Cultivation by Deep-rooting Plants. 



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till and deeply stir his land with the aid of the same costless 

 agency. The farmers, I often hear, grudge the cost of seeds 

 to effect these purposes, but by altering their system of rota- 

 tion the cost for mixtures such as I suggest will not, per annum, 

 exceed what they at present ought to pay for a efood mixture 

 for a two years' ley. And then, if it costs rather more than 

 what many a farmer at present pays he will be amply repaid in 

 more certain forage and hay and in turf, which will enable 

 him either to dispense with his manure merchant's bill, or 

 reduce it by a very large amount. The cheapest and best 

 manure merchant is the seed merchant. 



Robert H. Elliot 



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