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results of my experiments last fall, I found that in 

 that portion of the field where all these conditions met 

 together, the yield was equal to one hundred and sev- 

 enty bushels per acre of grain, and the stover was at 

 the rate of over five tons, surpassing, by nearly thirty 

 per cent., any other results of the experimental crop. 



" ISFow, seeing that I shall adopt for the coming 

 year, the precise method that gave this yield, apply- 

 ing it also to the same soil, thus complying with all 

 the conditions exacted by the laws of Nature, I con- 

 sider that, with a propitious season, there is a fair 

 probability of reaching the same amount again. If, 

 however, I succeed in getting one hundred and fifty 

 bushels, I shall be well paid and well satisfied. 



" I have ascertained, by experiments in feeding, 

 that there is a way to convert my corn-stalks into 

 milk, cheese, butter, and beef, so as to realize for them 

 over ten dollars a ton ; and my corn, by the same 

 best method of feeding, can be turned into pork or 

 beef, so as to bring on an average over one dollar a 

 bushel. I find, on computing the expense per acre of 

 this method, that it amounts to fifty dollars, after de- 

 ducting one-half the cost of the manure, and one- 

 half the expense of subsoiling, both to be charged to 

 future crops." 



This is supposed to be the language of a farmer 

 applying the knowledge deduced from his experi- 

 ments, to guide him in his future operations. There 

 is in his statements nothing unreasonable, extrava- 

 gant, or impossible. The case assumed not only illus- 

 trates the general principle, but fairly represents the 



