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is in accordance with the opinions of those practically ac- 

 quainted with the measurement of crops and is therefore as 

 correct as it is possible to conjecture. 



The cost of production upon an acre of corn requires some 

 calculation, but an estimate sufficiently accurate may be 

 made by comparing the customary prices of labor with the 

 amount of work usually done by a "hand" in a day; the re- 

 sult would be as follows, viz: 



Three-fourths of a day plowing at $1 50 per day, $1 12-^ 

 One-fourth of a day harrowing at $1 50 per 



day 37i 



One-fourth of day marking and planting, (one 



hand and boy) 50 



Three times tending with cultivator 1 00 



Seed 05 



Cost of production $3 05 



Harvesting and cutting up 62^ 



Husking and cribbing 60 bushels at three cents per 



bushel 1 80 



$5 4H 

 Marketing 60 bushels at twenty cents per 



bushel $12 00 



Fodder 1 00 



Value per acre $13 00 



From which deduct interest on land--'* $1 20 



Added to whole cost 5 47^ 



Amount 6 67^ 



The result as will be— Value $13 00 



Cost 6 67^ 



Nett profits $6 32^ 



We rate the average yield at sixty bushels per acre which 

 we consider quite reasonable of any ordinary season, if the 

 crop is properly planted and tended. If a good season it 



