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Q. Why should the furrows which divide the beds 

 be straight? 



A. Firstly, because beds having straight furrows 

 look better, and secondly because they are more 

 easily drained. 



Q. Has a good ploughing a very great influence 

 on the yielding of a peace of land ? 



A. Yes ; without good ploughing a good harvest 



or good meadows can hardly be expected. 



Q. Point out the faults which are noticeable in 

 the manner of ploughing in this country. 



A. The principal are the following : 1^ the ridges 

 are not properly overturned, so that, very often, 

 instead of lapping regularly on one another, 

 they lie flat ; 2° the centre of the bed instead 

 of being somewhat higher than the sides is often 

 lower, which allows the water to stagnate and 

 causes the plants to die ; 3® at other times the 

 centre of the bed is much too high, so that if the 

 bed is too narrow, it has the shape of a loaf of 

 sugar ; 4° the beds are too narrow, which uselessly 

 increases the number of furrows and causes a waste 

 of land; 5° the beds are far from having all the 

 same width : thus, on the same field, beds three feet 

 |Wide are seen alongside of beds from twelve to 

 fifteen feet wide ; 6° the furrows are generally zig- 

 zagged, causing the water to flow imperfectly, and 

 giving the field a bad appearance. 



