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I{ed-tO]Mvith Red Clover 8 to 10 qrts. per aerc. 



Blue Grass ^ „ . , , , 



-rj li (tor special purposes or particular 



Orchard Grass i l°<='^"'i^^ 10 *° 25 lbs. " 



White Clover to be added to either of the above... 2 to 4 " " 



" " if for any reason sown alone 4 to 6 " " 



Broom Corn drilled , 4 to C pks. " 



Flax drilled 4 to G " 



l^otatoes, varying very much, as being in hills or1^ 



drills, small or large, cut or uncut. See p. 171.)" '° "^ '^"^"• 



Ruta Baga drilled or broadcast ) ^^ 



Common Turnips drilled or broadcast ) ' 



Beets drilled 2 to 4 " '■ 



Carrots drilled li to 2 " " 



Parsneps " 2 to 4 " " 



Onions " 3 to 5 " " 



Cabbages : :f lb. of seed, if thinly sown, and escaping the fly, will yield an 



abundance of plants for one acre. 



ESTIMATE OF CROP. 



Crop, or that retmii for oixr outlay of mantire, and seed, and 

 labor, -u-hich is derived from land, may be estimated either by 

 its money value or by its capacity to supply the wants of ani- 

 mal life. If estimated by the fonner, which always depends 

 on the relation of supply and demand, it is manifest that it 

 will be liable to fluctuation from a great variety of causes : the 

 variations of seasons, difference of localities, failure or supor- 

 abimdance of the same crop, or any similar class of crops, in 

 other sections or countries, &c. Any of these may so aiFoct 

 tills relation that a rich crop will give but a poor retmn in 

 money, or that a very moderate crop may prove extremely 

 profitable ; the very abundance of the yield in the former case, 

 whether from natm'al or artificial causes, rendering the product 

 almost valueless, when the extra labor of gathering and mar- 

 keting the excess is taken into account. 



In general, perishable products, as fruits and vegetables for 

 consumption in the cmTent season, are most promptly and 

 largely affected by this cause ; but, in a degree, grain, and the 

 various (h-y products that admit of being kept, obey the same 

 immutable law, and fluctuate, often to the disappointment of 

 the farmer's hopes or the ruin of the miscalculating speculator. 



The lesser or greater distance from market also affects this 



