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get a wheelbarrow and bring one of those barrels that stand 

 in the barn." 



Accordingly the superphosphate was brought and thinly 

 scattered in the furrow or drill. When about halfway up 

 the first row I stopped. A new idea had come to me. 



" Are you sure, Robert, that you have placed these rows 

 in the right direction ? Ought they to run north and south 

 parallel to the road, or east and west at right angles with 

 it?" 



" I can't see that it makes any difference. The sun shines 

 down between the rows, and they do not shade each other, if 

 'they are placed north and south. However, I suppose they 

 will grow as well one way as another." 



" That is not what I was thinking of. Suppose now your 

 beanery was all up and in bearing order, and you wanted to 

 gather a few bushels for market ; will it not be very awk- 

 ward to have to walk with a heavy basket half-way down 

 one end of the plantation, then turn at right-angles, and 

 go up between the rows -in order to get to the centre of the 

 field? You certainly cannot go stepping over the rows. 

 That would be still more awkward. Now, it seems to me, if 

 the rows were placed the other way, you could go to any 

 spot you wished by the most direct route." 



"Harriet you are a well, you are everything that's 

 nice. Come, Jack, stop there. We will carry out her idea 



