THE STALK CROP. 



171 



Stalks per acre. 

 3.11 tons. 

 4.23 " 

 5.71 " 

 4.76 " 

 6.35 " 



Grain per acre. 



79 bushels. 

 108 " 

 145 " 

 121 " 

 162 " 



Here it will be seen that the proportion of grain 

 to stover is just about the same as the ratio given 

 above, which was twenty-five bushels to a ton ; show- 

 ing that one estimate corroborates the other. 



Let us now take a further comparative view of 

 the stalks and grain of this cereal. Let us compare 

 the total results per acre, including quantity and 

 price. "We will suppose the grain to bring seventy 

 cents per bushel, and the stalks six dollars per ton. 

 These figures are much below what the farmer should 

 realize on a yearly average, but they will answer the 

 purpose of illustration. We will take four different 

 yields, viz., twenty-five bushels per acre, fifty bushels, 

 seventy-five bushels, and one hundred bushels ; assum- 

 ing the stalks to be, as before given, in the ratio of 

 one ton to twenty-five bushels. We shall then have 

 the following result : 



