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loosened for the penetration and nourisliment of the 

 roots, and allowing them to descend deeper, they are 

 not so liable to suffer from drought in summer; 

 strong soil is rendered callable of absorbing more 

 moisture, and yet remains drier at the surface by the 

 water passing down more raj^idly to tlie subsoil, and 

 it insures a more thorouo-h shiftins: of the soil." 



A method which we have sometimes adopted, and 

 which we think a saving of labor under some circum- 

 stances, is as follows : 



Fig. 1. 



Let fig. 1. represent the plot of ground to be 

 trenched. Divide it into two equal parts by the line 

 a h, and instead of wheeling the soil out of a r to the 

 rear of the plot, sim2:)ly throw that from a out in front. 



