THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



quantity I cannot quote, but I should think 

 about 200 pounds to an acre. 



A six-acre field across the brook was sandy 

 almost shaley in character, and just as in- 

 fertile; but the years of shallow plowing had 



(a) Stock. (6) Beam, (c) Handle, (d) Clevis, (e) Shackle. 

 (/) Share. ((/) Mould board, (h) Landslide, (k) Jointer or Skim- 

 mer. (J) Truck or Wheel, (p) Point or Nose, (s) Shin. 



been beneficial instead of detrimental, for they 

 had established what is technically called " plow 

 pan," and means a layer of firmly packed soil 

 immediately below the cultivated surface. 

 After a good deal of contemplation, adding 

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