38G State 13oai;i> of AoiiicuLTUKE, &c. 



ment of tlio laud and the production of still increasing 

 crops. 



The English farmer, to be successful, must have pleutj 

 of manure, and for this purpose he pui'chases bone dust, guano 

 and superphosphates, raises large quantities of root crops, 

 sends to the United States and gets linseed oil cake and cot- 

 ton seed meal, which should be used here, and feeds to 

 prize mutton sheep and to the best beef-producing breeds 

 of cattle for the purpose of increasing his stock of manure, 

 rich in plant food, for future use. 



While accomplishing this, his lauds are continually 

 growing richer, the crops increasing in abundance, the 

 yearly rental and expenses of running the farm are provided 

 for, and still there is a sm'plus left for the farmer in his 

 declining years. 



All this could not have been accomplished without capi- 

 tal and a judicious use of the same. With our system of 

 farming, as generally pursued, utter failure would have been 

 the result. 



I find in a description of the little island of Jersey, not 

 as large as two of our towns, and from which the somewhat 

 celebrated breed of cows bearing the name arc imported, 

 that it is densely inhabited, containing a population equal 

 to two persons to every acre of land. The farms have 

 been divided and sub-divided until they contain only from 

 two to sixty acres each, there being six or eight of tlio 

 latter dimensions, and such is considered their value for 

 agricultural purposes that they are rented at from twenty- 

 five and one-half dollars to forty-five dollars per acre. This 

 is something remarkable, and tends to show what can bo 



