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Good Substitutes for Bog Earth. 



to three-fourths of the above one-fourth of 

 rotten neat's, cow's, or swine's dung, re- 

 served for the purpose; at first intermixing 

 the same well together, that it may readily 

 be well incorporated by future and frequent 

 turnings over, until it is required in Sep- 

 tetaber or October, when it will be fit for 

 use : this we consider the best soil in which 

 the Raspberry can possibly be planted. 



But as proper bog earth is not to be met 

 with in every situation, it remains to direct 

 to such substitutes as are best adapted to 

 the present design ; next to which, brown 

 or black, but rotten-tree soil, which is inva- 

 riably soft, as that obtained from the bodies 

 or trunks of decayed ash, elm, oak, apple ; 

 pear, or willow, will be found to answer 

 every good purpose, on sifting out the more 

 large and coarse pieces of undecayed wood. 

 This may be readily performed by exposing 

 the whole to the sun and air a day or two, 

 turning it over to become dry. 



