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From Lanesboro^the subjoined return was obtained from a farmer 

 whose whole estabhshment is a model of neat and exact husbandry ; 

 in neatness and carefulness perhaps no where surpassed. 

 Ploughing $2, seed J bs. 50 cts., . . . $2 50 



Manure, 20 cart-loads, i of the cord to a load, 50 cts., 



half to be charged to the corn, . . . 5 00 



Getting out manure $3, . . . . 3 00 



Planting 3 ft. square, $1 50, hoeing 3 times $7 50, . 9 00 



Cutting up and gathering $2, husking $2, . . 4 00 



Interest on land at $40, . . . . 2 40 



$25 90 



61 00 



Profits on corn, 



$35 10 



This farmer is in the practice of occasionally planting potatoes 

 among his corn. In this case he plants his corn 3 ft. 6 inch, apart 

 in the rows, and a hill of potatoes between the hills of corn. In 

 this way he frequently obtains 150 bs. potatoes upon an acre, and con- 

 siders the crop of corn not much lessened on account of the potatoes. 

 The injury to the corn is in this case rather a matter of judgment 

 than of exact experiment ; and therefore this conclusion is in my 

 mind to be somewhat distrusted. Corn and potatoes planted in al- 

 ternate rows, or one row of corn and two of potatoes, have suc- 

 ceeded well ; and from two acres of corn and potatoes planted thus 

 alternately, there is little doubt that more corn and more potatoes 

 may be obtained than from two acres, where the corn and the pota- 

 toes are planted separately. In cases of alternate planting, the corn 

 has a great advantage in its exposure to the sun and air. In the case 

 above mentioned the potatoes occasioned a very small diminution of 

 the number of hills of corn on the land. Here the potatoes, which 

 require, particularly, coolness and moisture, obtained an advantage 

 in being protected to a degree, from the drought, by the leaves of 

 the corn. In all these cases, however, of mixed crops, and of mul- 

 tiplying plants upon the land, two things are to be remembered ; the 

 first, that they are always of more difficult cultivation ; a potato crop 



