, plaster, and hen-manure, on the hill.

In 1873, his crop of Peachblows was at the rate of 208 bushels per acre.
Of these, 200 bushels were sold at 60 cents per bushel. There were 8
bushels of small potatoes, worth say 12-1/2 cents per bushel, to feed
out to stock.

Mr. Sloe, who lives on an adjoining farm, had three acres of Peachblow
potatoes the same year. The yield was 100 bushels per acre--of which 25
bushels were not large enough for market, he got 50 cents per bushel for
the others.

The account of the two crops stands as follows:

-----------------------------------------+----------+---------
Expenses Per Acre: | Mr. Sloe | Judge.
-----------------------------------------+----------+---------
Plowing, harrowing, rolling, marking, | |
planting and covering | $ 8 00 | $ 8 00
Seed | 5 00 | 5 00
Hoeing, cultivating, etc. | 7 00 | 10 00
Digging | 10 00 | 10 00
+----------+---------
| 30 00 | 33 00
_Receipts Per Acre_: | |
75 bushels, @ 50c | 37 50 |
25 " @ 12-1/2c | 3 12 |
+----------+---------
| 40 62 |
200 bushels, @ 60c | | 120 00
8 " @ 12-1/2c | | 1 00
| +---------
| | 121 00
+----------+---------
Profit per acre | $10 62 | $98 00
-----------------------------------------+----------+---------

Since then, Mr. Sloe has been making and using more manure, and the year
before last (1875) his crop of potatoes averaged over 200 bushels per
acre, and on the sandy knolls, where more manure was applied, the yield
was at least 250 bushels per acre.

"Nevertheless," said the Deacon, "I do not believe in 'high farming.' It
will not pay."

"Possibly not," I replied. "It depends on circumstances; and these we
will talk about presently. High farming aims to get large crops every
year. _Good_ farming produces equally large crops per acre, b