REQUIREMENTS TO A LARGE YIELD. 19 



bushels applied in preparing the soil will be sufficient if 

 given once in three years. 



THE AVERAGE YIELD DOUBLED. 



We have no hesitation in saying that the system above 

 marked out, if faithfully carried out for five years or 

 longer, will as surely give all the growers who .practice it 

 more than double the average yield per acre of wheat, as 

 the common practice gives that average. Every one who 

 reads this can calculate the cost, and ho will find that, 

 although it will cost him less than one-half more per 

 acre, it will as surely give him full double returns, and 

 generally even more than double. Every farmer knows 

 that it will cost very little, or no more, to cut and gather 

 an acre which yields thirty bushels, than one that yields 

 only fifteen. It costs no more to plant it, so that all the 

 extra cost is in sub-soil plowing and top-dressing with 

 the lime and plaster, and preparing the seed. 



IMPROVED DRILLS AND WHEAT HOES. 



But if the grower would still further increase his yield, 

 and without proportionally increasing the expense, he can 

 effect it by first using the improved drill points. These 

 spread the seed-grain further apart than the ordinary 

 drill, require less seed, distribute more evenly in the soil, 

 and give the same quantity of plants more room to grow 

 and receive air and light freely. 



Also, let it be planted in drills wide apart (fourteen to 

 sixteen inches), so that it may be hoed between the drills 

 in fall and spring, with either hand-hoes or horse-hoes, 

 which can be done by either running a corn-cultivator 

 through it, or, better still, by the use of tha new wheat 

 hoe shown in figure 1. 



Hoeing wheat is very much in favor by those who have 

 practised it, and is said to largely increase the yield, and 



