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whether the plow shall run deep or shallow, we say, as a general rule, 

 let the plow run deep, or else follow it with the subsoil. We believe 

 that, in this conclusion, we are sustained by reason and experience. 

 A given quantity of soil may not occupy a larger space, after having 

 been thoroughly stirred, than it did in its natural state; still, its new 

 condition is more favorable to the growth of the plant, whose roots 

 are to penetrate and draw their sustenance from it. 



To any one who has observed the great depth to which the delicate 

 fibres penetrate, it is perfectly obvious, that every obstacle should be 

 removed, which might hinder their progress. Still farther, other 

 things being equal, we suppose it to be a point which experience has 

 fairly settled, that the ability of a plant to sustain itself during a 

 drought, will correspond Avith the depth to which the soil has been 

 stirred, and it would seem strange, if in a section so liable to suffer 

 in this way as our own, any farmer should fail to avail himself of 

 deep plowing. 



REPOET ON MANURES. 



BY SAMUEL POAVEES. 



Every farmer has on his own farm, taluable materials for com- 

 post manure. The modes of manufacture and of application are well 

 known. Let the good farmers of old Hampshire awake to the im- 

 portance of making compost by hundreds of loads, and spreading 

 it hroadcast on the lands to which it is best adapted. You will 

 double your crops and enhance the value of your lands in like projjo- 

 rtion. Mr. Rankin's method is worthy of imitation. 



We recommend the turning in of green crops, as a fertilizer of the 

 soil. Mr. Kelita Hubbard, of North Sunderland, has been success- 

 ful, as appears by his statement of the benefits derived from actual 

 trial, the past two years. As he has abundance of muck in his pos- 

 session, we hope he will dig it out and apply it to his land, to which 

 it is well adapted, spreading it without measure, and be rewarded ac- 

 cordingly. 



The valuable experiments of Mr. Albert Montague, of Sunderland, 



