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date this estimate to the views of those who may pos- 

 sibly rate the value of stalks lower than this, let us 

 take one hundred pounds of them as equal to forty- 

 five pounds of the grain ; or, in other words, let us 

 suppose that one hundred pounds of the stover will 

 produce the same amount of butter, beef, mutton, 

 etc., as forty-five pounds of corn. 



Comparing this with the estimate made on a for- 

 mer page for the cost of beef, it will be found that, 

 when the stalks and grain are fed separately, it re- 

 quires about seventeen and a half pounds of the for- 

 mer, or eight pounds, very nearly, of the latter, to 

 produce a pound of beef. If we extend the calcula- 

 tion to other products, the general results will be very 

 nearly as indicated in the following table, which gives 

 the weight of grain, and also the weight of stalk, 

 either of which, separately, will produce one pound of 

 each of the products named : 



Some of these figures vary slightly from the exact 

 proportion, but they are near enough for practical 

 purposes. 



N~ow, in taking the yield of an acre of corn at one 

 hundred bushels, we shall have five thousand six hun- 



