The more rolling lands, hill-sides and
hollows should be left in timbers and
where they have been already cleared
they should be allowed to grow up
again. The gullies on such places
should be filled with brush to catch all
that the rains may wash thai way. The
galled spots should have a little brush
or something to shade with, thrown
over them, and so encourage a quicker
growth on all surfaces, not under cul
tivation. Farmers are in the habit of
squaring their fields for the looks of
the things, and in doing so they cut
across the hollows and the wet-weather
ivater-ways, and the soil of these steep
places is washed away before even the
cost of clearing is repaid from the
crops raised on them. An ugly spot
is left in the field, and a naked hard
surface exposed to the sun, and so
much hot air is made to drive away a
friendly cloud. The briars and brushes
should grow on all such places, and
the plow be kept on the level spots re
gardless of the shape ot the fields.
Shade invites moisture, and a moist
earth surface tends to preserve a tem
perate atmosphere, which brings a
more even distribution of rain, and
probably diminishes the violence of
storms.
Where We Excel.
LNew York Ledger.
