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not to be frequently on the same ground ; it thrives 

 best on that which is newly trenched; it requires a 

 large space, say a fourth of the vegetable department. 

 Wherefore let your crops be so arranged that the 

 pea may be only once in four years on the same 

 ground; and as often as you accomplish the trenching 

 of any interior plot, lay a little lime on the surface 

 and sow peas. They will not suffer by their worst 

 enemy, the snail ; they will present a strong stalk, 

 with dark leaves and a load of delicious food. 



By this attention to the system of cropping a 

 great deal of manure may be saved, to the benefit of 

 the purse and glebe, without causing any deficiency 

 in any of the vegetable productions. The ground at 

 the same time will be kept in better condition than 

 it would be by an annual dunging ; and the manure 

 itself communicates far more benefit when applied at 

 longer intervals, as when more frequently afforded it 

 loses something of its effect by every repetition. By 

 this method too you make sure of a rotation of crops, 

 having no difficulty in remembering what portion of 

 your garden has been last manured, and consequently 

 of knowing what ought and what ought not to be 

 sown or planted. The whole ground should be dug 

 with a deep rough furrow and the dung well covered 

 in before the winter. 



For giving more energy to the soil, and avoiding 

 an unnecessary expenditure of manure, if you have 

 more garden ground than is requisite for the supply 

 of vegetables, it is of excellent use to lay some part 

 down in grass, to remain a few years. Sow red and 

 white clover, about twice as thick as is usual in the 

 fields, with the ordinary proportion of perennial rye- 



