TO Mar., 191 I.] Northern Cirain Exferinnnial Fields. 145 



pollard, after being fed to animals, is worth ^^3 per ton and when used 

 as such would be the means of saving thousands of pounds now annually 

 ex])ended in the purchase of artificial manures. 



The area and varieties of wheat and oats sown in each 7-year field are 

 shown on page 139. The photographs on pages 138 to 146 of the plots 

 on the farm of Mr. D. B. Lines, of Rainbow, give a very good idea as 

 I ) the uniformity of this particular field. The average yield per acre 

 from the whole of the fields shows Federation, College Purple Straw, and 

 Yandilla King to l)e the most satisfactory varieties and clearly demon- 

 strates the advisability of wheat-growers giving these varieties more 

 attention in the future. The highest yield ])er acre for all the varieties 

 was obtained on the farm of Mr. A. Boyd, Minyi]). The following are 

 Jiis returns : — 



Federation ... ... ... ... 44.60 bushels per acre. 



Yandilla King ... ... ... ... 38.73 ,, ,, 



C^oUege Pur[)le .Straw ... ... ... 38. 44 ,, ,, 



Comeback ... ... ... ... 34.83 ,, ,, 



Hunyip ... ... ... ... 36.13 „ „ 



or an average for the whole field of 38.54 bushels per acre, or a clear profit 

 ■of ;^5 IS. 9(1. per acre, as can be easily seen by the following table: — 



Cost of fatting in one acre. 



Prej)aration of land 



Manure (56 lbs. at 5s. per <:\vt.) 



Seed wheat (50 lbs. at 3s. -jtX. ])er bushel) 



Drilling ' ... 



Cost of taking off one acre. 



Harvesting 

 Bags ... 

 < artin" 



L 



IMus cost of jjutling in 



Value of grain. 



38.54 bushels at 3s. "jA. per bushel 

 Less cost of production 



Net [)rofil per acre 



The crops of Cleveland, Calitorni.in. I'.Uic .Stt-in. aiul Rural New 

 Yorker No. 6, illu.stratefl on pag.s 146-150, wrre grown in the Italian <lis- 

 trict; Cleveland by Mr. J. Di.kcns and the others i)y Mr. J. T. Topper. 

 It is intcMilcd to cxpi'rinifnt with ihrsr \arittifs in th<- Northi-rn areas next 

 .sea. son. 



'I'hc continuous u.se of sup<'rphosphite is beginning to cause thoughtful 

 farmers to consider whether, without the aid of .some other manure or 

 svstem of keejiing the land in g<Hid heart, it will not eventually result ir 

 injury to the wheat-growing districts. The continuous drain of ])liosphates 

 taki-n from the wheat areas l»y (••real cropping must be returned in .some 



