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in the autumn and again in the spring, or at least stir up the land 

 thoroughly with a two or three-horse cultivator or gang-plow. 



Let us say that the cost of plowing, harrowing, drilling, and 

 rolling, is $5.00 per acre. Seed, $2.00. Harvesting, $2.00. Thresh- 

 ing, 6 cents a bushel. 



lieceipts : 



13i bushels barley @ 1.35 .............. $16.57 



800 Ibs. of straw @ $4. per ton .......... 1.60 



18.17 



Putting in and harvesting the crop $9.CO 

 Threshing 13* bushels (o> 6 c ....... 80 9.80 



Rent and profit per acre .............. $ 8.LY 



"That is a better showing than I expected," said the Squire, 

 " and as barley occupies the land only a few months, and as we 

 sow wheat after it, we cannot expect large profits." 



" Very well," said I, " Now let us take the crop, this same un- 

 favorable year, on plot 2a.a. t dressed with superphosphate and 

 nitrate of soda. 



The expense of plowing, harrowing, drilling, rolling, seed, and 

 harvesting, would be about the same, or we will say $2.00 an acre 

 more for extra labor in harvesting. And we will allow two bushels 

 per acre for scatterings though there is nothing like as much 

 barley left on the ground when we have a good crop, as when we 

 have a poor crop. But I want to be liberal. 



The yield on plot 2a.a., was 48| bushels per acre, and 2,715 Ibs. 

 of straw. 



Receipts : 



46* bushels $1.25 ........................ $53.43 



2,715 Ibs. straw @ $4. per ton .............. . 5.43 



Putting in the crop and harvesting. . . $11.00 

 Threshing 46* bushels @ 6 c .......... 2.80 



275 Ibs. nitrate of soda @ 4 c ......... 11.00 



392 Ibs. superphosphate @ 2 c ....... 7.84 



~ 833.64 

 Rent and profit ..................................... $31.22 



In ordinary farm practice, I feel sure we can do better than this. 

 Growing barley year after year on the same land, is not the most 

 economical way of getting the full value of the manure. There is 

 much nitrogen and phosphoric acid left in the land, which barley 

 or even wheat does not seem capable of taking up, but which would 

 probably be of great benefit to the clover. 



