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ACRE AS A FIELD CROP. 
The appendix, giving impar¬ 
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the 
Tee's Favorite: Early Sorts, Interine 
nilD Unil on 01/ A complete Instructor for the 
UUn litW DUUiV. Potato Grower. Illustrated. 
Our system fully explained in 1? Chapters. 56 well print- 
ed paj.es and a handsome cover, containing chapters fully explaining 
the following new ideas and showing these essential points in potato 
raising:— Selection of Ground— desirable soils, soils to be avoid¬ 
ed, virgin soil, eio.er soil; Manure and its Application— feed 
the laud well and it will feed you; Preparing the Soil— fall and 
spring plowing, lining the soil, mucking, depth of furrows, the “Kur¬ 
il' method; Selections of Seed —the best variety, high breeding 
of potatoes: Cutting the Seed— single eye. yields resulting from 
lifforcnt amount- of seel; Planting— time of pluming, distance 
i pa it I'ul'ivuting-harrow and cultivator, shovel plow, hoe, level 
•ultivatiou \ rr*u lining ; Itugs and Worms— the White Grub, the' 
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COST AA1» PROFITS. 
Rent (1 a.av in new clover worth $100) . 
Manure, 15 loads or its equivalent, . . 
Plowing and harrowing,. 
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Dropping seed by hand,. 
Seed, 25 bushels @ tide... 
Cultivating, etc.. . 
Harvesting and marketing. 
Suppose you raise $51 00 
250 bushels @ 25a. 62 50 
t Profit, — 
$6 00 
15 00 
2 00 
1 50 
1 50 
15 00 
5 00 
5 00 
$11 50 
If so, it will pay you to see this hook. All other sub-, 
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fully discussed and clearly explained. This lesson 
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_ T __J the Crop after Harvesting. To Save two bush- 
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m sell less than 50 cents in any part of this country. This makes another lesson worth more 
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