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This table is based on plain and simple principles 

 of Husbandry. But by the use of special manures, 

 by more elaborate disintegration of the soil, and by 

 closer planting, which last is only warranted with 

 copious manuring and deep pulverization, a still 

 lower cost of production might undoubtedly be 

 reached. 



There is a large class of soils in which all the 

 elements of maize are to be found, with the exception 

 of some one or two that hap pen to be almost entirely 

 absent. In every such instance the application of 

 special manures, if rightly selected, is attended with 

 the highest advantage, not unfrequently doubling the 

 yield at a trifling expense. 



Put in order to obtain such results, the soil must 

 be understood by its owner. Unless he knows pre- 

 cisely which element is wanting, he is very unlikely 

 to be successful in supplying it. If he applies the 

 wrong fertilizer, he might nearly as well apply none. 

 In either case, the crop will hardly be worth gather- 

 ing. But if he gives to his land the specific manure 



