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It will never cake afterward. It will be light and 

 porous. You may then with safety plant your vines, 

 and with moderate attention they will do well. 



pS'OTE. — We have lately visited a famous cranberry 

 producer, who is filling up a pond with loam, composed 

 of sand^ clay^ and a small proportion of marl. The 

 pond is about four feet deep. When this is filled up 

 and levelled, he will plant it in the spring, believing 

 that the soil will meet the wants of the vine.] 



