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Q. How can it be ascertained that t}ie ploughing 

 has been carefully done ? 



A. The ploughing has been carefully done !<> when 

 the ridges of earth cut by the plough are straight^ 

 of equal thickness and width ; 2o when they are 

 all regularly overturned so as to lap evenly over one 

 another; 3° when the beds are all of an equal width ; 

 40 when the furrows which divide them are narrow 

 and straight 



Q. What inconveniences arise from the fact that a 

 ridge when ploughed does not lap evenly on another ? 



A. If a ridge when ploughed does not lap evenly 

 on another, sinkings and holes are produced wherein 

 water accumulates, which causes the plants to perish 

 by their roots being drowned or by the effects of 

 frost ; the seeds moreover not being buried to the 

 same depth do not shoot and ripen at the same time. 



Q. What width can be best given to the beds ? 



A. The best width for beds is generally from 12 

 to 18 feet in strong soils and greater in light soils ; 

 this varies however according to circunstances. 



Q. What is the best direction to be given to the 

 beds, in strong soils ? 



A. The best direction to be given to the beds in 

 strong soils is that which best facilitates their drain- 

 age: that is the direction which follows the slope of 

 the field. 



