WHEAT CULTURE. 



CHAPTER I. 



WHEAT CULTURE. 



HOW TO IHCKEASE THE YIELD. 



It is a well-known fact that the average yield of wheat 

 in this country is absurdly small, being only about four- 

 teen bushels per acre not half what it should and might 

 be* in so new a country and that the profits of growing 

 it are correspondingly light. All this we have long no- 

 ticed with regret, and that feeling has stimulated us to 

 prepare this little work, hoping that the facts presented 

 in it may, to some extent, aid the growers to produce 

 better results, to secure larger yields, and thereby larger 

 profits. 



Whatever a man believes he can do, if it be proper 

 and he desires to do it, he is very likely to do. It is to 

 the interest of wheat growers to greatly increase their 

 yield per acre, to even double the prevailing average yield, 

 and thereby double their profits. We are well satisfied 

 that this can be done, and it is our desire and aim to 

 convince them that they can easily do it ; then, with 

 that faith, they will be sure to accomplish the result. 



We believe that fuller knowledge and more thought 



among farmers generally will surely lead to higher 



achievements in their important work; that increased 



knowledge of the subject will secure increased yield, and 



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