G2 FACT AGAINST FICTION. 



cause of considerable pecuniary loss, and also 

 becomes an unsightly and discordant nuisance. 

 It frightens cattle, drives away game, and at 

 some seasons destroys the nests of partridges and 

 pheasants, while on some soils it simply loosens 

 the flints and immensely encourages the growth 

 of weeds. 



To send for a stranger, and to ask him what 

 it is best to do for the good cultivation of a 

 farm, is nonsense. There are some farms on 

 which even the tenant of years, born and bred 

 in the vicinity, does not know what is best to 

 be done all over adjoining acres, or the extent to 

 which the soil may differ within the fence of one 

 field. There are some spots, perhaps, on that 

 farm, where you cannot plough too lightly, for 

 if 3^ou go an inch too deej) you give to the sun 

 the dormant seeds that have long been hidden 

 from the light in innocuous obscurity, but, when 

 exposed to vivifying re-action, come forth like 

 giants refreshed, in such quantities as to choke 

 and smother tlie seeds or corn but recently sown. 

 The instance thus referred to is not the only one 

 tliat exists to fetter the designs of husbandry 

 when working l)y tlie plougli. 



