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sown to oats ; but, owing to the dry weather, produced only 

 a light crop. In August the land was ploughed and subsoiled 

 about a foot deep, and sown the fourth of September with one- 

 half bushel of seed to the acre, and harrowed in. A part of the 

 crop was mown the first week in August ; the remainder stood 

 a fortnight longer, and was then cradled and reaped. It was 

 estimated that the part mown wasted nearly one-half the seed 

 before it was threshed, it being dried thoroughly for hay. 



The account with the crop stands as follows : — 



Dr. 

 Grass seed, . . » . 



Ploughing, ..... 

 Sowing and harrowing, 

 Interest on the land at $40 per acre, 



X. UfXCS* • • • • • 



Cutting and threshing, 



Three bushels, thirty-one quarts, at $3.50 per 

 bushel, ....... 



One ton and a half of hay, at $8 per ton, 



$25 75 



25 89 



Net, $0 14 



The above statement I believe to be true and correct. 



Hadlet. 



ROOT CROPS. 



An appropriate introduction to this section, is to be found in 

 the Transactions of the Norfolk Society, of which the Commit- 

 tee on Essays (Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, chairman,) speak as 

 follows : — 



" The committee have examined this paper with much 

 pleasure. It is a sensible, well-written production — practical 



