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approximation to the real cost. Such an 

 approximate estimate was made and pub- 

 hshed in the Annual Report of the Ontario 

 Agricultural College and Experimental 

 Farm for 1891, pp. 51 and 52. No better 

 course, probably, can be adopted here than 

 to make a quotation from the Farm Depart- 

 ment portion of this report, prepared by the 

 writer. The subject in hand is therein dis- 

 cussed in the following language : 



''The question of the cost of cleaning this 

 farm will doubtless be raised by the enquir- 

 ing mind, and it is well that it should be. 

 In reference to this, I desire to say that I 

 am satisfied that the only outlay for which 

 there was no direct return was that paid 

 for hand spudding. The hoed crops would 

 certainly all pay for the cost of producing 

 them. On much of the land, two crops 

 were grown each year during the cleaning 

 process. On the land gang-plowed after 

 harvest, compensation for the outlay was 

 frequently obtained in the catch crops 

 grown. I regret that no account was kept 

 of the exact amount expended for hand 

 spudding in 1889. In 1890 the time spent 

 in spudding was 4983/^ hours by one per- 

 son, which, at $1.25 per day of ten hours, 



