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Show The average yield of wheat in tho United States Is about thlrteon bushels bush-els por aero. Tho avorago yield In Germany is twenty-six bUBhels, nnd In England thirty-two. "Docs this arguo that tho soli and chmato of Europo nro bettor adapted to wheat growing than thoso of tho United States7 Not at all. It proves only thai careful farming farm-ing on tho other sldo of tho water will produco bettor results than careless farming here, snys Chicago Journal. American cultivators who put tholr minds to It havo no troublo In breaking break-ing tho European record. Ono farmer farm-er in Illinois has averaged 48.8 bushels bush-els of wheat per aero each your for threo years. Ho attributes his success suc-cess to careful seed selection, as well as to good handling of tho land. Two professors In this stato have raised 38 bushels of whtal per aero on Boll so unpromising that their placo UBed to bear tho narao of "Poor Land Farm." |