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flush splendidly, but directly the stables were 
removed left off yielding and only gave a very 
poor return, There is very little doubt that 
the better a garden is cultivated the better it will 
yield, but on steep hills it is best to get a steady 
medium quantity of leaf than it is, to hoe and 
get a rush of leaf for a year or two and after- 
wards scarcely any return at all and so ne should do 
nothing but sickle the steep portions of the 
garden, after the rains have begun. In draining 
your flats cut cross drains as well as long ones 
- about 3 feet deep and where embankments and 
raised drains are made kill off all crabs that are 
to be seen as they bore through the walls and 
sometimes flood the flats. If it is only water 
from Jhorasor Springs you want to drain, embank- 
ed drains are much the best, as deep drains will 
drain the little moisture, there is in the soil in 
April off, and every drop is then wanted, so do not 
cut unnecessasary drains. If you have to hoe 
round your plants and cannot handweed, only hoe 
very lightly and be very careful of the laterals, 
if the weeds are just scraped off that is all that is 
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