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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo Aug., 1909. 



double the numter of ewes he can carrv 011 his farm." Thus, in the 

 use of oats for sheep and lamb fattening, the value of the crop is proven 

 by those who are adopting this practice to be worth fully 3s. per bushel 

 on the farm, as compared with the is. 6d. which remains after deducting 

 cost of bags, carting, and railway freight from the present market prices. 

 Consequently, those who thus utilize their oat crop stand to benefit from 

 the sheep fattening profits, and those who do not also participate, owing 

 to the tendency to increase prices on the local market bv the oat crop 

 surplus being got rid of by the export trade in sheep and lambs. 



A RECORD CROP OF POTATOES. 



The accompanying illustration is that of some " Acme Snowflake " 

 potatoes grown by Mr. S. S. Smith, of " lona,'" Gellibrand West, zid 

 Cobden. 



Mr. Smith writes as follows : '' Hti<\vith 1 forward a phntograjih of 

 a few potatoes from a record crop of Acme Snoxvflakes produced' by 

 thorough cultivation. The land was worked into a fine tilth about 10 

 inches deep with a Massey-Harris cultivator. The potatoes were then put 

 in as deep as possible with a mouldboard plougli during the Inst week 

 of October, 1908. 



" No rain fell until after the blooms had died off. \et, owing to the 

 surface being kept well stirred until the tops 'shook hands" across the 

 rows, thev turned out in the beginning of June at the rate of 30 tons- 

 per acre. Single tulx^rs weighed as much as 5 lbs. each ; 62 filled an 

 old-style cornsack and weighed 190 lbs. Placed end to end the 62 tubers 

 measured 54 feet. 



" Some lanrl immediatelv acijoitiing was ])lanted in the ordinarv way,, 

 but yielded only 9 tons per acre." 



