3fi0 Jgricidtural Gazette of N.S.TF. [3I(n/ 2, 1908. 



Tlic iiin'oased viflds wliicli invariably t'olldw suimncr t'allowiiiL; are con- 

 clusive cviilc'iicc of its valiU' in dUi- wheat 'list I'irts, ami pnivrs that it 

 pavs, despite I lie slightly extra lo.-t incurred in jireparin^ the ground. 

 When the land is not fallowed, the operations connected with wheat-o-row- 

 ini;- are nsualh (1st), |ilou>^hini; ; ('.ind), harrow in«^ (if crop i^ drillrd. hut 

 omitted if crop is liroadcasted) ; (ord), sowing, eithci' Kroadcastcd oi' 

 drilled; (-Ith), harrowing after sowing; and (.Ith), harvesting. When the 

 land is fallowed a sliu'htly ditt'erent method is followed : then the iirouml is 

 lii'st ploughed in the spring or early .^umnnT. Inu'row^d twice or thn • 

 times during the summer, and ]ierhaps disc-hairowed or cultivated to kill 

 any weeils that may grow. At plaMtini; time the seed is sown without any 

 furlhei' |ii(pa rat ion, uidess the gi'ouml, des]iite the cultivaiion, is weedy, 

 when it mav lie reidouuhed. 



Rolling. 



In some cases the ground is i-olled, either before or after sowing, and 

 in others l^otli before and aftei-. Often the whole of the work done for 

 the laudovv-ner is by eonlrael. 'J'lie rates riding for the ililierent items per 

 acre are : — 



IMoughinL; — New grouml, 7s. ; old ground, Gs. ; fallowed L;found, Is. 

 to -JS. 



Harrowing — (id. to !)d. 



Sowing — iiroadcast liy hand, 7d. : bidadi-.ist with miuhine, 4d. ; with 

 grain-drill. Is. .Id. to Is. Cxi. 



Harvesting — StrippinL;' and winnowing an ."^-bushel ei'o|i. 4s.: a Ki 

 to 20 bushel cid|i, 7s.; or if done with the reaper and binder — 

 cuttini;-, -is. to Is. : twine (say), 2s. ; stooking, !lil. to Is. Stacking 

 and I'artiiii:-, 4s. (id. to ."is.; thrashini^-. about Id. per bushel. 



Various kinds of phuighs, l)oth the mould-board and disc, are used; 

 the size most favoured is the four-furi'ow , iliawn b\ live oi' si,\ horses, 

 ii team which an ordinary driver is ca{)able of cariuL; f(U'. The depth 



