. Farmer and stockbreeder . ofproduction (the sums mentioned include the costsof all tillages, seed, threshing, delivery, rent andrates, and 5 per cent, interest on capital) :— Cambs. Essex. Cost per acre. £ ». d. £ s d. Wheat 15 6 1 .. 16 5 10 Barley 12 13 S .. 13 17 S Oats 12 J 8 13 1 I Beaiu 16 t t 17 5 I (These figures were based on a minimum wage of30s. per week in Cambs. and of 32s. per week inEssex.) The prices announced for the 1919 crops, , wheat 75s. 6d., barley 68s. 10d., and oats47s. 6d. per qr., would show the following resultsif the yields were 6tated as hereunder :— Cambs. Es
. Farmer and stockbreeder . ofproduction (the sums mentioned include the costsof all tillages, seed, threshing, delivery, rent andrates, and 5 per cent, interest on capital) :— Cambs. Essex. Cost per acre. £ ». d. £ s d. Wheat 15 6 1 .. 16 5 10 Barley 12 13 S .. 13 17 S Oats 12 J 8 13 1 I Beaiu 16 t t 17 5 I (These figures were based on a minimum wage of30s. per week in Cambs. and of 32s. per week inEssex.) The prices announced for the 1919 crops, , wheat 75s. 6d., barley 68s. 10d., and oats47s. 6d. per qr., would show the following resultsif the yields were 6tated as hereunder :— Cambs. Essex. Per acre. Per acre. £ ». d. £ s. d. Wheat, iqr. p £15 ta. .. Loss 0 4 1 Loss 1 3 10 Barley. 4qr. p. a . £13 15s. 6d Profit 0 17 0 Los* 0 2 0 Oats. 5qr £11 17s. 6d. .. Loss 0 6 0 Loss 1 5 0 It would be needful, if higher wages had to bepaid, for one man in every five to be discharged,which would be disastrous for the Tural popula-tion, and equally so for the fertility and cleanli-ness of the ONION SMUT The attention of all onion gTowers is directed bythe Board of Agriculture to the disease known asOnion Smut. This disease is well known in America,where it causes very serious damage; but Englishspecimens were forwarded to the Boerd of Agri-culture for the first time last season. It is highlyimportant that if further outbreaks occur theyshould be notified at once, and that the spread ofthe disease should be prevented. Onion Smut may be recognised by the presenceof dark streaks in the leaves, which are at firstcovered by the skin of the ltxif. The skin is soonruptured, and a black sooty powder, consisting ofthe spores of the fungus, is exposed. These sporesfall to the ground, and soil thus contaminated with6porcs will give rise to a diseased crop and berendered unsuitable for onion growing for manyyears. Affected plants should be dug up and burnedbefore the spores escape. A full account of the disoase will be found in theMay number of the Journal
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