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and with barley, seemed beyond all common experi- 

 ence. But after this, most fortunately, I came across 

 the following careful estimate, of the amount of 

 vegetable mutter which can grow upon an acre, and 

 that reconciled me entirely, as to the correctness of 

 Mr. Moore's statement. 



The Hon. George Geddes says : " Professor Kedzie, 

 of the Michigan Agricultural College, at Lansing, took 

 a square foot of June grass turf and washed away all 

 the soil in running water, and then weighed the roots 

 and surface grass to determine the amount of green 

 manurial matter usually contained in a heavy green 

 sward, and found it to be five pounds to the square 

 f 00 t or at the rate of more than 100 tons to the acre !" 



It certainly is unnecessary to dwell any longer on 

 clover as a means of enriching the soil. 



But when, and how to use it, will require some 

 attention. 



Will it ferment, and become sour, when turned in, 

 in a green state ? Some farmers say it will. 



For thirty years, John Johnston, plowed it in about 

 the middle of June. How is it, that we hear nothing 

 from him, about souring the soil ? 



The Hon. George Geddes says, it is ready to plow 

 in as soon as it comes to full maturity. Now without 

 any exaggeration, we may say that there is not 

 another person in the United States, who has had 

 such a long and large experience, in the use of clover, 

 as a green manure, as this distinguished farmer of 

 New York. 



Vie writes to the Tribune : " That he has on his 

 farm, in Central New York, a field which from 1799 



