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crop was worth 130, and I had the ground as well seeded as any one could 

 ask for. 



In the spring of 1883 I sowed on this plat three hundred pounds of land 

 plaster, this being the first and only fertilizer used on the land. The growth 

 of that piece of grass during the summer was the comment of all who saw 

 it. I harvested four tons of hay worth $60. 



In June, 1884, the frost injured the clover, killing it entirely in spots, 

 but the timothy filled the vacancies and my crop averaged oneand a half tons 

 per acre, and having less clover in it and hay being higher, was worth $60. 



In 1885 the clover was nearly all gone, nevertheless I mowed it, getting 

 one and a half tons from the two acres. This was worth $24. 



In the spring of 1886 I plowed the old sod under and planted potatoes. 

 As the early part of the season was very dry the sod did not rot readily and 

 my crop was only one hundred bushels, worth $50. 



This made the eighth crop from this piece with no other manure than the 

 one dressing of land plaster before mentioned, the total value of the eight 

 crops being $427.75, an average of $26.73 per acre per year. The average 

 yield of hay for three years was 2,833 pounds per acre, worth on the average 

 $24. 



[These results may perhaps be more readily seen from the following table.— Editok.] 



1879. 2^ acres potatoes, 5 bushels @ 75 cents $3 75 



1880. " " " (175 bushels) and garden truck 100 00 



1881. 2 " corn, fodder and 100 bushels @ $1.00 100 00 



1882. " " wheat, straw and 20 bushels @ $1.50 30 00 



1883. " " clover and Timothy, 4 tons @ $1500 -.. 60 00 



1884. " " Timothy and clover, 3 tons® $20.00.. 60 00 



1885. " " " 1^ tons @ $16.00 .- 24 00 



1886. " " potatoes, 100 bushels @ 50 cents 50 00 



Total eight years. $427 75 



I have never had any success with June clover as a forage crop; have tried 

 it two years in succession, using a bushel of seed each year and have not suc- 

 ceeded in getting together a ton of June clover hay. 



I have tried seeding with most everything except rye. Two years I tried 

 with winter wheat. The clover came up well in the spring but was nearly all 

 gone at harvest time. A. new breaking does not catch clover well. The third 

 plowing is soon enough to try seeding. 



The best way to seed down our land is to prepare it well and sow the seed 

 alone ; or, if you must raise some other crop the summer that you seed, tiy 

 spring wheat or a half pound of turnip seed per acre. 



The 17th of last June I sowed two and one-quarter acres to Mammoth 

 clover and Timothy and mixed in one pound of Yellow Globe turnip seed, and 

 now have as nice a piece of young clover as any one need ask for, and in the 

 fall I pulled from it two hundred and fifty bushels of turnips. 



I do not think much of millet as a forage crop. It will not choke out the 

 growth of ferns, etc. I have tried two crops of it, getting about half a ton io 

 the acre of millet and about one ton per acre of huckleberry and sweet fern 

 roots. 



Corn would pay well enough as a forage crop if we could only devise some 

 plan to cure it. I never yet have been able to get it dry enough to keep when 



