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AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE. 



moisture in suspension during dry weather for each of 

 which qualities they stand in the very first rank it is 

 seen that even they have no vegetable matter that could be 

 spared for burning without injury to the fertility of the 

 soil. The conclusion, then, is inevitable, that where 

 burning can be avoided it should be by every possible 

 means. 



Skill in Harrowing. When going over land for the 

 first time, we may harrow the same way as the land was 



A ploughed, after which it 

 does good work to pro- 

 ceed as follows : Start 

 at corner No. 1 and go 

 straight to corner No. 2 

 diagonally across the 

 field, going back to No. 

 3, from 3 to 4, 4 to 5, 

 and 5 to 6. Keep right 

 on, and when the field is 

 done it will be harrowed 

 over twice, and every 

 mark will be diagonal 



A skilful Hrrowin<. 5 2 across the field, which 



is just as it should be, whether we mark for corn, use the 

 check-row planter, or drill in seed. We will thus finish 

 at (a) (a). A stiff piece of sod cannot be harrowed 

 properly without going diagonally across the furrows, and 

 we have only to turn 

 half round at the 

 corners. The team need 

 hardly be stopped at all. 

 In a field of fifteen acres 

 possibly one-third more 

 can be done in a day 

 than by taking one-half 

 of the field, harrowing 

 it diagonally, and then 

 the other half. The 

 work is made easier for the horses also. They first travel 

 on ground that has been gone over once ; after a short 



Disc Cultivating Harrow. 



