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iearn every child how to read it, 'cause it's no use to try to larn the 

 old ones, they are so sot in their ways !' And if our Wisconsin farmers 

 continue in this ' constant cropping' system, and continue to burn their 

 piles of straw, and to move their barns, in order to get away from the 

 piles of manure constantly accumulating about them, we certainly shall 

 do our share, and that soon, towards becoming ' a nation of paupers.' 



" I will now proceed to answer your questions. Our farm contains 

 830 acres, of which 600 acres are under cultivation. The cultivated 

 portion is mostly burr-oak openings. The soil is a sandy loam, based 

 on a clayey subsoil. We have about 500 acres stocked down, of which 

 about sixty-five acres are of clover, the remainder being timothy. We 

 mowed about ninety acres for hay during the season just past. The 

 average yield of the timothy Avas one ton per acre ; the season being 

 very dry, the crop was lighter than usual — one and one-half tons per 

 acre being near the usual crop on the natural soil. Lands that are well 

 manured will average two tons per acre. Our clover crop the past 

 season, where we mowed forty acres, gave an average of one and one- 

 half tons of hay per acre. The second crop would have made a ton of 

 hay per acre, but we preferred to save it for seed. Our experience in 

 raising timothy seed is limited, as we have given our attention mostly to 

 clover, thinking that it pays much the best. 



" You inquire what is the usual profit realized from an acre of clover? 

 In answer I will give you our experience for the last year, and then you 

 •can judge for yourself. The receipts were : 



First crop, 60 tons hay, $5 per ton 



Second crop, 123 bushels first quality seed, at $7 



Second crop, 6 bushels second quality seed, at S3 



Total 



** The expense of raising the same was : 

 Cost of hay crop, including board , . . . 



5 bbls. plaster, at $1,50 . . . . . 

 Freight and sowing same 



Showing a nett profit on forty acres of 



