86 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTUEE. 



To offset this cost, we have, — 



81 bushels of corn. 

 7,201 lbs. fodder, at (average reported valuation per acre, 1871) . $26 37 



Cost of corn : 



Cost per bushel ($52.82-^81 bushels.rz:) 65.2 cents. 



$52 82 



It will be seen that the cost of the corn per bushel depends 

 largely on the value given to the fodder. Of late years, it 

 seems more valued than it was in the past. The extremes of 

 valuation I can find recorded are " cost of harvesting " on the 

 one hand, and $60 per acre with a crop of 100 bushels of corn 

 on the other. The average of the valuations in four reports 

 in 1871, when larger than in any preceding year, was $26.37, 

 as I have given above. 



Valued by the nitrogen the fodder contains, it is inferior to 

 the best hay in proportion of one to three. Valued by the 

 manurial elements it contains, it is inferior in the proportion 

 of one to two. 



To illustrate still further, I will compare four statements 

 made to the Middlesex South Agricultural Society in 1870 

 and 1871 :— 



S. B. Bird, Transactions 1870, p. 8. 



Their own 

 " statement." 



Valuing manures 



only 



by my system. 



3 



Their own 



" statement," 



fodder made tmi- 



form. 



My idea of 

 cost. 



Cost of Crop, 

 Stover, . 



$82 47 , 

 21 00 ' 



91 cts. 

 per bu. 



$80 83 j 88.6 cts. 

 21 00 i per bu. 



682 47 j 90.4 cts. 

 21 46 1 per bu. 



$80 83 

 23 85 



84.4 cts. 

 per bu. 



JoHX Johnson,* Transactions 1871, p. 26. 



Cost of Crop, 

 Stover, . 



SS2 97 ) 50 cts. 

 40 45 j per bu. 



§96 80 ) 66 cts. 

 40 45 j per bu. 



§82 97 ) 65^ cts. 

 27 09 S per bu. 



§96 80 

 27 09 



81.8 cts. 

 per bu. 



JosiAH GiBBS, Transactions 1871, p. 27. 



Cost of Crop, 

 Stover, . 



$56 90) 47.4 cts. 

 21 30 \ per bu. 



§75 34 ) 72 cts. 

 21 30 i per bu. 



23 85 j per bu. 



$75 34 

 23 85 



68.6 cts. 

 per bu. 



S. N. Thojuas, Transactions 1871, p. 28. 



Cost of Crop, 

 Stover, . 



§90 40 ) 95.3 cts. 

 22 74 S per bu. 



$85 26 ) 88 cts. 

 22 74 ( per bu. 



$90 40 ) 95.5 cts. 

 22 57 i per bu. 



$85 26 

 22 57 



88.3 cts. 

 per bu. 



* Add .f 7.10 for interest and taxes so that the statement may be comparable with 

 the others. 



