were still later, of much worse (jiiality, and less quantityj. 

 and valued at fifty per cent, less than the first. Any 

 one walking across the field could tell at a glance, and 

 to a row, where the different qualities of seed w^ere sown.. 



Here, then, is an instance where a field of onions, 

 under very high cultivation, was treated, every part, ex- 

 actly alike, except in the quality of seed sown The 

 thorough-bred seed yielded the value of one hundred and 

 fifty bushels per acre, more than the average quality of 

 seed generally used by farmers who grow their own, and 

 three hundred bushels per acre more than the average 

 quality of seed sold in the market. This estimate i& 

 made while the crop is yet in the field, and six hundred 

 bushels of onions, of the first quality, is not an over esti- 

 mate of the product per acre from the thorough-bred' 

 seed. 



I have no doubt "*^^ ' the careful selection for seed 

 year after year, is jul ' ' ^ mportant and profitable in all. 

 other vegetable and grain crops as it has been shown ta 

 be in the case of the onion crop just cited. The raising; 

 of seed may be made profitable, provided the grower 

 conscientiously offers none for sale that is not true to 

 description, and of the best thoroughbred quality, grown; 

 from selected stock years in succession. A few years of 

 such business would secure a reputation worth ai fortune 

 for such seed will always sell at very high prices. 



The growing of small fruits may be made very profit- 

 able. The demand for choice fruit at high prices has 

 never been fully met, and it increases every year. As 

 many bushels of berries as of potatoes can be grown 

 upon an acre of land. 



Many other branches of the business of farming of 

 equal importance might be treated ©4 did time permit. 



