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less, per acre, than if the crop of corn had been removed 

 before the seed was put it. 



Some farmers contend that driving over growing 

 wheat and treading the tops down in autumn, does 

 not injure the growth of the plants. I will not occupy 

 space, in these pages, to argue the case, to show that 

 the poaching of the ground by the feet of heavy teams, 

 the crushing of the leaves, which are the lungs of the 

 young plants, with the loaded wheels, and the break- 

 ing of the roots of the growing plants, all result in 

 serious injury to the growing crop, for I know, that 

 whatever mutilates the growing plants, must have an 

 influence in retarding- and diminishing; the fructification 

 of the grain. The better way is, to defer sowing winter 

 wheat ; and after the corn crop is removed, plough the 

 land in late autumn, and sow spring wheat the next 

 season, instead of winter wheat. I am satisfied that 

 more grain can be raised by sowing spring wheat, than 

 to try winter grain, and tread the tops half to death, 

 while husking the corn and removing the stalks. 



Alden's Three-horse Cultivator. 



This style of cultivator, which represents a wheel 

 cultivator manufactured by Alden & Co., Auburn, 

 N. Y., is a strong, three-horse implement, extensively 

 used in the wheat-growing sections of New York, Ohio, 

 and Canada, for preparing ground for both winter and 

 spring grain. It is a very strong implement ; and not 

 very easily broken. The teeth consist of iron standards 

 bolted firmly, and braced securely to the sills of the 

 frame ; and the cutting edges of the teeth are made of 

 plate steel, with a cutting edge on each end. After one 



