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been taken off the preceding season, it will be an advan- 

 tage ; particularly so, if the ground had been well ma- 

 nured, being thereby left in a mellow state. From the 

 6th to the 10th of the fourth month, (April,) give your 

 ground a good ploughing, say from eight to ten inches 

 deep, if the soil will admit of it, after which a complete 

 harrowing, in order to level it well and break the clods. 

 This being done, strike out furrows w T ith the plough, 

 two feet three or four inches apart, and double ploughed, 

 that is, the plough returning on the same furrow, to the 

 end whence it set out. This operation will form a trench, 

 in which well rotted manure should be deposited, at the 

 rate of twenty to twenty-five two horse cart loads to the 

 acre. Muck, or manure in an unrotten state, should be 

 avoided, as land in good heart will do better without any, 

 than manure of this description. 



After the manure is thus deposited in the trenches, the 

 ground, previously turned from them by the plough, 

 should be returned, also with the plough, forming ridges 

 immediately over the manure. The tops of these ridges, 

 being narrow and too elevated, should be somewhat flat- 

 tened or levelled, either with a rake or light roller. In 

 the middle of the ridges, the seeds are planted, so that 

 the plants may receive all the benefit of the manure be- 

 low. The seeds are deposited about half an inch in 

 depth, (if done whilst the moisture is fresh in the ground 

 the better,) and about twelve inches apart. 



To effect this with regularity and expedition, I have 

 formed a wooden instrument, with six teeth, in sets of 

 two each, (see a representation annexed.) With this in- 

 strument, on the top of the ridges, as nearly over the ma- 



