Appendix II 



"During 191 3, 9000 acres, privately cultivated for 

 " wheat, produced an average of 7*44 bushels to the 

 "acre. But in the same locality the Department's 

 " expert officers obtained an average of some 20 

 " bushels to the acre from a manured crop which 

 "had been both manured and dry soiled. The 

 " enormous difference in the return as between 7*44 

 "and 25*8 bushels was due to the use of the 

 "scientific methods of retaining the moisture in 

 " the ground by sufficient working of the surface 

 "and by the application of a manure supplying 

 "those constituents which the particular ground 

 " happened to lack." 



Trade and War 



(From the Australian Sun of August 5, 1915-) 



" The doctrine of Free Trade was born in dreams 

 " of universal peace. It seems likely to perish in 

 " the facts of universal war. A correspondent who 

 " wrote to this paper a day or two ago emphasized 

 " the fact that ' through her Free Trade policy 

 "Britain has since 1870 contributed considerably 

 " over one-third of the total cost of the stupendous 

 " armaments which our enemies have.' When the 

 " nations stand arrayed against one another in war, 

 "it is found that the free-trader has fed the re- 

 " sources of the protectionist foe. Apart from any 

 " debatable points which remain at issue between 



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