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3. If the stalks need four feet of vertical space and 

 the laths are hung one foot apart in the shed, how 

 many cubic feet of shed room will be required to house 

 an acre of tobacco ? 



4. Give dimensions of a shed for five acres of 

 tobacco. 



5. If the average weight of seed potatoes is four 

 ounces each, and if they are cut in halves and planted 

 in rows three feet apart and eigheten inches apart in 

 the row, how many bushels of seed will be required 

 per acre? 



6. How many bushels will be needed if whole 

 potatoes are used? Quarters? Eighths? 



7. A sugar factory agrees to pay $4.50 per ton for 

 all beets testing 14 per cent, or less, of sugar. They 

 also agree to give an additional 25 cents per ton for 

 each additional i per cent of sugar or fraction thereof 

 over 14 per cent, if the fraction exceeds one-half 

 per cent. What is the price of beets testing 13.7 per 

 cent? 14 per cent? 14.3 per cent? 14.7 per cent? 

 1 5 per cent? 15. 2 per cent? 15.6 per cent? 15. 8 per 

 cent? 



8. Mr. Smith's beets yield fourteen tons per acre 

 and test 1 5 per cent. How much does he get per acre 

 for his crop? 



9. On two acres of ground Mr. Jones raises 73,680 

 pounds of beets which test 14.8 per cent. How much 

 do his beets bring him in money per acre? 



10. If Mr. Jones spends $56 worth of labor on 

 his crop of beets, what is his net profit per acre ? 



