PEEPARING THE OEOUND. 



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torn of the furrow, with a lifting sub-soil plough. 

 The ground should be ploughed in ridges ten or 

 twelve feet wide, with deep, open furrows. This 

 treatment will leave the soil in the best condition to 

 be acted upon by the frost. In the kitchen-garden 

 the deepening will have to be done with the spade 

 and digging-fork. 



In the Spring, the ground is harrowed down, a 

 heavy dressing of well-rotted manure spread broad- 

 cast, and ploughed under. The more manure ap- 

 plied, the better wiU be the crop the first year.- 



MAPES' LIFTING SUB-SOIL PLOUGH. 



A crop of Potatoes planted on this soil the first 

 season, will be found one of the best. The cultiva- 

 tor and hand-hoes should be kept active during the 

 early stages of growth, so as to subdue the surface- 

 soil. 



In the Fall, when the Potatoes have been dug, 

 another application of manure, forty or fifty loads 



