d as we sow wheat after
it, we cannot expect large profits."

"Very well," said I, "Now let us take the crop, this same unfavorable
year, on plot 2_a.a._, dressed with superphosphate and nitrate of soda."

The expense of plowing, harrowing, drilling, rolling, seed, and
harvesting, would be about the same, or we will say $2.00 an acre more
for extra labor in harvesting. And we will allow two bushels per acre
for scatterings--though there is nothing like as much barley left on the
ground when we have a good crop, as when we have a poor crop. But I want
to be liberal.

The yield on plot 2_a.a._, was 48-3/4 bushels per acre, and 2,715 lbs.
of straw.

Receipts:

46-3/4 bushels @ $1.25 $58.43
2,715 lbs. straw @ $4. per ton 5.43
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$63.86
Putting in the crop and harvesting $11.00
Threshing 46-3/4 bushels @ 6 c 2.80
275 lbs. nitrate of soda @ 4 c 11.00
392 lbs. superphosphate @ 2 c 7.84
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$32.64
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Rent and profit $31.22

In ordinary farm practice, I feel sure we can do better than this.
Growing barley year after year on the same land, is not the most
economical way of getting the full value of the manure. There is much
nitrogen and phosphoric acid left in the land, which barley or even
wheat does not seem capable of taking up, but which would probably be of
great benefit to the clover.

MANURE AND ROTATION OF CROPS.

The old notion that there is any real chemical necessity for a rotation
of crops is unfounded. Wheat can be grown after wheat, and barley after
barley, and corn after corn, provided we use the necessary manures and
get the soil clean and in the right mechanical condition.

"What, then, do we gain by a rotation?" asked the Deacon.

Much every way. A good rotation enables us to clean the land. We can put
in different crops at different seasons.

"So we could," broke in the Deacon, "if we sowed wheat after wheat,
barley after barley, and corn after corn."

True, but if we sowed winter-wheat after winter-wheat, there would not
be time enough to clean the land.

"Just as much as when we sow wheat after oats, or peas, or barley."

"True a