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EXPOSITION AT VIENNA.
rotation of crops, and manuring, have been able to accomplish. .During the earlier period of my operations, on account of this wretched treatment, the ploughed land and also the meadows and pasturages, which were finally broken up, could produce nothing at all without manure, since all their vitality had been drawn from them. At present I have brought the woodland under cultivation with good results, and am confident that what I have thus far achieved, though very remarkable, will be surpassed in the future.
The average per acre for the whole land under cultivation, including all five farms, after deducting the seed, was—
A yield equivalent A net profit in
in rye to money of
For the first four years, 1865-69, . . 23.92 bushs.
Here was a loss of 4£ cents.
And for the last 4 years, 1869-74 (for the last
of these judging from appearances), . 41.15 bushs. $12 23£
Therefore in the last 4 years there is a gain--
per acre of.17.23 bushs. $12 27$-
The average of the net profit for the last four years is lowered at least $5 per acre of cultivated land, by a rise in the cost of labor to double its previous figure. This was occasioned by a demand for laborers to aid in building the various structures of the North-western Railway, also the depot and three factories at Kolin.
It is also to be noted that the farm of Franzenshof is included in the calculations. Here a double rotation of crops was introduced, as before mentioned, immediately after calling in the leases, and in spite of two bad seasons, it has already yielded—
In the farm year 1869-70, .
63.36 bushels.
$36 68
“ “ 1870-71, .
53.23 “
14 18
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49.23 “
13 95
“ “ 1872-73, .
56.41 “
25 17
'(1872-73 according to estimate.) Therefore, averaging these 4 years,
55.56 bushels.
$22 49
In the amounts contributed by each article per acre to the average sum of all, it is to be seen that beets stand far ahead.