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THE WHEAT CIJLTUEIST. 



produce bountiful crops of wheat. I^eat cattle, sheep, 

 or swine must be raised in connection with wheat. 

 And large crops of wheat cannot be grown where we 

 see half-starved stock, as the manure made by lean ani- 

 mals, that are required to subsist on straw and hay only, 

 will swell out the kernels of grain but little more than 

 if the straw and hay were applied directly to the soil. 

 JN'othing will be added to straw and hay during its 

 passage through stock into the manure heap and event- 

 ually to the field. The grand object in feeding grain to 

 domestic animals, is to secure a richer manure than 

 can be made of straw and hay. 



Gang Ploughs akd Cultivators. 



In many wheat-growing sections of the country, gang 

 ploughs are employed for preparing the ground for a crop 

 of winter wheat. In other localities, " Ide's Wheel Cul- 

 tivator," which is represented by the acccompanying 

 illustration, is considered one of the most economical. 



Fig. 80.— Ides Wheel Cultivator. 



convenient, and useful imj^lements for a farmer. This 

 style is manufactured by Messrs. Tracy & Greenwood, 

 ISTewark, Wayne Co., N. Y., in the midst of a famous 



