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promoting the satisfactory rip&ning of the crop ; (^) that, 

 on a moderately sloping field, it was found better to haul 

 manure in the late autumn to large piles and spread and 

 plough in the spring than to haul in the autumn and apply 

 directly to the field, as the crops were increased more than 

 enouo'h to cover the extra cost of rehandling the manure. 

 Growing alfalfa for a forage crop has proved quite unsuc- 

 cessful, after a number of years' trial, the crop being ex- 

 ceedingly small. Mand's AVonder Foreign Crop, Brazilian 

 millet and Pearl millet prove identical in every respect, 

 and farmers are warned not to pay, under a ncAV name, the 

 high prices demanded for the old and well-known Pearl 

 millet. 



The details of the experiments thus briefly outlined may 

 be found in the reports of the several divisions herewith 

 submitted. 



