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ing it with our regular rotation of oats, wheat and clover. In 

 1880 we again planted mangolds and corn, but enlarged the part 

 devoted to mangolds, putting some on land before planted with 

 corn. Now remember that mangolds receive much more cultiva- 

 tion than corn, the work continuing until quite late in the season. 

 Then notice results. The crop of mangolds on part of field 

 where mangolds were grown before was about 30 per cent, larger 

 than that on that part where corn had been grown, and this, mind 

 you, after an interval of four years, during which all the land had 

 received precisely the same treatment. There is nothing like cul- 

 ture and plenty of it. We grew thirty -six bushels of wheat per 

 acre the third continuous crop, without manure on land that had 

 been previously well tilled." You see an older and wiser man 

 than I puts the value of thorough culture fully as high as I do, 

 and brings out strongly in this and other illustrations what I have 

 just stated, viz : That not only will tillage show in the crop on 

 which it is expended directly, and pay well, but also on the 

 following ones for years. The results will be greater on some 

 soils than others, of course. Now remember when you are culti- 

 vating your crops this season, that you are doing something more 

 than keeping the weeds down and stirring the soil a little, and 

 the more you study into and realize these matters we have been 

 considering, the more interest you will take in advanced agricul- 

 ture. You will become more and more master of the situation ; 

 less and less the slave of luck. In previous chapters you have 

 learned how to avoid injury from excess of water, and now you 

 see you can almost grow a crop without any directly from the 

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