788 
Profit-Sharing in Agriculture. 
If the land be ploughed in such a way as to give this result — 
a task which requires a skilled hand, a correct eye, and a thorough 
command over the team of horses — an even seed-bed will be 
secured, no seed will be lost, and the crop will germinate and 
ripen all at the same time. 
If, however, by bad and careless ploughing, the ribbous of 
soil turned over by the plough vary in their thickness, and in 
the angles in which they fall upon each other, then much 
seed corn is lost by falling in between the ridges and becoming 
buried, and the seed which is not lost falling upon an uneven 
seed-bed germinates and ripens irregularly, with the result that 
the crop will contain a large proportion of light and unprofitable 
corn. 
Agricultural experts calculate that in this one farming 
operation alone, a careless and uninterested workman may cause 
loss to the farmer at the rate of from ten to twelve bushels an 
acre. Again, instead of cutting the furrow clean out (thus, 
in tlie bottom and ploughing at an even depth 
throughout, a careless hind maj", by raising the right hand 
" stilt " for greater ease, cause the bottoms of the furrows to 
appear thus U^^^^^^^^^ , with the result that on 
the right-hand side of every furrow the soil may only be 3 in. or 
4 in. deep instead of G in. or 7 in., and by not keeping the depth 
even throughout the length of the furrow, it will show in this way: 
Again, in sowing corn, an unskilful man may scatter the 
seed in patches instead of evenly, and by not paying attention 
may overlap when walking up and down the ridges. The com 
will come up too thin in some places and too thick in others. 
Where too thick the straw will be weak and be more liable to 
lodge, and the grain will in all probability be inferior in quality. 
It is unnecessary to follow the corn, crop through all its 
stages, but it would be easy to show that at every point loss to 
the farmer is the consequence of careless and indifferent labour. 
Tlie careless man will break his plough and smash his reaper, 
causing expense to the farmer and stoppage to the tillage opera- 
tions at a moment when minutes, owing to the changeableness 
