742 MASS. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



However well the soil may be tilled with the old practice, it 

 can be much better done, and with certainty of a better in- 

 demnity for all reasonable outlays, by thorough draining and 

 disintegration of the soil, either by the plough or spade, and 

 the deeper the trenching, to the depth of five feet, and the 

 more thorough the draining, the more gratifying and compen- 

 sating will be the result to the tiller. 



