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a man in eight days, and filled with muck or 

 rich mould in four days more ; the cost with team, 

 eleven dollars. A hundred small holes may be 

 dug in four days ; cost, three dollars ; difference 

 against large holes, eight dollars. The trees plant- 

 ed in the large holes would probably yield with 

 good attention, a bushel a tree, in five years, mak- 

 ing 100 bushels ; the sixth year 120 bushels; the 

 seventh, 150; the eighth, 190; the ninth, 240; 

 the tenth 300; total 1000 bushels, worth, at 20 

 cents, $200. The other would not probably produce 

 100 bushels in less than ten years, which would be 

 worth $20. Difference in favor of large holes, 

 $180, to balance $S, against them. Although the 

 calculation cannot be precise, it is probably a tole- 

 rable approximation, and must appear moderate 

 when the increased size of the trees and superiori- 

 ty of the crop for many years afterwards is taken 

 into account. 



The objection that such work must be done at 

 a very busy season of the year, may be obviated 

 by digging the holes and filling them at some other 

 time. 



CULTIVATION. 



The importance of thorough cultivation, has 

 been already noticed, and cannot be too well under- 

 stood. If two specimens could be exhibited side 

 by side, the one showing the stunted, lingering, 



