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living here, and I have had very good success with it, seeding 

 about twenty acres a year, and realized for several years past 

 about twenty bushels per acre. My plan of culture is to spare 

 no pains in preparing the soil. If I can break the ground soon 

 enough, that I may have time to pack it well by rolling and 

 harrowing, I break it tolerably deep; otherwise I plow shallow. 

 In this case I completely pulverize the soil to the depth of 

 three inches, so that the seed may have a good bed to germinate 

 in. Sow with drill from the first to the fifteenth of September, 

 with one bushel of seed to the acre. If flies are working much, 

 I defer seeding to the last of September or the first of October, 

 in which case it will be necessary to seed a little heavier. I do 

 not pasture my wheat in the Winter. I harvest my Winter 

 wheat when the grain has reached the hard dough. I am 

 particular to put it into the stack as soon as it is fairly cured in 

 the shock. I have never sustained any loss from damaged 

 wheat in the stack, and do not expect to, as long as I do my 

 own stacking. The cost of raising and putting into the half 

 bushel, without counting the board of hands and feeding teams, 

 is thirty-seven cents per bushel, at twenty bushels per acre. I 

 sell my wheat at the home mill. I consider a light dressing 

 of manure on wheat land very remunerative. I raise but little 

 rye and oats, and no barley. 



MY EXPERIENCE WITH MEADOW LAND 



is, that timothy alone needs to be rebroken and seeded about 

 every three years, but if mixed with clover it will last much 

 longer. I pasture my meadow Fall and Winter, except when 

 the ground is wet and miry. I believe it better to pasture but 

 little in the Spring. I am using both clover and timothy on 

 pasture land. 



CATTLE. 



I breed the common natives, crossed with Durham. They 

 produce a cross which I consider well suited to beef and dairy 

 purposes. 



HORSES. 



I am breeding my mares to Norman horses, as I believe 

 they will produce the best stock of horses for general farm use. 



