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Show AN 1CKF..5E SIIOULU BE MAKE The bet'.er llie Dreparation of the ground the hctter the crop The hih average yield of the English farms is no douht largely due to the thorough preperation of the xruund oefure seeding. seed-ing. Our climate is superior to that of England fur wheat glowing; yet yield of 74 bushels per ai re is uot all infrequent infre-quent among good l .rnie.s tuere, while heie 40 bushels per acre is an unusal yield. Two plowing, several harrow-ings harrow-ings and in many oses rolling or crushing; crush-ing; and the excellent pie; era ion of the soil by a previous root crop must have a much better effect upo i the soil than one plowing, very pucily done because of the hardness aad dryness of ours.jil in inidsumilier, and very imperfect imper-fect harrowing. It might be well for us 10 lay out more labor on our wheat cr.ip, and so prepare the ground better, and raise our average fium li 10 at least 20 bushels per acre. The difference differ-ence in the amount of wheat at harvest would pay for a good deal of extra woik iu plowing, etc., and yet leave a profit; besides, the soil would not lor-vet lor-vet tire geuetous treaimem in one vear nor two, s'gritJJ.iisi |