36 TALKS ON MANURES. 



work was not necessarily done in such a limited period. I say 

 theoreticully, for in point of fact I do sow wheat after barley. 1 do 

 so because it is very couvenieut, and because it is more immediately 

 profitable. I am satisfied, however, that in the end it would be 

 more profitable to seed down the barley with clover. 



We must raise larger crops; and to do this we must raise tliem 

 less frequently. This is the key-note of the coming improved 

 system of American agriculture, in all sections where good land is 

 worth less than one hundred dollars per acre. In the neighborhood 

 of large cities, and wherever laud commands a high price, we must 

 keep our farms in a high state of fertii.'ty by the purchase of 

 manures or cattle foods. Those of us in the interior, where we 

 can not buy manure, must raise fewer grain crops, and more clover. 

 We must aim to raise 40 bushels of wheat, 50 bushels of barley, 80 

 bushels of oats, and 100 bushels of shelled corn, and 5 bushels of 

 clover-seed per acre. That this can be done on good, well-dr .ined 

 laud, from the unaided resources of the farm, I have no doubt. It 

 may give us no more grain to sell than at present, but it will enable 

 us to pro. luce much more mutton, wool, beef, cheese, butter, and 

 pork, tlian at present. 



"But, then, will there be a demand for the meat, wool, etc.?" 

 Tlie present indications are higidy favorable. But we must aim 

 to raise good meat. The low-priced beef and mutton sold in our 

 markets are as unprofitable to the consumer as they are to the pro- 

 ducer. We must feed higher, and to do tliis to advantage we must 

 have improved stock. There is no profit in farming without good 

 tillage, larger crops, improved stock, and higlier feeding. Tiie de- 

 tails will be modified by circumstances, but the principles are the 

 same wherever agn-cidture is practised. 



