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to be winter-killed, if it first springs in the autumn ; 

 and, if we sow in winter, it is buried deep enough 

 before the first of May. In this way, with a little 

 care, we avoid injuring the trees, we render the land 

 light — it will keep light three or four years — we get 

 as much grass for the scythe as we ought to get from 

 an orchard, or as we can cleverly dry on the ground, 

 and we perform the whole at little expense. If we 

 have no manure to spare, we plough ; and the repeated 

 ploughing in of green crops always enriches a soil from 

 which we take no grain. 



When our orchards are in rough, rocky land, we 

 cannot use this process to so good advantage ; and the 

 next best thing for a bearing orchard is a drove of hogs. 

 In one month, they will wholly change the complexion 

 of your trees. A deep-green leaf will be substituted 

 for a pale or yellow one ; and the whole orchard, like 

 a tidy family, will show by its dress that it' has been 

 visited by good company. This mixed company must 

 be watched a little, to see that it do not run riot, as the 

 company once did at Gen. Jackson's levee. He dis- 

 continued the levees without ceremony ; but you may 

 continue your visitors in place by fixing, as Black 

 Hawk did, a jewel in the nose, that serves to civilize 

 the race faster than new rum ever did any of the Indian 

 tribes. 



Some of our breeds of grunters never meddle with 

 the bark of the apple-tree ; but it is well to have an 

 eye on our most clever servants, and, by giving them 

 a pretty good living, remove as far as possible all temp- 

 tation to trespass on our trees or on our treasure. These 

 animals should be removed from the orchard by the 

 first of September, or before, into their parlor and 

 dining-room, where they should not be allowed to see 

 so much company as to keep them up late o' nights, 

 and cut short their sleep. 



