GARDEN TRENCHING MANURE. 147 



As to the mode of trenching for the garden, it is 

 perhaps advisable to put all the earth through a 

 search or riddle, of which the wires are one inch 

 apart. This may appear too expensive, and may 

 not be necessary for those portions which are de- 

 signed for vegetables of the stronger and coarser 

 kinds; but such method will ultimately prove the 

 cheapest in regard to all those places which are 

 used for flowers and small seeds. Stones must be 

 got rid of; and if they remain to be gathered one 

 by one with the hand as often as the ground is dug, 

 it is manifest that instead of disposing of a hundred 

 at once, as in using the search, the loss of time by 

 individual liftings will be nearly as a hundred to one. 



The next thing /to be considered for the success 

 of vegetable produce is the preparation of manures. 

 The dunghill should be kept in two distinct por- [ 

 tions, the one turned over so as to undergo the pro- 

 cess of fermentation and decomposition whilst the 

 other is in the process of being collected. It is 

 wretched management to have the dung so little de- 

 cayed when laid on the ground as to contain the live 

 seeds of hay and oats, as if nature did not give you 

 enough of weeds without those of your own sowing. 

 To avoid the sluggardly sight of ryegrass springing 

 thicker than a bed of cresses, as well as to give the 

 designed crops the full benefit of their manure, it 

 is necessary to have that portion of the dunghill 

 which is to be applied previous to the winter dig- 

 ging, made up into a fermenting heap six months 

 before. As soon as this portion has been carried 



