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much too large. Last year I reduced it consid- 

 erably, and hope to lessen it still more the coming 

 season. This expense has been nearly doubled 

 from the fact that I could not use the plough in 

 my garden, and that my entire two acres and a 

 quarter had to be dug over and cultivated by 

 hand. During the present season I mean to in- 

 troduce the plough wherever possible. Here- 

 tofore, not having ahorse, and often being unable 

 to obtain one suitable, I resolved to be indepen- 

 dent and put on a force that could do everything 

 with the fork and hoe. Moreover, in the grad- 

 ual growth of my garden, and under the pecu- 

 liar management of an amateur, things have been 

 plunted crosswise and sidewise, and so mixed 

 up generally that it was hard to cultivate one 

 crop with a horse without damaging another. 

 But I have learned to realize that, apart from the 

 great saving of expense, there is nothing equal 

 to a plough for the thorough deepening and pul- 



