Money Wasted 



allows per acre for his land, and the Income 

 Tax rate of reckoning one-third of the rent as 

 the farmer's income, and put two and two together. 



Of course, as much care is necessary in the 

 purchase of compound manures as anything 

 else. Fortunately, the Government has taken 

 care of the farmer, so that he has the exact 

 analyses on every invoice, also he can obtain a 

 table showing comparative unit values and ascer- 

 tain what any compound is worth. But he will 

 not do this, and too often, after being guided 

 into the harbour of high grade manuring, strikes 

 on the rock of preposterous values, and is no 

 better off than before. Some compounds offered 

 to farmers are not worth one-third of their 

 cost. In one of the County Analyst's reports 

 a guano sold to farmers at ^4 per ton, turns 

 out worth about 25s, in actual manurial value! 

 And this article must have been sold by thousands 

 of tons! 



Why do they buy them? It is a complete mystery. 

 They are sharp enough in other ways. They will 

 bargain for an hour over a shilling; they have 

 eyes to see with, but do not see! Education may 

 help them here, or agitation. At any rate, each 

 can choose the best values, experiment on his 

 own soil and reap the reward of his labour at 

 the harvest day. 



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