110 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Capt. Bacon lias a large extent of arbor vita? hedge reared 

 from plants, brought, we believe, directly from the forest six 

 years ago. It borders on an avenue, from which it is separat- 

 ed by a bank wall, which secures it against depredation or 

 injury ; and on approaching the residence of the proprietor, it 

 forms a very attractive object to the eye. Capt. Bacon has, in 

 all, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine feet of hedge. 



To the beauty of Mr. Shaw's hedge of arbor vita?, all who 

 have seen it will bear testimony. It was begun five years ago, 

 the plants being taken from a nursery ; and nothing could be 

 more successful. It stands on the edge of a beautiful lawn 

 which spreads before his house, and is graceful in its form, pre- 

 senting easy curves, on which the eye dwells with peculiar sat- 

 isfaction. Mr. Shaw's hedge, in a continuous line, consisting 

 of arbor vita? and buckthorn, is one thousand one hundred feet ; 

 besides which he has another piece of arbor vita? hedges of 

 some length. 



Eben Wight, Chairman. 



Dedham, November 1G, 1854. 



DEEP TILLAGE. 

 A Prize Essay, from the Transactions of the Essex Society. 



BY DR. E. O. K.KLLKY. 



Deep tillage is the sine qua non for immediate and permanent 

 success in horticulture, agriculture, and particularly arboricul- 

 ture. Under this head we include all deep working of the 

 earth, such as trenching, and trench-spading, draining, deep 

 ploughing, and subsoil ploughing; to be followed by deep tree 

 and seed planting. 



The principle we arc about to advocate in the preparation 

 of the soil is not entirely new. The fanner who is proverbial- 

 ly prejudiced against any innovation on his long-established 

 customs will bear in mind that our first progenitor was ex- 



