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C. 162 acres on the Bei'gstrasse. 



On these three farms, therefore, the proportion between 

 the crops was — 



A. B. C. 



Grain. ... 53 48 52 parts. 



Fodder ... 34 37 30 „ 



Market crops .13 15 18 „ 



100 100 100 



On well-managed soils where two bushels of seed are 

 sown permorgen, or per English acre, spelt will yield 15 

 to 16 malters of 115 lbs., or 28 to 30 bushels, as an ave- 

 rage crop. On the light soils near Seckenheim and 

 Kirchheim the return is but 11 malters to the morgen. 

 The yield of rye on good soils is 10 malters of 115 lbs., 

 or about 36 bushels, to the acre : oats yield 9 to 10 malters. 

 Maize is chiefly used for the pigs and poultry. It is 

 found to exhaust the soil very much, and sells for the 

 price of rye. Beet-root, estimated at 10,000 plants to 

 the morgen, is calculated to give 200 cwts. return : the 

 leaves picked off for the cattle in autumn are esti- 

 mated at -^ of the weight of the roots. Potatoes give 

 80, sometimes 100, malters per morgen ; turnips, 60 to 

 75 cwts. 



