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was plowed in the fall. This practice allows earlier and better seedbed 

 preparation in the spring than would otherwise be possible, and 'makes 

 later cultivations during the growing season less necessary. The relation 

 of this factor in connection with the amount of seed and the value of manure 

 and fertilizer used, to yield, in 1913, is shown in tables 81 and 82, respec- 



- ABLE 81. RELATION OF FREQUENCY OF CULTIVATION AND RATE OF PLANTING, TO YIELD, 

 ON 300 FRANKLIN AND CLINTON COUNTY FARMS IN 1913 



TABLE 82. RELATION OF FREQUENCY OF CULTIVATION AND VALUE OF MANURE AND 

 FERTILIZER, TO YIELD, ON 297 FRANKLIN AND CLINTON COUNTY FARMS IN 1913 



Value of manure and fertilizer 



