POTATOES 



with the following comparative estimate relative to wheat and 

 potatoes. 



PRODUCE OF AN ACRE OF WHEAT. 



287. Forty bushels is a good crop ; but from fifty to sixty may 

 be grown. 



Pounds of Wheat. 

 40 bushels 60 pounds a bushel . . . 2,400 



4Si pounds of flour to each bushel of wheat 1,820 

 13 pounds of offal to each bushel . .520 



Waste . . ., . .60 



2,400 



The worth of offal is about that of one bushel 

 of flour ; and the worth of straw, 2 tons, 

 each worth 2/. is equal to six bushels of 

 flour ..... 318! 



Pounds of Flour. 

 So that the total yield in flour is . . .2,139 



Pounds of Bread. 



Which will make of bread at the rate of 9 



pounds of bread from 7 pounds of flour . 2,739^ 



PRODUCE OF AN ACRE OF POTATOES. 



288. Seven tons, or 350 bushels, is a good crop ; but ten tons, 

 or 500 bushels may be grown. 



Pounds of Po ta toes . 

 Ten tons, or ..... 22,400 



Pounds of Flour . 

 Ten pounds of Potatoes contain one pound of flour 2,240 



Pounds of Bread. 

 Which would, if it were possible to extract the flour and 



get it in a dry state, make of bread . . 2,880 



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