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OF RIDGING. 



1 . W hen they are planted on the same line or level, thus : 



This is done partly with a view of preventing the soil 

 and manure from being washed dowa, and partly from the 

 idea, that it is easier for the cattle to work it. But it 

 keeps up the water in the furrows, and is an awkward 

 mode of ploughing. Sometimes this sort of ridge is car- 

 ried all round a small hill in a spiral form, beginning at 

 the bottom. 



2. When the ridges are straight up and down. 



This is a very improper mode. The soil and manure 

 are both apt to be washed down, and when the plough is 

 going up, the earth makes such a resistance, that it is ex- 

 tremely difficult for the cattle to cleave the ground without 

 the utmost exertions. 



3. From the top of the bank sloping to the left. 



