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economy of the farm provides for a summer fallow once every 
three years, so that one-third of the acreage under cultivation 
would be left in bare fallow every summer, thus affording- 
opportunity for keeping the land clean, while the aggregate 
yield of wheat will probably not be less than might be obtained 
by continuous cropping. 
At the time of my visit about 200 horses were being main- 
tained, and all that were not engaged in the harvest-work were 
employed in ploughing. The cost of a good carthorse, weighing 
1400 lbs., ranges from 37/. to 40/. In summer 135 men are 
