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meadow lark will eat 250 a day. How many birds 

 will it take at this rate to save a ton of small grain or 

 grass in ten days? 



9. As destroyers of potato beetles and other harm- 

 ful insects, a single pair of quails is said to be worth 

 $5. If this pair produces a brood of 16 young quails, 

 what is the value of the work done by the entire covey 

 next year ? 



Scale Tickets 



1. A farmer sold 6 loads of ear corn (70 pounds 

 to the bushel) at 51 cents per bushel. Fill out the 

 scale ticket, and find how much money he should get 

 for each load and how much for the total. 



Totals 



Note that this kind of work is easily proved. The 

 total of the net weights of the different loads should 

 equal the difference between the total of the gross 

 weights less the total of the wagon weights. Also, the 



