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where made by the frosts, and which the subsequent rains and 

 winds fill up and cover sufficiently to secure a certain growth. 



Plowing Sandy or Dry Soils. — These require flat plowing, 

 which may be done when they are either quite wet or dry, but 

 never till wanted for use. To insure flat plowing on an old sward, 

 the depth of the furrow should be about one-half its width, and the 

 land or ridges as wide as can conveniently be made, so as to pre- 

 serve as much uniformity of surface over the whole field as possible. 



Depth of Plowing. — For general tillage crops, the depth of soil 

 may be gradually augmented to about twelve inches, with decided 

 advantage. Such as are appropriated to gardens and horticultural 

 purposes, may be deepened to fifteen and even eighteen inches, to 

 the manifest profit of their occupants. 



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