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rhubarb 63 tons, the actual average of five 

 years' potatoes 11 f tons, and onions 15 tons; 

 gooseberries yielded 3750 lb., black and red 

 currants 1600 lb., and raspberries 2380 lb. 

 Plums, strawberries, apples, damsons, cob 

 nuts, asparagus, and various other crops 

 were equally productive. 



Reference to this subject has been made 

 in order that the small holder may realise 

 the fact that, however small his holding, it 

 possesses great potentiality. Good seed, per- 

 fect cultivation — in which the small holder 

 should excel — and liberal and skilful manuring 

 are invariably accompanied by excellent crops, 

 and if tlie principles which we are endeavour- 

 ing to explain are perfectly digested and the 

 work conducted upon the lines which they 

 indicate, there is no reason why every Small 

 Holding in the land should not become a 

 prosperous concern. 



We have seen that farm-yard manure and 

 the system of green manuring by ploughing- 

 in leguminous crops are beneficial both to 

 light and heavy land, as well from the point 

 of view of the improvement of their texture 

 as for the provision of plant food. Let us 

 next deal with the question of the texture of 

 the soil, that we may obtain some idea both 



