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Deep Ploug Ching We must not be accused of
an attemplo pan; hen ave say that careful, tho
rough and deep cultivation, is at the root Of all
good a riculture: however skilfully and phIoso-
phically we may carry on our saving and applf-
catouSof manures; however well we may select
our seed, aud choose our, seed time, without deep
tiilage we can by no means receive the maximum
result Drained land deeply stirred and thorough
ly pulverized, becomes kindsof regulator ofthe
weather for itself: II is not soon soaked in wet
and Il forms store house of moisture itiS dfy
weather. 1t is bad conductor of heat, and IS
there fore not easily over-heatcd but on the other
hand is not SO soon cooled, and so keeps up an
equal temperature by night and by day, in cloud
and in sunshine-in the highest degree favorable
to the healthy Development of plants s-a,5.. s.l:


Ga farms in The Lothians of Scotland, where
thirty thirty five bushels of Jurnips per imperi.
al acre, are looked upon as very ordinary crops
of that root, we found eight, nine and ten inches,
and even more, TO be the average depth ofthe win
ter furrow;-and these depths were accomplished
with perfect ease with one pair of compact mod,
erare sized horses 10 each plough. On one farm,
where The soil was Of the most tenacious clay, we
carefully noted the amount of work, aud found il
10 amount three-fourlhs of SCOTS acre, or very
nearly an imperial acre per day. at eight inches
Deep for each pain of horses On another farm,
of rather strong soil, we found the daily amount
of work for each pairof horses al ten inches deep,
TO be rather more than an imperial acre per day,
headlands included. The ridges in both cases
were about :wo hundred and fifty Yards in length


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