258 agriculture; of maine;. 



The figures allow nothing for manure or fertilizer, nor for 

 rental of land, but they are considerably in excess of the aver- 

 age on some other points. The land was plowed twice to kill 

 witch grass ; the hand planting was too expensive. 



The yield from this acre was 80 bushels of shelled corn. This 

 makes the cost per bushel 28 cents. 



More accurate figures, but from quite diflferent conditions, are 

 the following taken from Bulletin 117 of the Minnesota Experi- 

 ment Station. They represent the results of a very careful in- 

 vestigation on cost of production : 



Cost of Producing in Two Minnesota Localities When the Ears 

 are Husked from the Standing Stalks, and the Stover not Har- 

 vested. 



Rice Co. Lyon Co. 



Seed . 226 . 190 



Shelling seed .026 .025 



Plowing 1 .311 1. 171 



Dragging 544 .439 



Planting (horse planter) .240 .255 



Cultivating i . 806 i . 453 



Weeding . 1 19 



Husking 3.456 2.473 



Machinery cost 549 . 537 



Land rental 3-500 3.000 



Total 11.658 9.662 



Yield 37.90 bu. 46.24 bu. 



Cost per bushel 31 .21 



Cost of Producing Corn in Minnesota, When it is Shocked and 



Hauled in from the Field. 



Lyon Co. 



Seed 190 



Shelling seed -025 



Plowing 1-171 



Dragging • 439 



Planting (horse planter) 255 



Cultivating 1-453 



Cutting (corn binder) .687 



