COSTS, YIELDS AND PROFITS 



less than the early corn to produce, 

 generally 250 to $60 an acre, in some cases 

 less, which would leave a profit of from 

 $25 to 350 an acre for the product. The 

 late corn seems to give the least amount 

 of profit, generally only 315 to $2S; some- 

 times as high as 340 is netted from an 

 acre. 



To this must be added the cornstalks. 

 In a great many cases, the cornstalks are 

 worth from $7 to 315 an acre. Market 

 gardeners in many sections are so anxious 

 to get rid of the stalks after the second 

 picking of corn that they will gladly give 

 the corn to any farmer who will come 

 and remove it from the ground. In this 

 case the corn and roots are removed bodily. 

 It is often possible to see a market gardener 

 having some of his neighbors remove his 

 sweet corn from the ground, immediately 

 following by plowing, manuring, and placing 

 another crop on the ground, almost on the 

 heels of removing the cornstalks. In this 

 case, the cornstalks are not of any value 

 to the grower. 



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