855 THE CORN LADY 



apart, the custom is to count 9 rows to an acre in & 

 field a quarter of a mile long. Is this rule correct? 

 19. In husking corn in a field where the rows are 

 80 rods long, 4 rows make a 30-bushel load. What 

 is the yield per acre? 



Threshing and Harvesting Problems 



1. If a field of oats is half a mile long and 40 

 rods wide, how much should be paid for cutting it at 

 75 cents per acre? 



2. If the man who cuts it gets it done in 4 days, 

 how much is he making per day ? 



3. Find the amount of this threshing bill: 

 1,200 bushels of oats at 2 cents per bushel. 



860 bushels of wheat at 4 cents per bushel. 

 2,600 pounds of coal at $4 per ton. 

 4 men and teams at $3 per day, for a day and a half. 

 6 men at $1.75 per day, for a day and a half. 



4. The field in which this 1,200 bushels of oafg 

 were grown is 120 rods long and 50 rods wide. What 

 was the yield per acre ? 



5. The wheat field was 86 rods long and 80 rods 

 wide. What was the yield per acre? 



6. Counting the cost of cutting at 75 cents per 

 acre, and the shocking at 25 cents per acre, what has 

 been the total cost of harvesting and threshing? 

 What does this amount to in expense per bushel ? 



7. If a self-binder receives proper care, it will last 

 12 years. It is run each year on an average of 5 days 



