. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. able matter in theircomposition. It may also be grown on the more light descriptions of soil, of sufficientdepth, and in a proper state of fertility. 5951. The preparation of the soil may either consist in trench ploughings, lengthwiseand across, with pronged stirrings, so as to bring it to a fine tilth ; or, what will otten befound preferable, by o
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. able matter in theircomposition. It may also be grown on the more light descriptions of soil, of sufficientdepth, and in a proper state of fertility. 5951. The preparation of the soil may either consist in trench ploughings, lengthwiseand across, with pronged stirrings, so as to bring it to a fine tilth ; or, what will otten befound preferable, by one trenching two feet deep by manual labour. 5952. The sets or plants are best obtained from the runners, or surface-roots of the oldplants. These being taken up, are to be cut into lengths of from six to twelve inches,according to the scarcity or abundance of runners. Sets of one inch will grow it tlieyhave an eye or bud, and some fibres ; but their progress will be injuriously slow tor wantof maternal nourishment. Sets may also be procured by sowing the seeds in ime lightearth a vear before they are wanted, and then transplanting them ; or sets ot an inch maybe planted one year in a garden, and then removed to the field plantation. ii N 4. 920 Ilc \< TICK OF AGRICULTURE. III. 5953. The mason of planting i- commonly May or June, ami the manner is generally in rows nine or ten inches asunder, :unl five or six inches apart in the rows. Some plantpromiscuously in beds with intervals between, out of which earth is thrown in the lazy-bed manner of growing potatoes; hut this is unnecessary, as it is not the surface, but thedescending, roots which are used by the dyer. i. The operation of planting is generally performed by the dibber, but some ley-plant them by the aid of the plough. By this mode the ground is ploughed over with a-hallow furrow, ami in the course of the Operation the sets are deposited in each furrow,leaning on and pressed against the fin row-slice. This, however
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