Vol. XIX. Part 9. 



SEPTEMBER 2, 1908. 



Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales. 



Wheat- growii] 



On the Tablelands. 



R. W. PEACOCK, 

 Bathuist P^xperiment Farm. 



Increasing the Average Yield per Acre. 



It is felt tliat with a better knowledge o£ the salient points of wheat-farming, 

 the average yield per acre could be materially increased. Assuming that the 

 average cost of producing sn average crop of 10 bushels per acre is 2os., this, 



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Wheat crop, Bathurst Experiment Farm ; average yield, 32 bushels per acre. 

 Rainfall for year, 18'26 inches. 



at 2s. 6d. per bushel, would but pay expenses, leaving nothing for the grower. 

 By increasing the average yield by 1 bushel, a profit is assured. A farmer 

 should not be satisfied with a 1 Inishel crop, but should rather aim at 20. 

 Speculative wheat farming is rife in New South Wales, with its cheap and 

 nasty methods. Many of the largest wheat-growers are realising the necessity 

 of better culture. The methods which induced gond results from virgin areas 

 liave been found sadly lacking after 10 years of cropping. The novice may 

 deplete a soil of its fertility. It is oidy the good farmer who can live by his 



