CHAP. VII.] POTATOES. 290 



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 



45| pounds of flour to each 



bushel of wheat . . . . 1820 



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, inflow, is . 2,139 



Pounds of Bread. 



Which will make of bread, at the 

 rate of d pounds of bread from 7 

 pounds of flour . . . , , . 2,739| 



