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raised, year after year, on the same ground. Thus one of 

 their best farmers had informed him, that he raised five sue- ' 

 cessive crops of wheat on the same ground with these results. 

 The first year he plowed deeply and raised a good crop. The- » 

 second year he broke his ground still deeper, and had an in- ^ 

 creased crop. The third and fourth years he plowed deeper"! 

 and deeper, using four horses the last of these years. The ^ 

 results were increased crops. But the fifth year he plowed 

 the same depth as on the fourth year, and his crop was a 7 

 diminished one — thus showing that without turning up new'^ 

 soil by deeper plowing, the crops would diminish. 



The amount sown was about l^ bushels to the acre, which- 

 was usuaUy sown broad-cast and harrowed in by from three « 

 to four harro wings. 



[Mr. Bollman. Some farmers down my way are satisfied > 

 that but one harrowing is necessary, for they say, that the se-i 

 cond harrowing uncovers the wheat that the first harrowing- 

 buried.] 



To this remark there was a general laugh ; when Mr. Nel- 

 son continued. In Allen county, he said, the farmers had') 

 tried nearly all the kinds of wheat mentioned by Mr. Murray. 

 They had a new kind called the white Mediterranean. By s 

 sowing early and having early kinds, the rust is usually ^^ 

 avoided, but as to the yield, all things being equal, there was 

 not much difference between them. A farmer who put in 90 

 acres, divided them into three fields of thirty acres each. 

 One he sowed with Red-chaff, another with the White Med- 

 iterranean, but he had forgotton the kind sown in the third 

 field. The yield was about alike, averaging 40 bushels to the 

 acre. This, however, was an unusual yield, and the season was ■' 

 one of the most favorable. He attributed the success of the ^ 

 farmers of Allen to deep plowing and thorough harrowing, 

 which was continued until the ground was thoroughly pul- i 

 verized. He -had no doubt about the drill being the best ' 

 instrument to put in wheat. There is much^ too, in the kinds 



