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may save him thousands in the end, and at the same 

 time double his profits in two years. 



A system of tillage and rotation that pays well in 

 a certain locality, on one quality of soil, or in a 

 particular climate, may be found ill-adapted to 

 other localities, different soils and latitudes. Hence, 

 as observed before, no specific rule can be laid 

 down that will meet the peculiar exigencies of a 

 farming country so extensive as the whole of the 

 Indian Empire. For some soils have borne good 

 crops of wheat for centuries, and the produce 

 still remains undiminished, while other soils have 

 declined in fertility so greatly as to cause their 

 abandonment altogether. 



Many agriculturists grow peas, beans, turnips, 

 beetroot, and carrots very extensively, as well as 

 clover, Indian-corn, oats, and barley. Peas and 

 beans, both pulse and stems, when well cured, are 

 excellent food for sheep, and on good land are 

 easily grown. They also tend to prepare the soil 

 well for wheat. 



All the manure derived from sheep should be 

 husbanded with extreme care by the farmer 

 wishing to enrich his land. On a deep, rich, arable 

 soil, if highly cultivated, a large number of 

 sheep may be kept ; for their manure enables 

 the land to produce extensive crops of wheat at 

 small expense. Of all business men, farmers 

 should be the closest calculators of profit and loss. 



Great care should be observed in sowing good and 



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