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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



TRENCHING. 



Trenching is one of the readiest modes in 

 the gardener's power for renovating his soil. 

 The process is thus conducted : 



" From the end of the piece of ground where 

 it is intended to begin, take out a trench two 

 spades deep and twenty inches wide, and wheel 

 the earth to the opposite end, to fill up and finish 

 the last ridge. Measure off the width of another 

 trench, then stretch the line and mark it out 

 w^ith the spade. Proceed in this way until the 

 whole of the ridges are outlined, after which 

 begin at one end and fill up the bottom of the 

 first trench with the surface or ' top spit' of the 

 second, then take the bottom ' spit ' of the latter, 

 and throw it in such a way over the other as to 

 form an elevated, sharp-pointed ridge. By this 

 means a portion of fresh soil is annually brought 

 on the surface to the place of that which the 

 crop of the past season may have in some meas- 

 ure exhausted." ' [Gard. Chron. 



Bastard-Trenching is thus performed : 



" Open a trench two feet and a half or a yard 



wide, one full spit, and the shoveling deep, and 



-wheel the soil from it to where it is intended to 



UnLsh the piece ; then put in the dung, and dig 



it in with the bottom spit in the trench ; then fill 

 up this trench with the top spit, &c., of the sec- 

 ond, treating it in like manner, and so on. The 

 advantages of this plan of working the soil are, 

 that the good soil is retained at top — an impor- 

 tant consideration where the subsoil is poor or 

 bad, — the bottom soil is enriched and loosened 

 for the penetration and nourishment of the roots; 

 andrallowing them to descend deeper, they are 

 not so liable to suffer from drouth in summer ; 

 strong soil is rendered capable of absorbing 

 more moisture, and yet remains drier at the 

 surface by the water passing down more rap- 

 idly to the subsoil, and it insures a thorough 

 shifting of the soil." [Gard. Chron. 



In all trenching, whether one, two or more 

 spades deep, always, previous to digging, put 

 the top of each trench two or three inches 

 deep or more, with all weeds and other litter, 

 at the bottom of the open one, which not only 

 makes clean digging, and increases the depth 

 of loose soil, but aU weeds and their seeds 

 are regularly buried at such a depth that the 

 weeds themselves will rot, and their seeds 

 caimot vegetate. 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, July 21, for the Monthly Jowrna2 of Agriculture.'] 



ASHES— Pots, Ist sort ^ 100 ft, 4 



Pearls, 1st sort, '46 6 



BEESWAX— American Yellow — 



CANDLES— Mould, Tallow..'^ ft... — 



Sperm — 



COTTON— From ^ ft. — 



COTTON BAGGING— American... — 



CORDAGE— American ^ ft. — 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shirtings,^y. — 



Sheetings — 



FEATHERS— American, live — 



FLAX— American — 



FLOUR & MEAL— Genesee, ^ bbl. 5 



lYoy — 



Michigan 5 



Ohio, Flat Hoop 5 



Ohio, Round Hoop — 



Ohio, via New-Orleans — 



Pennsylvania — 



Brandy wine — 



Georgetown 5 



Baltimore City Mills — 



Richmond City Mills — 



Richmond Country 5 



Alexandria, Petersburg, &c 5 



Rye Flour 3 



Corn Meal, Western and Jersey.. 2 



Com Meal, Brandywine pun. — 



GRAIN— Wheat, White f*' bush. 1 



Wheat, Red and mi.xed 1 



Rye, Northern — 



Com, Jersey and Nonheni yel... — 



Com, Southern, yellow — 



Com, Western, yellow — 



Oats, River and Canal — 



Oats, Jersey — 



HAY— North River in bales, ^100 ft — 

 HEMP — American, dew-rotted.. tonlOO 



" " water-rotted 175 



HOPS— let sort 1846 — 



IRON— American Pig, No. 1 25 



" Common 25 



LIME— Thomaston ^ bbl. — 



LUMBER— Boards, N.R., ^M. ft. eh-. 35 



Boards, Eastern Pine — 



Boards, Albany Pine ^pce. — 



Plank, fieorgia Y. Pine, f M. ft.„ 27 

 (192) 



Staves, White Oak, pipe. ^ M 50 — ® 



Staves, White Oak, hhd 40 — ® 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 30 — ® 



Staves, Red Oak, hhd 24 — ®28 — 



Hoops 20 — ®30 — 



Scantling, Eastern 16 25 @22 50 



Scantling, Oak 30 — @35 — 



Timber, Oak ^ cubic foot — 25 ®— 30 



Timber, White Pine — 18 ®— 25 



Timber, Georgia Y'ellow Pine — 28 ®— 32 



Shingles ^ bunch 1 75 ® 2 25 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 1st quality. 26 — ®30 — 

 Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 24 — ®28 — 

 Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 1st quality. 18 — ®22 — 

 Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 2d quality. 16 — @20 — 



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 15 — @18 — 



Shingles, Company 35 — ®38 — 



MUSTARD— American ® 



NAILS— Wrought, 6dto20d...^ ft. — 10 ®— 14 



Cut,4dto40d — 4i®— 4^ 



PLA.STER PARIS— |>'ton 2 25 ® 2 50 



PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, #'bbl... 13 — ®13 50 



Beef, Prime 9 25 @ 9 50 



Pork, Mess, Ohio, new 14 75 ®14 87t 



Pork, Prime, Ohio, new 12 — ® 



Lard. Ohio ^ ft. — 9i®— lOi 



Hams, Pickled — 7.J®— 8i 



Shoulders, Pickled — 6®— 6i 



Sides, Pickled ® 



Beef, Smoked f ft. — 11 ® 



Butter, Orange County Dairy — 18}® 



Butter, Western Dairy — 13 ®— 15 



Butter, Grease ® 



Cheese, in casks and boxes — 6 ® — Ik 



SEEDS— Clover ^ ft. — 6®— 7 



Timothy ^tierce 12 — ®16 — 



Flax, Rough 9 50 ® 



SOAP— N. York, Brown ^ ft. — 3t®— 54- 



TALLOW— American Rendered... — 9 @— 9i 



TOBACCO— Virginia ® ft. — 3®— 7*- 



Noith Carolina ® 



Kentucky and Missouri — 3 ® — 1i 



WOOL— Am. Saxony, Fleece,.^ ft. — 40 ®— 45 



American Full Blood Merino — 35 @ — 38 



American ^ and i Merino — 30 ® — 34 



Anieincan Native and i Merino... — 26 ® — 28 

 Superfine, PuUed Country — 32 ®— 34 



