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Mr. Adam Bloom, of Michigan, says " he plo wed-un- 

 der an old mint-stubble, in the spring, about seven 

 inches deep ; dragged it twice, and cultivated it four 

 times in all, with a good cultivator, wherever the mint 

 and grass made their appearance, so that the ground was 

 made fine and kept clean as a garden all the season, until 

 seeding time ; then cultivated about five inches deep so 

 as to bring the rotted mint manure near the surface ; 

 then planted the wheat with a drill. This mode gave me 

 eighty-eight bushels of good wheat, Early May variety, 

 from two acres, on an old mint stubble, well cultivated 

 and cleanly subdued." 



Mr. E. L. Russell, of Mich., says his ground was clover 

 sod, plowed-under the year before, and then in August 

 wheat stubble was plowed about eight inches deep ; then, 

 early in September, just before drilling in the seed, eigh- 

 teen loads of barn-yard manure to the acre were spread 

 on the plowed ground and thoroughly harrowed into the 

 surface soil, and followed with the roller ; then, Septem- 

 ber eleventh, planted by drill, putting one and a half 

 bushels of seed to the acre. 



Such statements, from practical farmers and successful 

 growers, are very valuable. 



