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ready. Put on half a ton of i;uano per acre and bariow in and 

 thou mark otf tlio rows three feet apart, and drill in four bushels 

 of eorii per acre, (."ullivute tliuntUL^h'.y, and e.xpeet a great eroj). 

 Hy the last of July, tiie Ayrshire eows will lake kindly to the suc- 

 culent corn-fo Ider, and with three or four quarts <>f meal a day, 

 it will enable each of Ihetn to make 10 lbs. of butt- r a we»k. 



For the pigs, s-jw a few acres of peas. These will do well on 

 soil-land, sown early or late, or a part early anil a part late, as 

 most convenient. Sow broadcast and harrow in, 500 lbs. of Pe- 

 ruvian guano per acre and 200 U)s. of gypsum. Drill in three 

 bushels of iH'as per acre, or sow broadcast, and cover them with a 

 Shares' harrow. Commence to feed the crop green as soon as the 

 pods are formej, and continu to fied out the crop, thresiied or 

 unthreshed, until the middle of November. Up to tliis time the 

 bu,^ do comparatively little damage. The pigs will thrive won- 

 derfully on this crop, and make the richest and best of manure. 



1 have little faith in .ny attempt to raise root crops on land not 

 previously well prepared. But as it is necessary to have some 

 mangel-wur/el and Swede turnips for the Ayi-shire cows and 

 long-wool s'aeep n^xt winter and spring, select the cleanest and 

 richest land that can be found that was under cultivation last 

 season. If fall plowed, the chances of success will be doubled. 

 Plow the land two or three times, and cultivate, harrow, and roll 

 until it is as mellow as a garden. Sow 400 lbs. of Peruvian guar.o 

 and COO lbs. of good sup Tpiiosphale per acre broadcast, and har- 

 row them in. Ri !ge up the l;;n 1 into ridges 2i to 3 ft. ai)arl,wilh 

 a double niould-boaril jdow. Roll down tlie ridges with a liiiht 

 roller, and drill in the seed. Sow the mangel-wurzel in May — the 

 earlier the bettor — and the Swedes as soon afterwards as tiie land 

 can be thoroughly prepared. Better delay until June rather than 

 sow on rough land. 



The first point on such a farm will be to attend to the grassland. 

 This affords the most hopeful chr.ncc of getting good returns the 

 first year. But no tune is to be lost. Sow 500 lbs. of Peruvian 

 guano per acre on all the grass land and on t'le clover, with 200 

 lbs. of gypsum in addition on the latter. If this is sown early 

 enough, so that the spring rains dissolve it and wash it into the 

 soil, great crops of grass may be expected. 



" But will it pay ? " My friend in New Tork is a very energetic 

 and successful business man, and he has a real love for farming, 

 and I have no sort of doubt that, taking the New York business 

 and the farm together, they will afford a very handsome profit. 

 Furtiiermore, I have no doubt that if, after he has drained it, he 



