MISCELLANEOUS, 917 
In 1556 the Secretary of State of Michigan 
published a crop report giving information on 
the cost of producing wheat, oats and corn 
crops in that State.* The estimates are based 
on 817 reports from correspondents represent- 
ing 650 townships. The cost of producing and 
marketing one acre of corn in the State was 
$19.14, or 21.4 cents per bushel of ears. This is 
based on the average price for corn on Jan. 1, 
1886, viz.: 24 cents per bushel of ears. The 
cost for the year 1885 was estimated at 20.9 
cents per bushel of ears. 
In 1889 the Secretary of the Kansas Board of 
Agriculture investigated this subject in that 
State and estimated from the returns that it 
cost the farmers of Kansas, where an average 
yield of 30 bu. per acre was grown, 21 cents a 
bushel to produce and deliver. 
Fora number of years the Farmers’ Review 
published humerous articles from corn-growers 
on the cost of crop production. In the Review 
of April 7, 1886, A. 8. Morley, Arlington, Neb., 
gives the following figures from his ledger: 
TWENTY-FIVE ACRES CORN. 
Bake plowing 2Oracres Abel. 205- Ja. be Pee hol tats ib a $11.25 
eee AAMC ba «πὰ ον cite Gers). ors ss-nds Gals ace erhcek wic's earn « 75.00 
Shum mine acres sballcse te πος πο des εν aces cee δὴ 2.25 
ἘΣ πο LG ACV ES Abel eon ya eka cee cole dak τας 20.00 
Cultivating 9 acres—fall plowing... 2. .0..202..260.062. 3.00 
Eredar LEG! TRAY ΚΕ Oa nwa 3 oid ao Ua eo sce ae ew oe 4.00 
* Michigan Crop Report, Jan. 1, 1886. No. 51, page 8. 
