222 Vineyard Culture. 



plements, may perish more readily. Still, the operation 

 must not be delayed until the soil has become hardened 

 by the heat ; the work would then be more difficult and 

 expensive. 



These dressings are done by means of a small hoe, 

 with a light handle, and resembling, in its form, those 

 shown in Figures 82 and 83. 



The cost of this operation, per acre, is as follows, for 

 the different regions mentioned : 



In Champagne, the four following dressings are given : 



1st. In May or June, $2 oo 



2d. In July 2 go 



3d. In the middle of September 3 84 



4th. In winter o 96 



Total $9 60 



In Burgundy, only one dressing is given, costing two 

 dollars and eighty-eight cents per acre. 



In the moorlands of Bordelais, and on the hills on 

 the right side of the Garonne, above Bordeaux, it is 

 most usual to give one dressing, which costs two dollars 

 and sixty-four cents per acre. 



The advantages we have pointed 

 fg:g;BP.f J" " out above, as arising from the sub- 



stitution of the plow for manual 

 labor, are the same for those lighter 

 dressings as for deep plowing. 



In the region of the South, where 



only one of these dressings can be 



[Fig. 93.] given, use is made in some places, 



Triangular Plow- of a kind of plow, the share of 



Share. which is replaced by a triangu- 



