ECONOMY OF FARMING. 



"We see here, that ^ to f of all these grain-plants had their root-stalk only one inch 

 under ground, and that exactly these proiiuced the most stalks ; ^ of them had their 

 roots only 1^ inches deep and had only half as many stalks as the first; at 2 inches 

 deep there was only 4 in 100, and at 2-'- inches deep only 9 of 1000 ; but one only of 

 them produced stalk, while the fir;=t, in rye and wheat, showed only 2.^ to 4^^ stalks. 

 "From this it is clear that shallow sowing, if the seed is only so far covered as to 

 sprout, and the germ is protected from immediate contact with the air, is preferable 

 to laying the seed deep, because it springs up quicker, and acquires a stronger growth, 

 and has hardier plants." — Tr ] 



30. The increase in humus which the field acquires by the three-division 

 Egarten husbandry, depends on the fertility which the soil had when it 

 ceased to be sowed ; on the climate which more or less favors the growth 

 of grass ; on the number of years the field Is suffered to He, and on the 

 plants which grow on the field. 



A three years' Dreschfeld-Egarten may in favorable circumstances be considered 

 equal to a two-year proportionally stocked clover field. 



31. That any farm may be retained In the same capacity of production, 

 as much manure Is required as It would receive. If all the straw of the grass- 

 kind of grain-plants, all the fodder which has grown on the field, and for 

 the products taken away for the production of manure as much In hay and 

 litter, were restored, as the increase of weight Is less than that which the plants 

 restored have <]jalned in inorsranic matter. 



It seems to me necessary to observe here, that, when I maintain that whatever is 

 produced from the field in kernels must be restored to it in equal weight of other 

 vegetables, so that it may continue in the same capacity of production ; this should 

 be understood here not merely of straw, leaves, rushes, wood-litter ; since these vege- 

 table bodies contain not in sufficient quantity those elements which are essential to 

 the formation of grain ; but that we m.ust also allow hay, clover, and generally the 

 means of fodder in a proportionate quantity, wliich, fed out in the stall and mixed with 

 the animal liquids and litter, produce those bodies which contain the materials 

 (GrundstofTe) of wheat, maize and lentils. 



To make the foregoing positions clear by an example, tlie following estimate of 

 the consumption of manure may answer. 



ROTATION OF CROPS. 



1 potatoes, 2 barley, 3 clover, 4 wheat, 5 beans, 6 rye, 7 vetch-mixture, 8 oats. 



PRODUCT OF ONE YEAR. 



Potatoes 250 metzen = 422.5 bushels, > 

 give in dry substance S 



Barley 20 metzen = 33 1%- bush, at 66 lbs. 

 Clover. 

 Wheat 16 metzen = 27 bushels 



Beans 20 " 

 Rye 18 " 

 Vetch-mixture 

 Oats 24 « 



= 38,i„- 

 = 30,\- 



= 421- 



« 82 lbs. 

 "96 " 

 ♦•76 " 



"50 " 



