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of soil is transferred from the rectangle CF to the rectangle AD, 

 and finally the top spit of the rectangle EH is used to fill up the 

 rectangle AD. This series of operations is then repeated in the 

 rectangles CF and EH, and so on in successive rectangles until 

 JK is reached, when there will be two rectangles at that end, 

 one deficient of soil to the extent of one spade's depth and the 



FIG. 48. Arrangement of ground for full trenching. 



other deficient to the extent of two spades' depth. These will 

 be filled with the soil first removed from the other end. 



Although boys will not, as a rule, carry out this operation 

 of full trenching when the garden is being formed, they should, 

 if possible, see it done, and should make a sketch and write a 

 description of it. Later, when the garden is well established, 

 every boy should, once in his course, take part in the operation. 

 The preliminary trenching having been completed, we now have 

 to consider fencing and path-making. This work is not beyond 



