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value — being "multiplied by 50,000 gives 5,500 lbs. of turnip 

 per acre of real money value, and by estimating the price of 

 corn at 11.75 per 100 lbs., or If cents per lb., we have 5,500 

 lbs. at If cents=$96 25, to which we add the value of the 

 tops, estimated by growers generally from $3 to $5, and we 

 have in round numbers, 1100 as the value of the turnip crop 

 per acre ; and by the same reasoning we have the value of the 

 corn, whole weight 4,480 lbs., 28 per cent being of no value, 

 leaving 72 per cent, of valuable material, and this multiplied 

 by the number of lbs. per acre, 4,480,=3,225 at If =$56.43 ; now 

 we suppose that an acre of land that will produce 80 bushels 

 of corn will yield at least 2 tons of stover, which if well cared 

 for is worth (this year) 140, which added, gives the gross 

 amount 196.43, showing a slight difference in favor of the 

 turnip. 



If we assume 25 tons of turnips per acre, it is just to say 

 that 30 bushels of wheat can be grown on the same or similar 

 soil of equal tilth, at 60 lbs. per bushel=l,800. Five bushels 

 of wheat usually will yield one bbl. flour, hence an acre at that 

 rate would give 6 bbls. flour, at $10.50=163, to which we 

 add the value of the middlings, 600 lbs. at 1| cts.=$9 ; also 

 the value of the straw, 1 ton, $20, making in the aggregate, 

 $92, being about as much less in value than the other crops 

 as the cost of cultivation. 



It is plain that rye for soiling may be and is a profitable crop, 

 as it can be grown and used at a season when we have nothing 

 else. A piece of greensward that is run out for grass, ploughed 

 in August and manured with some fertilizer, as leached ashes 

 or superphosphate, giving the young roots a strong foothold to 

 withstand the freezings and thawings of winter, and an early 

 start the following spring, if the season is favorable the crop is 

 ready to cut by 20th of May or 1st of June, and the field may 

 be cleared of this crop in June and another crop be sown or 

 planted for soiling ; when the second crop is removed, first of 

 September, with another dressing of manure or some fertilizer, 

 the land may again be in good tilth for another crop : thus two 

 crops may be taken for soiling, provided we replenish liberally 

 with manures or fertilizers. The rye crop we consider a profit- 

 able one where the soil is suitable, as the straw readily sells 

 at nearly the price of good hay. 



