drain, the next best thing will be to make surface ditches to let off surface
water, then haul on sand, swamp muck, and well-composted manures to the
depth of four inches. Repeat the process the second year; plow eight inches
deep. The land will be ready the second year for business. When we find too
much sand we should haul on other soils to make it of the proper consistency;
but the products of the compost heap take very kindly to all the varieties of
soils we haye to contend with, and a successful gardener will see that he is well
supplied with that indispensable article. There are many thousands of dollars
wasted every year by planting vegetable and flower seeds on soils that are
unfitted for the tiny little seeds, but there are many other causes of failure.
