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only reason that they sow seeds in soils which are 

 not adapted to them. 



Q. Give some illustrations ? 



A. Some try to cultivate beets, wheat or oats in 

 too light and sandy soils ; barley in poor soils, or 

 soils that have not been sufhciently loosened kc. 

 Others strive in vain to grow hay in di'y soils, 

 when they have at hand fine fields of strong or moul- 

 dy soils, which it would require very liule care to 



convert into lasting and good meadows. 



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Sowing and harvesting. 



Q. What care should be taken in the selection of 

 seeds ? 



A. The greatest care must be taken in the selection 

 of seeds, and the best seeds ought to be used. 



Q. What may be expected when bad seeds are 

 sown. 



A. A poor crop must be expected, the bad seeds 

 put in the earth are lost, because they do not shoot. 



Q. What is the most common defect in this coun- 

 try, with regard to sowing ? 



A. Not to speak of the little care given to the se- 

 lection of the seeds, the most common defect is, that 

 the seed is too thinly or too thickly sown. 



Q. What seeds should be thickly sown ? 



A. The principal seeds which should to be sown 



