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$15 per acr? ; I suppose 20 to 25 per cent should be added 

 to that for the present cost. The average yield per acre 

 is about 600 Ibs. The brush should not be bleached, but 

 cut and cured in such a manner as to obtain the greenest 

 color possible. It is usually cured in open buildings, 

 spread upon poles or racks ; it is sometimes (to facilitate 

 the curing), placed in the sun a few hours previous to 

 being put under cover ; this, however, injures the qual- 

 ity. To obtain the best quality of brush or hurl, the 

 seed should be in blossom or milk when taken off, conse- 

 quently of little value except for manure. The stalks are 

 worth something for cattle to graze upon, half as much 

 perhaps as corn-stalks. Manure would increase the crop 

 about as it would corn. The same land can be cultivated 

 year after year about as corn." 



