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mont, as far north as we are, has 28 acres of tillage land and 

 quite a bit of good pasturage, though it does not last for a long 

 season, only through June and a part of July. On that 28 acres 

 he is raising the coarse fodder for something hke 25 cows and 

 enough young stock and horses to make 40 head in all. He 

 makes use of a three years rotation, — corn, clover and clover, 

 sowing his clover in the corn at the last cultivation. He has a 

 few acres which he leaves out of the rotation and on them he 

 raises peas and oats, Japanese millet, and one or two other short 

 season crops, which he can use to fill up the gaps. Another 

 farm of 70 acres of tilled land is producing the coarse feed for 

 80 head of cows. There is a little pasture, which really serves 

 only as an exercise lot. The first farmer I menticTned is carry- 

 ing on a dairy business ; the second farmer, in Connecticut, is 

 raising milk for city consumption. He is five or six miles from 

 one of the large towns. He is raising simply corn and clover. 

 He grows corn the first year, and he has to raise some the second 

 year because he hasn't land enough so that one-third will grow 

 what com he needs. Following the corn, he harrows the land 

 thoroughly and sows it to rye. In the spring he goes on with 

 a smoothing harrow, regardless of the rye, and harrows three 

 or four times thoroughly, then sows clover seed, 12 or 15 pounds 

 to the acre and harrows it in with a smoothing harrow. The 

 rye comes in just the same and he has all he can cut for hay and 

 enough to furnish him with seed the next year. After that, in 

 a good season, he will cut one or two crops of clover. The 

 second year he gets two or three crops of clover, and then it 

 goes back into corn again. With such object lessons we are 

 able to get a little insight into what can be done on rough New 

 England farms. 



