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in the opposite direction. Tlie teeth never clog ; and 

 for harrowing in any kind of grain, this style of harrow 

 is far superior to the ordinary harrow, becanse this will 

 not crowd the seed into rows, like the harrow that 

 moyes straight forward. 



Speing Wheat eequiees IVIa^ttee. 



In the culture of spring wheat, whatever may be the 

 variety, thorough and re]3eated ploughing, with the appli- 

 cation of rich manures, putting in the seed evenly, and 

 then using the harrow or drill for covering it, are the 

 conditions to be fulfilled by man. Then, unless the 

 season should prove to be very unpropitious, a remuner- 

 ative crop may be expected. Let this system of thorough 

 cultivation become general, and you will not then hear 

 very often of the faihrre of the wheat crop. A few 

 farmers are pursuing this com'se of thorough tillage. 

 They devote only a few acres to wheat, but expend a 

 large amount on the cultivation of these few acres. 

 And the result is, just what any sensible man might ex- 

 pect, a bountiful crop rewarding all their toil. The 

 time is doubtless coming, when a kind of necessity may 

 compel many a farmer to adopt a similar course, if he 

 wishes to have good bread to eat. 



In England and Southern Scotland, wheat has been 

 successfully and profitably cultivated for centuries. 

 Why may it not in these United States, if similar pains 

 are taken ? Almost all our farms contain at least a few 

 acres on which wheat might be sown and a profitable 

 harvest gathered, if proper cultivation were bestowed 

 on it. Barely ploughing the ground once or twice, and 

 then harrowing in the seed sown, are by no means 



