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be prepared by the fallow system, the first thing to 

 be done is to grow one or two grain crops on it, by 

 means of fall ploughings as stated above. After the 

 second crop of oats, a new fall ploughing is done, 

 and the third spring the field is harrowed but not 

 sown. During the dead time of summer and until 

 the month of August, the field ought to be ploughed 

 anew, often stirred harrowed and rolled. 



Q. What is the object of all these ploughings, har- 

 rowings and rollings ? 



A, Their object is 1° to thoroughly loosen the earth ; 

 2o to destroy all the weeds, which being laid bear 

 as they grow, are exposed to the action of the sun 

 which destroys them. 



Q. What next should be done ? 



A. After the last ploughing, about the beginning 

 or the middle of August, the field should be sowed 

 with millet and clover, in the proportion of a quarter 

 of a bushel of millet to two pounds of clover at 

 least per acre, well mixed together. The seed is 

 buried by harrowing. If before sowing the seed, 

 the farmer can afford to lime the field, or if he can 

 spread directly over the seed a coating of from 20 to 

 30 cart loads of rotten dung, he will be sure of 

 making a fiT"'t class meadow which will last a very 

 long time. 



Q. What is your opiaion of the value of all these 

 methods ? 



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