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stance, but in many, at a clear profit of 50 dollars an 

 acre, on every outlay, including interest on value of 

 land ; while in other cases it has been raised in the 

 same neighborhoods, and on equally good lands, at a 

 cost little, if any, less than the value of the crop. The 

 difference is too great. It shows that some, at least, 

 " do not work it right." As our markets now are, 

 corn can he^ and it ought to be^ raised at a profit greater 

 than attends most branches of business. 



340. In preparing compost for corn as above de- 

 scribed, great care should be taken not to allow too 

 violent fermentation after the barn manure is added to 

 the limed peat. If the pile become very hot, it should 

 be forked over, to check the fermentation and to mix 

 the ingredients more thoroughly. If it be not forked 

 over, care should be taken to pulverize and mix it as 

 much as possible when throwing on the cart, and off. 

 It is better, however, to fork it all over once gr twice ; 

 and it should be applied warm, but not hot, to the 

 soil. If the land is warm and light, it may be all har- 

 rowed in ; if otherwise, it would be better to harrow 

 in half of it, and to put the other half in the hill. 



341. I cannot say that growing corn in the way just 

 detailed would be a profitable business in every part 

 of our country ; but I hnoiv very well, from the closest 

 observation and some experience, that in the part of 

 the country with which I am most conversant, where 

 corn is seldom worth less than 80 cents a bushel, it 

 can be grown at a profit of which no farmer ought to 

 complain. From long-coatinued and most careful ob* 



