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The ground should be trenched one good spade deep at 

 least, or rather it should be double dug. Observe in digging 

 to take but thin spits, and be careful to break all clods, that 

 the roots may have full liberty to run down long and straight, 

 for if the earth be not well divided nor separated, the roots are 

 apt to grow both short and forked. 



The seeds may either be sown broad-cast all over the sur- 

 face, or the ground may be previously divided into beds four 

 or five feet wide ; in either method, however, sow the seeds 

 thinly with an even hand, and rake them in ; but previously to 

 raking, observe that, if the ground be quite light and dry, the 

 seed may first be trodden in evenly, in doing which, take care 

 to tread it lightly and regularly, pretty closely together, then let 

 the seed be raked in moderately. By this method, the seed 

 will be buried equally in every part, and the plants will also 

 come up regularly. 



In sowing these seeds, however, it will be proper to ob- 

 serve, that when the ground has a disposition to be wet, or is 

 apt to bind, it will be proper, in that case, to divide it into beds 

 four or five feet wide, with narrow alleys about a spade wide, 

 then sow the seed. The ground, however, must not be trodden, 

 but take your station in the alleys, and rake the seed in regu- 

 larly, taking particular care not to di'aw the earth in heaps. 



In sowing carrots, as well as most other crops, the drill 

 system is to be preferred, as presenting a much neater appear- 

 ance, and affording an opportunity of stirring the surface of 

 the ground between the rows to a greater depth than can be 

 done if sown broad-cast. The advantage of deep hoeing all 

 crops cannot be too forcibly impressed on the mind of the 

 cultivator, as it has the effects of resisting the droughts of 

 summer, as well as greatly encouraging the growth of the 

 plants. 



SOWING RADISHES. 



Sow more radish-seed, to raise a supply of radishes to suc- 

 ceed those sown in February. 



There should be some seed, both of the salmon and short- 

 top, sown at three several times this month ; that io, about the 

 beginning, middle, and latter end ; by which means there will 



