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have seen many instaiucs in wl.ich it luis l.a>l n woiul.Tful clR-ct 



on wbout." 



"Yfs,"sui>l I," ami our i-xpcrinicf.l frinui, .lolin Johnston, is 

 very tleruleillv of llu' opinH)ii tlial its uso is hi^llly prolitablc. He 

 sows a barn rof salt per am- broadcast on tlir lanl at tlic tinu' he 

 gows his wheat, and 1 have myself seen it pruduee a decided im- 

 provement in the crop." 



We have now given the results of the first eight years of the ex- 

 periments. From this time forward, the ainu manuni, were used 

 year after year on the same plot. 



The result-* are riven in the iwcompanyinc: tables for the follow- 

 ing twelve years-harvests for ls:,2-r):{-.'i4-r).->-r>G-rj7-58-.'>S)-C0- 

 81-(;2 and 180:5. Such another set of experiments arc not to be 

 found in tlie world, and tiicy deserve and will receive the careful 

 .study of every inlelligent American farmer 



"I am with you there," said the Deacon. "You seem to think 

 that I do not appreciate the labors of scientific men. I do. Such 

 experiment.s as thes- wr are c'caminin-.r command the respect of 

 every intelligent farmer. I may not fully understand them, but I 

 can see clearly enough that they are uf groat value." 



