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547 



vator, with knives so placed that they will cut off the plants just 

 beneath the surface of the ground, is very satisfactory. The vines 

 should be cut and piled when they are toughened by dew, a hay 

 rake often being satisfactory for bunching. Threshing may be 

 done by a grain separator which has the speed of the cylinder much 

 reduced and the concaves removed. Many beans are apt to be 

 broken, but usually not enough to justify the trouble and expense 

 of securing a regular bean separator. 



Table XXIII is a financial statement of costs and returns from 

 growing an acre of beans at the Snowflake Dry-farm in 1915. It 

 will be noted that the yield per acre, 500 pounds, while not high, is 

 sufficient to return a fair profit. 



table; XXIII. RI5TURNS FROM AN ACRE OF BEANS, SNOWFLAKE 



DRY-EAR M, 1915 



Production co.sts per acre 



\ 



Taxes 



Interest 



Plowing 



One double disking. 

 Two harrowings . . . 



Planting 



Four cultivations. . . 



Hoeing 



Harvesting 



Seed 



Threshing 



Total 



Dollars 



.75 

 .50 



2.00 

 .50 

 .30 

 .25 

 .50 



1.20 



1.25 

 .50 



1.00 



875 



Yield per 

 acre 



Pounds 



500 



Gross 



returns per 



acre 



Dollars 



20.00 



Net gain 



Dollars 



11.25 



CORN 



Eight varieties of corn were planted in 1910 (see Table XXIV), 

 and, as indicated by the table, most plots were replanted. No seed 

 was produced, but the best yield was obtained from plots of Red 

 Dent. 



In 1911, seed was produced on most plots, the best yields being 

 obtained from Yellow Dent and Australian White Flint. Four 

 plots received an irrigation of floodwater. 



In 1912, only Australian White Flint and Yellow Dent were 

 grown, and the yields were small. One plot of Australian White 

 Flint was destroyed because of soil movement by wind. 



