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side of a native laborer Some care and coupi- 
■ deration are however, due to this portion ofnia 
nagement by the individual who directs its per¬ 
formance. Established fields in 4ry climates, 
do not need more than two weediogs a year— 
before and after crop: but in a wet climate, 
three or four are requisite. In my opinion, the 
system of scraping away at fields so repeatedly 
—-particularly on hill side lands, has tended 
much to impoverish them, and wash away the 
tipper soil; and the exposure of the latter to the 
vertical rays of the sun, immediately after a 
cleaning, is apt to render the land stiff, and 
more or less, a portion of its nutritive powers, 
is thus withdrawn. The weeds, which are taken 
out by the hoe. form an excellent manure—- 
they should therefore be heaped up beside the 
tree, to admit of decomposition, and at the next 
cleaning, the mould thus obtained, carefully ap¬ 
plied to the roots of the tree. I knew a pro¬ 
perty, where it had been customary for years 
to heap up the weeds in the centre of the 
roads, till a regular mound was established, and 
the trees appeared as if planted in trenches. An 
observing planter, who subsequently succeeded 
to the management of the property, enquired the 
.cause of this strange appearance on the surface 
of the land, and on being informed of the cir¬ 
cumstances attending it, directed the mould to 
be dug down, and the roots of the trees well 
moulded up with the loose earth. This was ac¬ 
cordingly done, and a most wonderful result was 
the consequence. The field soon presented a 
blooming aspect, in the richness of a luxuriant 
foliage, and as nature was so far assisted in her 
workings, so was she bountiful in her gifts—the 
