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is kept clean with much more difficulty than a corn crop, and the 

 corn crop with potatoes intermixed with it, is kept clean with much 

 more difficulty than when cultivated alone. The second thing to be 

 remembered is, that the preparation of the land must correspond 

 with the amount of vegetation grown upon it ; and a great crop can 

 be expected only from a soil abundantly enriched. The art of pro- 

 ducing fire and warmth without fuel, or of sustaining either vegetable 

 or animal life without nutriment, is not yet attained. 



The expenses of cultivating an acre of oats, as given by the same 

 farmer, are subjoined : 



Ploughing and dragging $2, seed 2i bs. ^I 25, . $3 25 



Sowing 25 cts., half the manure and expense of get- 

 ting out $6 50, . 

 Cradling and tying up $1 50, 

 Interest on land at $40, 



Product. 

 40 bs. of oats at 50 cts.. 

 Straw against expense of threshing. 



Profit on oat crop, . . . $6 10 



I shall add the return of another farmer, of the expenses of cul- 

 tivating an acre of ruta baga : 

 Ploughing green-sward and dragging, . 

 20 loads coarse manure at 50 cts., half to this crop. 

 Getting out with team, half the expense, 

 Drilling and sowing rows 24 inch, asunder. 

 Hoeing and weeding the first time. 

 Hoeing &c., second time $3, gathering $11, 

 Interest on land at $45, 



Product. 



900 bs. at 10 cts. 



He subjoins the remark that ruta baga are in his opinion better for 

 sheep than potatoes ; that his manure is spread on the surface and 

 thoroughly harrowed in. 



From Cheshire I have two estimates, which I subjoin : 



