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finished by filling in with dry earth. The next year I planted one 

 hundred and sixty-seVfjn in the same way; one hundred and thirty- 

 one lived. The ruie is, to cut ofl'the branches to within six inches 

 '>f the bc>dy, to correspond with shortened roots, while the earth 

 aext Mie roots should be made into mortar, and the air kept out. I 

 iiAiiT pU roads should be lined with trees. 



SULKY AND OTHER PLOWS. 



Mr. J. Erving, Goodletsville, Tenn. — I should like to know of a 

 sulky-plow which will plow as deep as a common one-horse plow 

 in common OTOund. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — I will say that the sulky plow referred to is 

 not a breaking plow, though it is sometimes used in corn stubble 

 in the spring, when the ground is wet, either for corn, or oats, or 

 spring wheat; it is used mostly in cultivating corn, and of these 

 there are several kinds. On light, well prepared soil, Stafford's is 

 the best, the Hawkeye, Furst «fe Bradley's and others, are used on 

 lumpy ground. The gang plow is used for brealdng, but has not 

 come into general use; and neither kind could be used with much 

 advantage where there are stumps. The}'' are prairie implements. 

 The double shovel cultivator is very good, anywhere. A great 

 variety of plows, and different methods of plowing, prevail in the 

 North according to the soil, some of which would not answer at the 

 South. A heavy cast iron plow, with a point that is replaced when 

 worn out, and a coulter, is used for heavy clay and to turn sod. 

 There is no sod to speak of in the South, and such plows would be 

 useless. Some plows, such as the Michigan subsoil, require more 

 team than a Southern man could spare. In Illinois they make 

 cast steel plows, which go deep, and in the South, with a strong 

 double team, would do very good work. A good blacksmith 

 in some parts of the South will malve a one-horse steel plow, 

 which is superior to one-horse plows made at the North. Immense 

 numbers of one-horse plows are shipped from this city to the Gulf 

 States, the West India Islands, and South America, which arc 

 probably the meanest plows made anywhere. They are of cast- 

 iron, rough, and short geared, and only sell because no better can 

 be had. They belong to the slave labor system. That light 

 Southern soil wants a long, well shaped steel plow, to be kept 

 bright and sharp, and constructed so as to whirl and pulverize the 

 soil, not to invert it. Muck is a deposit of vegetable matter, gen- 

 erally of considerable depth; it can be found in Southern swamps 



