716 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



reason that the same aniouut of equipments are required for the latter 

 as the former; viz.: 



1st Team $250 



2(1 Harness 35 



3d Plow 14 



4th Harrow 12 



5th Planter ' 40 



6th Cultivator 25 



Average life time of a team, twelve years; implements, nine years. Fig- 

 uring for team and interest on money invested for twelve years at a 

 total of ?1713.04. and that it will take four months to plow, harrow, 

 plant and cultivate the forty acres we arrive at a cost for team work of 

 $47.85, or ?1.21 per acre. 



Figuring cost of harness, plow, planter and cultivator, 6 per cent on 

 investment, and 10 per cent for depreciation, with 7 per cent for repairs, 

 we arrive at a total cost of $39.09 per year, or 9 2-3 cents per acre. 



Estimating that it will require fifty-six days labor at a cost of $1.50 

 for wages and board, a total of $84.00, and for 6 1-2 bushels of seed at 

 $1.50 per bushel, or $9.25; a total of $9.25 for labor and seed, or 

 $2.3314 per acre 



RECAPITULATION. ' 



Team work $47.85 



Harness and machinery 39.09 



Labor and seed 93.25 



Total $180.19 



Or per acre $4.50 



Interest on land value per acre 3.50 



Taxes 96 



Fencing and repairs 52 



Total cost per acre $9.48 



Figuring a yield of 37 bushels per acre the cost of production per 

 bushel would be $0,256. 



GROWING POP-CORN COMMERCIALLY. 



FKOM ORANGE JUDD FARMEK. 



Any soil that will produce a good crop of field corn will be satisfactory 

 for pop-corn. As the plant is less rugged than Indian corn, it will pay 

 to have a rich loam in a high state of cultivation. If it is not naturally 

 rich, add twenty-five to forty loads of stable manure per acre, plow deeply, 



