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problem. In the Agricultural Gazette for New South 
Wales of November 2nd, 1914, the cost of growing wheat 
and harvesting it by methods similar to those of New 
Zealand (though less intensive), is estimated at £3 5s. 
per acre. The items are as follows: — 
TABLE XXXV. 
COST OF PRODUCTION. 
Estimate II. 
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Ploughing once oe a 
Harrowing twice, at 1/- per acre 
Cultivating once a 
Drilling oy we oe wn 
Seed, 60 Ibs. per acre, at 5/- per bush. -. 
Superphosphate, 4 cewt., at 5/- per ewt. 
Pickling seed, at 3d. per acre .. a 
Cutting with binder .. Ss a 
Twine, 5 Ib. per acre, at 6d. per Ib. 
Stooking for grain .. ar 
Carting and stacking 
7 bags at 6/- per doz. 
Threshing at 1/6 per bag 
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Cartage to rail., 20 bush. at 24d. per bush. 
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Total ae sis .. £3 
Yield per acre, 20 bushels 
Cost per bushel, 3s. 34d. 
But the most reliable estimate under notice at present 
is one recently made at the Central Research Farm, 
Werribee, Victoria. An excellent account of this is given 
in two articles in the Victorian Journal of Agriculture, 
in the numbers for July, 1915, and May, 1916. Details 
are not given here, but it is sufficient to say that the 
operations are quite similar to those undertaken in New 
Zealand, and that the most careful account has been 
