the 

 drains 4 feet from the surface, and within 40 feet of each 

 other. 



3. For sowing of spring corn, consider the season com- 

 mences with the new year, and have no other fear than that 

 of being too late. When the ground is dry enough, and 

 fine enough, the sooner it is in the better ; it will yield more, 

 and the liability to blight, or to be beaten down, will be 

 less. 



4. In sowing, drill or dibble all; and have the rows 

 not nigher than a foot between them; so as to admit of 

 hoeing either by horse or hand, and hand-weeding at late 

 periods. 



5. lloe and hand-weed all corn ; let not a weed in flower 



