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one-fourth inch spruce plank : on top of this floor put a 

 layer of cobble-stones about a foot deep. As soon as 

 you have done this, plough your corn-land, and sow with 

 winter rye. Sow two bushels to the acre. I will loan 

 you my Cahoon Broadcast seed-sower to sow the rye : 

 with it you can sow the 1 5 acres in one day, and do it 

 far better than by hand. Harrow it in with the smooth- 

 ing-harrow, then roll. In the spring, harrow the rye as 

 soon as it begins to grow, and follow it up once a week 

 until it is eight or ten inches high. This harrowing 

 loosens the ground, kills the weeds, and causes the rye 

 to tiller more, thereby increasing the crop from 20 to 

 50 per cent." 



