30 CAMPBELL'S SOIL CULTURE MANUAL 



Instead of 7 to 10 bushels of wheat to the acre they are 

 getting 30 to 40, and getting it every year. Corn 

 and hay yield in corresponding amounts. 



The result is exactly the same as that of opening up 

 new land and increasing the acreage under cultivation. 

 It is all that is left for the American farmer. He must 

 farm better and get larger crops or admit that he has 

 reached the limit of his productive capacity. 



The profit of the average western farm is not half 

 what it should be or could be if the farmer would utilize 

 all present available knowledge. Our farming methods 

 compare unfavorably with those of other countries. Com- 

 pared with the amount of land under cultivation, we do 

 not use a sufficient number of teams, nor employ enough 

 labor, nor have the necessary equipment. The estimated 

 average value per acre of machinery, teams, buildings and 

 appliances in various countries is as follows: 



In the United States $ 9 . 00 



In England 40.00 



In Germany .from $50 to 100.00 



The total is governed to some extent by the special 

 farming followed. 



The returns per acre from land in these three countries 

 show even a wider difference. The United States has soil 

 equally good and much of it even better than in the other 

 countries named, yet the wheat crop averages a little 

 over 14 bushels per acre for the whole country, while 

 England averages 32 bushels and Germany 33J bushels 

 per acre. 



The difference is largely due to the more scientific 

 methods of farming in the old world* 



The western farmer should look carefully into this 



