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or rutabagas, 5 or 600 bushels onions, &c., thereby showing th ^.t 

 the land yields at least $50 per acre nett profit. 



In the Albany Cultivator for September, of the current year, 

 we have a statement of a still greater sum of money derived from 

 an acre of ground, and we give the items below, as taken from 

 that periodical. 



100 bushels of potatoes, sold at 4^. ... $50.00 



32 do corn in the ear, 3^. .... 12.00 



65 do onions, 4s 32.50 



13 do carrots, 3s 4.87 



8 do parsmps, 45 4.00 



7 do beets, 3s 2.62 



800 cabbages, 3cts 24.00 



Horse radish sold for 42.00 



Fruit do 10.00 



Pigs fed on refuse of garden, ...... 26.00 



$207.99 



This statement we have no reason to discredit, and those who 

 have raised the above articles, will see what the quantity in bush- 

 els may be obtained from an acre of land in a high state of cul- 

 tivation. But it must be conceded that $207 is a great return 

 from one acre of land, with only $1.50 worth of lime applied an- 

 nually. It is apparent, therefore, that the same ratio Will for 100 

 acres of land, give the profit of $20,700.99. We will consider 

 what influence this statement ought legitimately to have upon 

 the farmers, relative to their mode of culture. The average num- 

 ber of acres embraced in the respective farms, may be put down at 

 about ICO acres each, and say that each farm contains 60 acres 

 under cultivation. Now by a mere possibility, one farm might 

 be made to yield $200 per acre, but it could be by no means 

 made to extend to all farms, even in the vicinity of Albany. The 

 cultivated lands in this section of the country, do not average 

 $10 per acre profit, including the expense of tilling. It is appa- 

 rent, however, that the lands in this countiy in the farming com- 

 munity, are far from being in a high state of cultivation, that 



