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BOARD OF AGEICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Cost of Cropping. 

 By Simpson Reume, Gold Medalist Farmer, in Canada. 



Value of straw not stated. 



The Largest Food Yield at Least Cost. — The 



Manure Pile. 



For a numl)Gr of years Eastern farmers have been told 

 that it did not pay to grow this or that cereal crop, and it 

 was cheaper to buy all grain supplies from the West or from 

 whoever will sell us. Our chief difficulty in grain growing 

 is the soil limitation imposed by the physical condition of 

 our farms. Wherever land is available for growing corn 

 and potatoes economically, we may properly consider 



