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quarts of timothy seed with Spring wheat, for meadow or pas- 

 ture, and three quarts of clover seed only when the land is to 

 be sown in wlieat again, and the clover plowed in, which makes 

 a cheap fertilizer. 



Two and a half tons of hay are my average for the first 

 crop, though three tons are sometimes grown. The second 

 crop of the first season in meadow, I usually save for clover 

 seed. 



FERTILIZERS. 



Land plaster, or gypsum, is sown on all clover after the 

 first year, but the first year's crop will not bear it, as the clover 

 will grow too rank. Clay land shows the most marked effect 

 of the plaster, and its value applied to grain is small as com- 

 pared to clover. One hundred pounds of plaster per acre 

 ajiplied the last of April, I think, is ample, and there is no fear 

 of exhausting the land when the crop is fed to stock on the 

 farm. 



■ , . ROTATION OF CROPS. 



For a seven years' rotation, I sow land with clover, and 

 timothy three years, then manure at the rate of sixteen large 

 loads of rich manure per acre, and plant in corn one year. A 

 larger quantity of manure will cause the wheat to lodge badly, 

 and not fill. I then take three crops of wheat and seed the 

 land to grass. The rotation I vary, sometimes, as follows: 



Three years are given to clover, then one year to wheat, 

 then I manure and plant one year in corn ; next two years in 

 wheat, and then seed it down. For soil not in a high state of 

 richness, I adopt a five years' rotation ; two in clover, one in 

 corn, and two in wheat. This rotation is less exhausting to 

 the land, and proves more beneficial to most soils. When any 

 lean spots appear in a field, I dress them with manure again 

 during the rotation. 



The heavy cropping of the land is more than counterbal- 

 anced by the large amount of manure made, and the use of 

 clover as a fertilizer, and underdraining, so there is a steady 

 increase of productiveness. 



I look to the soil to compensate for the exhaustion of the 



