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are a few important points on which I am accus- 

 tomed to insist, and Avhich may not be devoid ot 

 some interest and relevancy on this side of the 

 lines. I say to our people, cultivate less, and culti- 

 vate better. It is the slovenly .and superficial cul- 

 ture, so widely practiced, that keeps the average 

 of our crops so low. Really, when we consider 

 how little the soil receives, and how much is 

 taken from it, the wonder is, not that it produces 

 so little per acre, but that it grows so much. I 

 feel morally certain that much of the land in the 

 old world, if it received no better treatment than 

 we are accustomed to give ours, would be inferior 

 in production even to our own. Cultivating 

 less, does not necessarily imply growing less. 

 Every practical man knows full well that one 

 acre of land properly prepared for a given crop, 

 will produce as much as double the quantity 

 imperfectly and negligently prepared. If, there- 

 fore, by adopting an improved system of hus- 

 bandry suited to our specific wants, we can pro- 

 duce as much grain, roots, etc., from a less 

 surface, the remainder can be made profitable in 

 another way, that is, in pasture, whereby we 

 give the land " rest," and enable it to sustain a 

 larger number of live stock. Between "corn 

 and horn," to use an old phrase, there is an inti- 



