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times of seeding, and it has been found that for that 

 locality (which would probably be true for a large 

 part of the East) this method of seeding in late 

 summer without nurse -crop is a very desirable 

 one, as the seedings may be made after other crops 

 are removed, as, for example, after potatoes, oats, 

 or even after the same grass mixture when the 

 land has been plowed immediately after the hay 

 has been removed, and cultivated frequently 

 before seeding. It is not necessary that the land 

 shall have been planted with wheat or rye, as is 

 the general custom; the seedings are more liable 

 to take when this old practice is not followed. 



The preparation of soil^ and seeding 



Frequent and thorough cultivation of land dur- 

 ing the entire preceding summer, accompanied by 

 heavy fertilization, is strongly recommended, al- 

 though this is not found to be feasible by all 

 growers; the principle is correct, however, and 

 whenever the areas are not too large and when 

 the farmer has abundant capital for the purchase 

 of fertilizers, it may be profitably followed. In 

 general, however, the conditions do not warrant 

 such an expensive mode of preparation and seed- 

 ing, and a system has been developed at the New 

 Jersey Station which is entirely practicable under 

 what may be regarded as more extensive condi- 



