" Hence the importance, too often over- i " looked by farmers, not only of prepar " ing the land for the crop in a good and " sufficient manner, but also of selecting " that kind of seed which experience "has pointed out as being most valuable " and productive." Another writer says : " Whatever be the nature of the soil, it ' * should always be the aim of the farmer to " grow full crops ; partial, and sometimes " extensive failures will even then but too " often occur ; but to neglect making the " best known preparation, or only to pre " pare for half a crop, is an ill-judged no " tion, and has a direct tendency toxmre " munerative farming." In order to obtain a good crop of wheat, the land must be liberated from all surplus water by proper draining ; must be clean from weeds and all rubbish : not tired out by cross or improper cropping ; must or ought to be judiciously manured, but not over done with it, inasmuch as too much man ure causes the growth of an unnaturally large quantity of straw, which, if the sea son be wet or stormy, is sure to lodge, thereby very much deteriorating the quan tity and quality of the grain. The land must not bo wheated oftener than the soil will admit. Some soils will bear it more frequently than others ; and it is essentially necessary that the kind of seed shall be adapted to the description of the soil upon whicli it is to grow. An entire change of seed from hot land to cold, and from cold to hot will always be found ad vantageous, and especially from hot to cold soils, in which case it will frequently bring the harvest nearly a week earlier. In both cases it is generally allowed to increase the yield, improve the sample, and preserve the stock in greater purity. It has become general in England to sow wheat after clover upon all classes of soils. This is doubtless one of the best systems of growing wheat. The roots of the clover after becoming decomposed, afford much nutriment to the growing wheat, and the firmness giveii to the land is another great recommendation. 