dcUiTiell !k don|j)lete ^eed G^uide. 
to CO L [ ,pn fnfn- 1 “* *'® ^ “P ‘o "’here ho wantea 
a No 2 ■ ®'"® ’ ,'® *“ “®''® ''® soil he first took out 
hkfnni ’ ‘i ^ ^ ^‘‘a”'," " ®®‘ ®’ “ '® "O’’'^ ’S finished off in u workman- 
WicddecrrL'rfn^^^^^^ ^ ^eep a fair sized trench, so that all weeds can be put down and 
nuricd deopl), and for all special purposes have it e.xtra deeply dug bv going all along the trench 
M ir i r £! 
do^efr/r it ;n?,:r,;^t s levei'i^^d^nuturiiL!"^ °"® ^ 
buHvd"3/'fn/‘'‘’i"'f ®°1 “a “? position, all grass rubbish and manure must be thoroughlv 
sCidbe 1 *“ P*'““=- "Well, that is done fs it 
iten that" T dn ml i ^ ^ ‘ ®'‘0"’‘’ '>0 glad for any one to tell me one 
wUho U nrLndii^^ he is a?al’®Vr^ ® ¥‘"® Propo-'y i” a«<l if be really knows 
11 unout pretending, he is a i aluable man, and one to make and grow plenty to eat 
difficffn*ever7idna^^ encourage this art, and there ought to be a prize offered for the champion 
!'' 00 ohing of soil, which is somewhat similar to digging, but differinc in these 
reri lniPcirwhL^ off lL weeds, ai.d JZ he S 
• A °'iV . trench, and take out the bottom one foot deep and wide to make an 
alonrfhe°18"1Pdi‘ti^^ up this bottom another foot or so deep, and continue this 
n,?tL'iA,tf tiendi. 1 lace the top of next surface trench 12 inches deep, and breaking 
bdtom trench^“ne.dnf *“ “'® "®''‘ ‘'>® “il which the firsf 
bottom until orkmg back in the contrary direction, and so continue breaking up the 
and ^kL , t ‘ ^ objects are to break up the hard bottom'soil, 
un at least IS n ®o‘l on the top Every bit of cultivated soil in England ought to bo broken 
undm- the nloucb' w "orked iii this way, crops would be far over half as much more as now, 
Ciiure 1 0^ '''8g">S. Vegetables would be far stronger and sweeter than with so much 
r! f t ^ I 0 P>o‘ 0 n no man able to do this should want employment during the winter 
sucrworkuml/nIi?“ '‘o«’"P>oycd), and every gentleman who has land^and capital^shoiild offer 
woul^be gabled an. Ha T T ’'"“m ? on eveVv Gs. so laid out 
Foi heavy B om- or r a J f ?• f'Y ®® '' "°P®’ ■'■osetables and fruit in partieular. 
All who^iavn a) Ti®t ® Ii-entish hop fork with three ]irongs is the best and strongest. 
4en iv^dl duc t mP i w'i 1 ' cultivation of plants after it has 
trend ed ld^^^^^ it formerly a ploughed field, and treble if properly 
this oughUo set the uLmllPmrto worE''®'''*^ ^or nothing. Surely 
it iP vciT uec^^^^^ forms such an important part in supplying us with vegetables, that 
uectssaij that the following should be clearly seen end understood, so as to prevent so many 
Cauliflowers becoming what is known as blind and usdess :— * • 
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