260 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 SEpr., 1899. 
WHEAT-FARMING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 
THE average cost of wheat-farming in New South Wales is as follows :— 
Yield. Price. 
Bush. £ 8. ds 
Ploughing, sowing seed, horse-feed, &c., peracre 12s. LOR OS Smo 
Cost of harvesting, from stripper to buyer ie 6s. £115 O 
: 18s. 
Profit per acre... ae x 17s. 
£1 15s. 
WHEAT-FARMING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
mes CLs 
Rent of 160 acres, at 4s. per acre... a a, 82° O © 
Ploughing 160 acres, at 7s. per acre ... deat x Ws O @ 
Seed, 240 bushels, at 1s. 6d. ... rat oS ar, SY 
Sowing and harrowing, at ls. 6d... + wa I @ @ 
Cost of harvesting 2,720 bushels, at 33d. per bushel 39 18 4 
Carting and railage to market, at 8d. per bushel ... 34 O 0 
Bags... Po rio co cer: aa on «=D 
£217 138 4. 
WAU ere be, coxy 2b fa fy 
£476 0 O 
Yield, 17 bushels per acre, 160 acres = 2,720 bushels, 
at 8s. 6d. per bushel Fe oti oi, 2YAG. ® 0) 
Less Expenses eae oo 033 nx PAA ANB}. 2 
£258 6 8 
If we add, as in the case of Queensland and Argentina, £42 for groceries, 
clothes, &c., and £200 for outfit, we arrive at a profit for the first year’s opera- 
tions of £16 6s. 8d. on the wheat crop. Fencing and clearing, of course, are 
not included. 
WHEAT-FARMING IN DAKOTA (U.S.A.) 
In the beginning of the year the Rural New Yorker described and illustrated 
the methods adopted by a Dakota wheat farmer as being a good example of the 
district. The cost of cultivation from first to last, using the most modern 
implements, is set down at 3s. 13d. per acre; seed, 2s. 1d.; interest on the 
value of the land, 3s. 1$d. Other expenses bring the total cost of producing a 
crop to 12s. 5d. per acre. The yield was 6 bushels per acre, which brought 12s. 
6d.; so that the crop only paid working experises. Comparing this with 
the other countries we have considered, it would appear that by farming 160 
acres he would have realised only £8, but, as he did much of the work himself, 
he reckoned his crop paid him good wages. 
