THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



19th, 17 tons. Cost of seed, 25 bushels, $62.50. 

 One hundred pounds of mixed clover, $25. 

 Market price of hay that year was $16 a ton, 

 so the crop can be counted as worth $896. 



The average for that field since has been 

 $900, and the only expense a top dressing of 

 fertilizer which, when all bought, did not ex- 

 ceed $150 a year. Timothy and clover would 

 not have given more than two tons per acre; 

 would not have lasted more than three years 

 without deteriorating. 



The sandy soil, which we will call field No. 

 2, and which we did not take under cultiva- 

 tion until a year later than field No. 1, was 

 seeded, immediately after being rolled, with 

 Excelsior Winter Rye one bushel and a half 

 to the acre. There were six acres in the field, 

 so seed cost $11.40. June 5th the crop was 

 cut and yielded 23 tons, from which 115 

 bushels of grain were thrashed. The straw 

 was kept for bedding, the grain sold, at $1.40 

 a bushel, making $161. Oh, I had nearly for- 

 gotten to say that half an acre had been cut 



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