SMALL GRAINS. 



.169 



Net profit, 



S35 49 



SMALL GRAINS. 



MIDDLESEX NORTH. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



The value to our country of the smaller grains, especially 

 wheat, can scarcely be overestimated ; and in New England, 

 where its cultivation is just now claiming attention, any infor- 

 mation upon the modes of cultivation is eagerly received. Its 

 importance to those farmers who carry on a system of mixed 

 farming, and who to a great extent wish to raise their own 

 bread-stuffs, is very great. With this end in view, our agricul- 

 tural societies offer quite large premiums to the most success- 

 ful in its culture. 



We are sorry that competitors have not given a more detailed 

 account of their manner and expense of cultivation, as we think 

 such information justly due the community who are interested. 



Mr. Coburn's land was evidently in very fine condition ; made 

 so by previous cultivation and high manuring. This mode of 

 cultivation the English farmers learned long ago, and we hope 

 the American farmer is beginning to wake up to its importance. 



It is a fact, we believe, that the constituents of our soils are 

 not unlike the great grain-bearing soils of the West. The only 

 difference being the fineness of the particles of matter composing 

 the latter. Hence the importance of thorough pulverization. 

 After applying the manure, let the plough, harrow, or cultivator 

 be used until the land is in the best possible condition. We 



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