General Instructions. 



You then take tliis remaining part of h, and turn it into 

 trench a. When that is done, you will have trench h clean 

 out, two feet deep ; but trench a will want its top spit. This 

 you then take from the top of trench c, and, throwing it 

 across Z>, place it so as to form the top of a, which is then 

 complete, having been moved to two feet deep, and still 

 having the good mould at the top. You then take the bottom 

 part of c and turn it into b ; and then you take the top of 

 w, and, throwing it across c, form with it the top or finish- 

 ing of h, which, like a, will then be complete, having, like 

 it, the good mould at top. Thus you go on throughout the 

 whole piece of ground. The only difference between the 

 labour of this method and that of the other method, is, 

 that you have all the top mould to toss to an average dis- 

 tance of three feet, instead of an average distance of one 

 foot; and, in point of expense, this can hardly make an ad- 

 dition of more than a tenth; for, when a man has earth 

 upon his spade, it is, unless he be too feeble to be a trencher, 

 of little consequence to him whether he toss it three feet or 

 one foot, 



22. When once young trees have got root, they w^ill send 

 their roots down into almost any thing that has been moved. 

 Besides, though the old top does, in this case, not go to the 

 bottom, that which is next to the old top goes to the bot- 

 tom ; and there is, moreover, such a mixture takes place as 

 produces a fermentation ; and this has great power in keep- 

 ing the ground moist in dry weather, and in making it 

 favourable for all sorts of plants. But it must be observed, 

 that when you use this mode of trenching, which is to keep 

 the top mould still at the top, the ground should be clean, 

 free from grass and perennial weeds ; for these, being so 

 near the top of the trenched ground, would not be killed 

 by the trenching, and would be exceedingly troublesome 



