To Know Good Soil

-In describing the qualities of land it is always well to give the character of the treea growing upon the soil, or those which thrivo best, or whether hard or soft wood, whether birch, maple, hickory, or pine. In this way you arrive at faots. To say soils are loamy, clayey, or sandy, gives a vague idea as to their latent qualities. Our grandmothors, in setting up a leach-tub for soap, always selected hard-wood ashes to fill it, for cxperienco has taught that only from these could potash be obtainod. So, when a farmer sees hickory, maple, or oak, growing hore and there on his farm, then the fact is ostablished that his land contains potash sufficient for ordinary crops, and intelligent cultivation will soon bring it up to a high condition. Thero is no general specific treatment for soils. Instruotion or advice must be conducted on general principies, and the sviccessful application depends upon the intelligence of different parties.