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of Newbury, and the .second preniium of $7, to Charles P. 

 Preston of Dan vers. 



It is an undisputed fact that orood ploughing is one of the 

 most essential points of good tillage, and, as such, it deserves 

 the careful attention of the farming community in general. 



The fact that there vrere but two entries of single teams 

 seems to indicate that we are hardly alive to the importance 

 we should attach to single train ])loughing. Perhaps more 

 attention has been given to ploughing with double teams, but 

 it seems to us that the single team is generally to be preferred, 

 as there are many that keep but one ycke of cattle. 



There are, of course, some cases in which a double team is 

 indispensable, but in the majority of cases the single team will 

 do the work more satisfactorily, and with much less expense. 

 If you wish to plough your land to the depth of twelve or 

 fourteen inches, gauge your ])low for six or seven, according 

 to the depth required, and then go twice in the same furrow. 

 Although it requires about twice as long, yet there is a saving 

 of one pair of cattle and a driver and an improvement in the 

 quality of the work. Any defect in the first ploughing will 

 be remedied in the second, and the soil will be more thorough- 

 ly mixed up and pulverized by separate ploughing, an advan- 

 tage which was recognized by the inventor of the subsoil plow. 



The subsoil plow, though working much the same way, 

 cannot in practice bring about so perfect a result as can be ob- 

 tained by the method recommended. That the land should 

 thus be thoroughly ploughed up is an almost invaluable pre- 

 requisite, Avhen we are about to set out trees, strawberries, 

 and other plants or shrubs. Take the Michigan plow, for 

 instance ; it requires a strong team and is laborious to 

 hold, and will not do the work so satisfactorily as the com- 

 mon plow going twice in a furrow, unless the land is smooth 

 and free from stones. 



Perhaps some may think it a difficult matter to make the 

 plow follow in the same furrow, but I can assure them, after 

 much experience with this mode of ploughing, that the plow 



