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of rotations which 

 will yield higher 

 net returns per 

 acre. Indeed, the 

 time will soon come 

 — if prices for land 

 increase at a rate 

 even approximating 

 that of the last de- 

 cade — before those 

 who are now prac- 

 tising such rotations 

 will find it more 

 profitable to sell 

 their land and in- 

 vest the money at 

 fixed deposit rather 

 than continue a 

 svstem of rotation 

 liy which only one 

 crop of importance 

 is obtained in four 

 or five vears. In 

 this connexion, sys- 

 tematic and con- 

 tinued experimental 

 work, having for 

 its object the test- 

 ing of every pos- 

 sible rotation likely 

 to be suitable to 

 the Wimmera dis- 

 trict, would be of 

 invaluable service 

 to the primary pro- 

 ducers of the dis- 

 trict. Some of the 

 farmers of the dis- 

 trict have been ex- 

 perimenting in this 

 direction, but it 

 must be recognized 

 that the scope of 

 any experimental 

 work that may be 

 carried out on a 

 private farm under 

 ordinary conditions 

 is verv strictly lim- 

 ited. 



The Man on the 

 Land, though he 

 may have the in- 



