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It -will never cake afterward. It will be light ajid 

 porous. You may tlien with safety plant your vines, 

 and inih. moderate attention they wiU do well. 



pToTE. — We have lately visited a famous cranberry 

 producer, who is filling up a pond with loam, composed 

 of sand, clay, and a small proportion of marl. The 

 pond is about four feet deep. When this is filled up 

 and levelled, he will plant it in the spring, believing 

 that the soil will meet the wants of the vine.] 



