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by the farmer, and blended together in one system 

 of culture, they form a comprehensive BEST MP;THOD, 

 which embraces all the conditions of success, and 

 must, from the very nature of the case, give higher 

 results than any other. But this method is different 

 for each different soil, and varies according to other 

 varying circumstances. 



Yet for every farmer in the country, without any 

 exception, there is such a method. By means of experi- 

 mental processes, elsewhere explained, he can deter- 

 mine these several conditions of success, and in adopt- 

 ing them, he adopts the true and the only sure method. 

 If he will take the time and make the effort necessary 

 for this purpose, he may acquire from such a series of 

 experiments that knowledge which no other man can 

 impart to him, and which will enable him to obtain, 

 beyond any question, a maximum yield of corn at a 

 minimum cost per bushel. 



Let us now, for illustration, suppose the case of a 

 farmer who has during the past year introduced into 

 his corn crop a sufficient number and variety of such 

 experiments to determine all the points that he needs 

 to know for insuring the success of his next crop. He 

 has ascertained what are, in his case and for his soil, 

 the most certain and productive processes, and is 

 therefore prepared to lay out his plan for the ensuing 

 year. 



If you interrogate him on the subject, he speaks 

 with confidence, and not with the tone of a man who 

 is guessing, or groping in the dark. If you ask him 

 how he is going to proceed, and his reason for each 



