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since that time. Seven-eighths of an acre adjoining has 

 yielded 87 tons of dry hay at one seeding, two crops each 

 year, in eleven years. This land, in 1886, was considered one 

 of the worst worn sections in New England, and in fifteen 

 months, by intense cultivation, care and less than, a quarter 

 of an ounce to the square foot per year of bone, muriate 

 of potash, and nitrate of soda, it has yielded, as above stated, 



HAY CROP 



Of Geo. M. Clark, Higganum. Over six tons of hay raised on an acre. 



more than six tons each year. There is much talk about the 

 worn farms of New England, but if the land is intensely cul- 

 tivated and properly cared for, it is one of the most produc- 

 tive sections on this continent. I speak from a personal 

 knowledge of the soil conditions. 



I have found it easy to make $50.00 per year, net cash 

 profit, on an acre, growing grass. A great many. others are 

 making double and triple that amount on an acre by giving it 

 more care. All that is required to make money on these 

 worn farms, is correct cultivation, and proper care, seed- 

 ing, etc. 



GEORGE M. CLARK. 



Mr. Clark has kindly furnished this brief statement of his 

 success in grass growing. The capacity of Connecticut soil 

 in grass production, this foundation crop in all successful 

 agriculture, has never been more thoroughly tested than in 



