dews wh; h f'ei . ami vnieh tea eu o preserve 
» little moisture. The weather during the pre¬ 
ceding year was also rather dry in that district, 
and as such was rather favorable to so wet and 
cold a climate, the crops of 1840 were there¬ 
fore rather large, doubling nearly those oi‘ 
several years’ preceding. The property Which 
1 managed made its Bd tiefees. my neighbour 
of the adjoining property made the °ame crop, 
and indeed tiie whole district made returns 
proportionate to the capabilities of the several 
properties. As the weather had been so ex¬ 
ceedingly dry,' and the fields appeared much 
distressed, after the crop had been taken oft, 
(and which by the way lasted till the 1st of 
August) my first attention was directed to (he 
cleaning of the fields, which are generally ran¬ 
ker wirh weeds at that season titan at any period 
of (he year. This (ask i commenced in June, 
when the heavy picking had ’ceased, and f.bf 
labor could be thus spared, and was completed 
early in August. We were favored with a few 
soaking showers about the early part of Angus 
a7id the trees began to revive. So scon as 1 
observed this change I sent in (he proners to 
commence operations, and succeeded in putting 
the entire fields in good order by the 1st of 
October. In the month of September we ob¬ 
tained good blossom, and partial ones in Octo¬ 
ber, which resulted in a crop of 5ft tierces in 
1841'. My neighbour, who was one of the did 
school, and with whose experience 1 darnd not 
put myself in competition, pursued an opposite 
system t management before w drop of rain 
had fall n nr ,i fi^de ot gra^f- was tak? u out 
of iii c p» Idc . hi* had • nundeft.’if (fit in* ;oi. pert 
