180 THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



this is even better than manuring and not turning the 

 land so much. 



I have seen what might be called poor land bear 

 fine crops of Wheat with simply frequent ploughings 

 and a rest ; and I have seen land that was manured 

 and turned up and cropped forthwith bear but a poor 

 crop. Heavy land will bear most abundantly without 

 manure if often turned up to the influence of the air. 

 It is a mistake often made when land has lain un- 

 cropped, or half cropped, or half tilled, and so on. 

 Let the man who takes such a farm go into the deep 

 ploughing and turning the land up to the influence of 

 the air, and he will not regret having taken what was 

 called a worn-out farm. So also in gardening. 



