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should expect to get better results than the averages shown by statistics. 

 We can hardly expect to provide for unusual yields, 1mt future develop- 

 ments and increased yields from improved methods should be consid- 

 ered. The following may be taken as a guide in estimating space : 

 maize, fifty bushels per acre; wheat, twenty-five bushels; oats, forty 



Fig. 337. — Steel frame barn bcuig built by F. E. Daivlcy, Fayetieville, X. Y. 

 Probably the first of its kind in the United Stales. 



bushels; hay, two tons; silage, twelve tons per acre. A Inishol of small 

 grain occupies about 1.25 cubic feet; that of ear corn 2.5 cubic feet; a 

 ton of hay 500 cubic feet;- a ton of silage about 60 cubic feet. For each 

 pound of wheat or oats, two pounds may be allowed for straw, although 

 these relations vary greatly with season, soil and varieties. When planted 



