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Of course these are only preparatory for profitable work. 

 We have cases in which $2000 has been recorded from sales 

 in one year from one acre, and many cases in which at least 

 $1000 worth of produce has been sold from an acre. These 

 are sales, not profits. 



Such results are not due to the boundless and fertile soil 

 of the new world nor to small farming alone they are due 

 to intelligence. 



Professor Ronna gives the following figures of crops per 

 acre at Romford (Breton's Farm) : 28 tons of potatoes (say 

 952 bushels), 16 tons of marigold, 105 tons of beets, 110 tons 

 of carrots, 9 to 20 tons of various cabbages, and so on. 



It was suggested to the Agricultural Department that it 

 might fix standards of what is a good attainable crop. 



On every golf links we have what is called a Bogie score 

 posted up. That is a score that a certain mythical Captain 

 Bogie, supposed to be an average good player, could make 

 on those links. On one typical club course, for instance, 

 the Bogie score is 42. Though it has been done in 37, the 

 ordinary player congratulates himself when he gets down to 

 the Bogie score. 



Now, if there were standards attainable to ordinary in- 

 telligent and good cultivation set in each section, it would 

 enormously encourage farmers to reach them, which may be 

 of great importance. 



One of the heads of the Department replied as follows : 



"In regard to fixing a standard for each farmer to strive 

 to attain, I think that a very good idea ; but the standard 

 for each crop in each particular locality would necessarily 

 be somewhat different from that in every other locality. 

 Persons who have had experience in experimental work 

 keenly appreciate these points. The work which is done 



