222, REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 
Cost of Producing Wheat.—In my report of 1904 I gave some 
details of the cost of wheat-production. The first of the following 
schedules applies to the region, lately settled by farmers from the United 
States, which lies round Ponoka, on the Calgary and Edmonton line. 
The district is more suitable for the production of oats than of wheat; 
but labour, as a rule, is not so difficult to obtain as in many other 
districts. The date of the costs is March 12,1907. Two other schedules 
of cost, dated 1909, one in the Weyburn District and the other in the 
Rouban District, are given for purpose of comparison. The costs were 
exact at the time they were compiled; but I do not suggest that they 
should be regarded as applicable generally, or even over a wide area. 
At Ponoka 1907 
New Land Old Land 
a Per Bushel Per Bushel 
Per Acre | (at 20 per | Per Acre | (at 20 per 
Acre) Acre) 
Breaking $3.00 | $ 01500 — — 
| Cultivation . 4.05 0°2025 $ 2.80 $ 0°1400 
| Seed (12 bushel) ; 1,50 0:0750 1.50 0:0750 
| Harvesting, threshing, &c. 2.68 0°1340 2.68 0°1340 
Hail insurance ; 0.15 0:0075 0.15 0:0075 
'Costatfarm. . . , $1138 | $5690 | $7.13 | $-3565 
| Hauling to elevator or station 0:90 0450 0.90 0:0450 
| 
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| Cost at elevator or station 12.28 | $0:6135 $ 8.03 § 4015 
| Price, March 11, 1907 -- 0:5300 _ 05300 
| Gain on 
Loss on new land . — $ 0°0835 old land | $0°1285 
Three items not included here : (1) taxation; (2) value of farmer’s superintend- 
ence ; (5) rent or interest on capital. 
| In Weyburn District 1909 
New Land Old Land 
Par Bushel | Per Bushel | 
Per Acre | (at 20 per | Per Acre | (at 20 per | 
| Acre) Acre) | 
Breaking $3.25 | $0:1625 Pee ae ken ce 
Cultivation 1.90 | 0:0950 $ 2.40 $0:1200 | 
Seed 2 4 : ‘ 1.50 0:07£0 1.50 00750 | 
Harvesting, threshing, &c. 2.75 01375 2.75 01375 
Cost at farm . : $ 9.40 0:4700 $ 8.65 0°3325 
Hauling to elevator 1.00 0:0500 1.00 0-0500 
Cost at elevator F 10.40 0:5200 $ 9.65 $ 0:3825 
Freight to Port Arthur . — 0:1200 _ 0:1200 
Cost at Port Arthur — $ 0°6400 — $0'5025 | 
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