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So produce Snch a crop, and with its share of the necessary buildings, was at tho 

 time worth from $40 to $50 an acre, intrinsically. Say the smallest sum, (f 40,) and 

 die interest charged, instead of being $7,56, ought to have been $48,00 for twelve 

 months-.; but it is usual to charge eighteen months interest on land employed in. 

 growing wheat, or $72,00. This would still further raise the cost of the grain, ou 

 the farm, without allowing anything for profit, or remuneration for skill, or expen 

 ses of marketing. The straw, however, is generally considered an equivalent f&amp;lt;w tte 

 (L. Cone. Tram. r,f Slaic Jgficul^. Soty. of Mcth., !850,^, 4b7j 



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