REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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Cost of growing Wheat per acre on Summer-fallow. 



Ploughing once 



Harrowing twice @ 10 cts 



Cultivating twice @ 20 cts 



Seed, 14 bushels per acre @ 50 cts . 

 Drilling 



Binding 



Cord. 



Stooking 



Stacking. 



Threshing, including meals for men, 5 cts. per bushel 



Teaming to market 4 miles @ lc. per bushel 



Two years rent or interest on land valued at $15 per acre 

 Wear and tear of implements per acre 



6 per cent. 



Total cost per acre. . . 



Per Acre. 



$ cts. 



1 25 

 20 

 40 

 75 

 22 

 33 

 20 

 18 



60 



1 46 



29 



1 80 

 20 



7 88 



Wheat, Results op Early, Medium and Late Sowing. 



These tests were made on y$ acre plots, soil clay loam. As usual the earliest sown 

 wheat and oats ripened first but is not the largest crop, this also agrees with former 

 years. It appears that the tramping of the earliest sown plot before the land is 

 thoroughly dry, compacts the soil and forms a crust to the permanent injury of the 

 crop. 



The wheat was sown, with a common hoe drill, 6 pecks of bluestoned seed per 

 acre, no smut or rust. 



Name of Variety. 



Red Fife. 



Stanley 



When 

 sown. 



May 1 . 



" 8. 



" 15. 



22. 



29. 



June 5 . 



May 1. 



8. 



15. 



" 22. 



" 29. 



June 5 . 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Aug. 13. 



" 15.. 



22.. 



" 24.. 



" 26.. 



Sept. 9.. 



Aug. 10.. 



13.. 



18.. 



" 22.. 



24.. 



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