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■another in the course of the year, and in moving team& 

 and tools, amounts to quite an item, especially where a. 

 large force of labor is employed. 



I have stated the opinion that the most profitable cul- 

 ture of grass requires that as often as once in four to 

 eight years much of our land should be thoroughly en- 

 riched and cultivated with some kinds of hoed crops.. 

 What these crops shall be depends upon a great variety 

 of circumstances. I believe it is sound doctrine that, as s/ 

 general rule, no hoed crop should be raised which, witb 

 average success, cannot reasonably be expected to pay 

 the expenses of labor and fertilizers employed in its pro- 

 duction and leave the land in better condition. We must: 

 also be careful to select such products as our land is; 

 adapted to produce. This can only be ascertained by- 

 actual trial, at the same time taking care to avoid the? 

 mistake of going into the culture of any fruit or vegeta- 

 ble too largely at first. Success in the cultivation of any 

 crop, like the practice of any trade, requires a minute; 

 knowledge of all the details, which can only be gained, 

 by experience. If, therefore, the farmer proposes to unr- 

 dertake the cultivation of any new crop, the best jDlan is^ 

 to begin in a small way, keeping a record of the time of" 

 planting, quantity and variety of seed, w4th other details ^ 

 of management, each year observing the results and in- 

 creasing the amount of land devoted to its culture as^ 

 may be found expedient. 



Another consideration in the choice of crops is the^ 

 character of the market to be supplied, its accessibility 

 and wants. It is a well known truth that the increased 

 supply of. any article enlarges the demand. Many pro- 

 ducts which a few years ago were considered as a luxury 

 which only the rich could afford, are constantly used by 



