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ECONOMY OF FARMING. 



Veit, also, Vol. II, p. 70, gives the quantity of clover-seed for a morgen, (f acre,) 

 5 follows : 



On first rate clover 

 soil. 



permorg.jper acre 



On good clover 

 soil. 



permorg. per acrf 



On soil poorer for 

 clover. 



i>ermorg. per acre. 



Broadcast, .... 



"With the clover-seed roller, . 

 Wiih a tiirrii[i-si)v\ iiitr machine, . 



lbs. 



10.8 



7.8 



lbs. 

 10 



lbs. 

 12 



7.2 



lbs. I llis. 

 12 I 14.4 

 9 I 10.8 



The increase of the power of the soil of the clover above the consumption of this 

 power, he gives in Vol. II. p. 81, as the following: 



OiJ first rate clover 

 soil. 



perrnorg. per acre 



After seed, or the first year of vegetation, 

 ATter tiie 2 I year " 



Ater tlie 3d and 4tli years " 



CVNt. 



20 

 50 

 70 



cvvt. 

 24 

 60 



84 



On good clover 

 soil. 



perrnorg. er acre 



cv\t. 

 15 

 40 

 60 



cwt. 

 18 

 48 

 72 



On poor- r clover 

 .soil. 



perrnorg. per acre. 



cwt, 

 10 

 30 



CMt. 



12 

 36 



For luzerne, standing from 4 to 6 years, for the whole time, the proportion ol in- 

 ease on the same conditions, stands thus : See Vol. II. p. 90. 



cvvt. 

 120 



cwt. 

 144 



cvvt. 

 100 



cwt. 

 120 



cwt. 

 FO 



cwt. 



CR 



For sainfoin, during the same time, and on like conditions : See Vol. II. p. 96. 



CWi. I cwl. 

 100 ' ]9.0 



Cv\t. 



80 



cwt. 

 96 



cwi. cwt. 



72 



Of artichokes, he gives, Vol. II. p. 142, as the result of experiments at Schleisheim, 

 from 1824 to 1827, on a morgen, the following product : 



a ) On a strongly nr.nnured field, 



b.) For .second manuring, 



c.) " third " 



d.) The 3d v'r on a broken-np pasture, after 2d. withont mannre 



In knobs. 



per more, per acre 



srhaffel, 

 38 

 28 

 21 

 13 



bushels. 

 240 

 165.6 

 138.6 

 80.«) 



In st'lks and leave* 



)er morg. per acre. 



cwt. 



42 



31 



22 

 18 



cwt. 

 50.2 



37:i 



26.4 

 • 1 6 



" Considering the weight of a schaflel at 3 cwt , and the proportion of knobs to 

 hay as 2.5 : 1, the product of materials of manure is, according to, 

 a.) 3S X 3 



45 4- 42 = 87, and so the manure, for a morgen, 174 cwt. 



= 33+31 =64, 



25 + 22 = 47, 



= 15 -HIS =33, 



128 



94 



66 



2.5 



Hence artichokes, for fodder and manure, enual lasting clovers, which stand highest, 

 and on a good clover soil, surpass them. For where is there a plant which, on an 

 exhausted, dry. light, and chalky soil, will give 15 cwt, of hay value, and 18 cvvt. of 

 straw, and thus 66 cwt, of manure on a morgen. Even if 90 cwt. per morgen be 

 charged to the strongly manured artichoke, there is yet 84 cwt. per morgen, not 

 much less than of the durable kinds of clover." 



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