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From this statement it is seen that from less than five acres of 

 ground, at a cash outlay of $127.92, a net revenue of $800.17 was 

 obtained. Of the cash outlay $22.41 was for alfalfa raised on the 

 farm and fed. On a little more than half an acre, with 123 days 

 labor and 10 days team labor, a gross revenue of $624.60 resulted. 

 The same intensive methods were applied to the cultivation of the 

 onions, potatoes and melons as to the tomatoes, yet the cash return 

 from the tomatoes was more than double those from all the others. 



By means of contrast with the above results there follows the 

 returns from a typical barley crop grown in the same neighborhood 

 the same year. The crop was from 110 acres. The amount of the 

 crop was 2,479 sacks or 138.8 tons of grain and 7 tons of barley 

 hay. The figures as follows were furnished by the owner: 



That is to say, this barley, not charging the owner's labor 

 against the crop, gave a return of $1,342.99, or $12.21 an acre. It 

 was not possible in this case, as it is with a small, intensively cul- 

 tivated place, to manage the labor within a family, and in this in- 

 stance cash and credit to the .amount of $2,370.33 was required to 

 carry the crop through. (F. B. 63.) 



All the experiments made at the various experiment stations 

 are along the lines of intensive farming. The stooling of wheat 

 planted at varying distances apart is shown as follows: 



1. The number of mature heads produced by each seed of 

 wheat, oats, or barley varies greatly with the locality, season, and 

 distance apart seeds are planted. 



2. The number of heads and the amount of grain produced by 

 each seed increases rapidly with the greater amount of room ac- 

 corded each. 



3. When planted wide distances apart the straw is shorter than 

 when thickly planted but, on account of the greater number of 

 adventitious stems produced and the larger and more numerous 

 leaves, there is more straw in proportion to the amount of grain 

 where there is plenty of room. 



4. Where given too much room many more stems are produced 

 than will mature heads. On account of the continuous growth from 

 the crown of the stool during the summer the grain is late in matur- 

 ing, does not fill well, and, as a whole, produces light, inferior grain. 



