Work, do your best, the farm is the only thing which 

 will not delude you." 



A rich farmer, feeling that he was about to die, called his 

 children to his bedside and spoke to them in private. 



" Do not said he, sell, the inheritance which has come to 

 us from our ancestors : a treasure is hidden therein. I don't 

 know the exact place, but with a little courage, you shall find 

 it; Work up your field immediately after harvest turn it over, 

 search into it, dig into it, leave no place unturned." 



When father died, his sons plowed and worked the field 

 here and there and every where, so much so that at the -year's 

 end. it yielded a large return. Of money none was hidden, but 

 the father was wise in teaching them before his death, that labor 

 in itself is a treasure. 



I will not comment upon this apologue, it is 

 easily understood by any one that reads it. 



I think that I have sufficiently enlarged upon 

 the preparatory ploughing in the fall. I must now 

 speak of preparing the ground in the spring for the 

 seed. 



Generally the harrow and roller are solely used 

 in preparing the soil for the seed, and this with a 

 view of retaining in the soil all the moisture possible. 

 This method, however, is not sufficient unless for 

 highly cultivated lands. In other places, the winter 

 farrow is .first smoothed by the harrow or roller. 

 The cakes are as much as possible broken and 

 smashed, Chen the ground is grubbed and harrowed. 

 The sowing then takes place and the land is after- 

 wards rolled. 



But in fields, in which noxious weeds are easily 

 produced,a light ploughing would be the best means 



