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notbiug from the rye-field, but add materially to its productiveness. 

 There will be euougli rye left iu the ground for seed, which will become 

 well rooted, and yield good fall pasture as before. It is only necessary 

 to sow once for all time to come, and I will guarantee the last crops 

 will be the best. It is the safest, cheapest, and most profitable way to 

 manure an old field I ever tried. 



County exports of agricultural products. — Smith, Tennessee : 

 The following estimate is based on inquiries instituted by the subordinate 

 granges of Patrons of Husbandry during the last twelve mouths: Live 

 stock' and their products, $335,960 ; grain, $71,807 ; tobacco, $175,000; 

 poultry, eggs, butter, &c., $52,345 ; total $035,112. Inquiries are on 

 foot to ascertain the amount of our imports. I fear they will be found 

 to balance or exceed our exports, as we manufacture scarcely anything. 



Fultz wheat. — Vinton, Ohio : TheFultz is doing better than any other 

 variety. Of this we are about to have a fair trial. This year I sold 147 

 bushels of it for seed, at $1,30 per measured bushel. It weighed G4 

 pounds per bushel. Other varieties weighed from 56 to GO pounds, and 

 brought $1.10 by weight. 



Bad economy. — Machine-agents and money-shavers have brought 

 hard times on farmers. Five years since a neighbor, through the per- 

 suasion of an agent, purchased a reaper, giving an " iron-clad" note. To 

 meet the payments, he was compelled to borrow money at 2 per cent, per 

 month. This winter he paid oft" the debt, which, principarand interest, 

 amounted to $525, or ten times the cost of manufacture. 



Unprogressive farming. — Shelby, Alabama : Although this county 

 is somewhat ancient, its agriculture is very rude and imperfect; it con- 

 tains but a limited number of thinking, practical farmers. When corn- 

 fields have been plowed up for wheat, more than half the corn-stalks are 

 left untouched by the plow. Very rarely is there any shelter for stock, 

 except for horses, and many a faithful cow is allowed to shiver herself 

 away in the beating rains and winds, cowering iu the fence-corners. 

 Sheep are often not seen for weeks, and are very unwelcome visitors at 

 the farm-yard, especially during cold, sleeting weather. Everything 

 during farming months is neglected for cotton-patches. Old established 

 farmers in spring are found buying their sweet-potato seed at extrava- 

 gant prices. A new era, however, seems to be dawning. Farmers are 

 beginning to look around them, to seek for improved agricultural seeds 

 and implements, and to experiment in farming, according to suggestions 

 from reliable agricultural sources. 



Value of pure bone-dust. — Medina, Ohio : There are two estab- 

 lishments in Cleveland for grinding bones; one asks $20 per ton, and 

 the other $50. The latter accuses the former of adulterating. The one 

 asking $50 will not sell much, for we read in the papers that pure bone- 

 dust can be bought in the eastern cities for $35 to $40 per ton. What 

 is its value on lands needing it ? ' 



A CHEAP FERTILIZER. — BupUn, North Carolina : Many of our best 

 planters use a compound composed of 60 pounds of sulphate of ammonia, 

 40 pounds nitrate of soda, ^bushel of salt, 250 pounds fine ground bone, 

 250 pounds land plaster, 3 bushels of ashes, and 20 bushels of stable-ma- 

 nure or rich earth. They apply the above amount to 6 acres. Labor iu 

 preparing included, it costs about $15. It gives as good results as most 

 of the commercial fertilizers costing $50 per ton. 



Eesults of seed-distribution. — Lee, Mississippi : Wheat invari- 

 ably deteriorates; the first crop is always the best ; rye holds its own; 



