THE PRODUCT OP ONE ACKE. 



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dred pounds of grain and eight thousand pounds of 

 stover ; but as some varieties of corn and some modes 

 of planting would not give this proportion of stalks, 

 the result stated below is calculated for two different 

 yields of the latter, viz., three tons per acre and four 

 tons. 



PRODUCT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD FROM ONE ACRE OF 

 CORN. 



The amount of pork given in the last column rep- 

 resents the product of grain only. If the stover omit- 

 ted in that case were converted into mutton, it would 

 give six hundred and sixty-six pounds for three tons 

 of the stalks, or eight hundred and eighty-eight 

 pounds for four tons. The total product of the acre, 

 therefore, in the last column would be, of pork and 

 mutton together, two thousand five hundred and 

 thirty-two pounds in one case, and two thousand 

 seven hundred and fifty-four pounds in the other. 



It is important for the farmer to remember, that 

 when he devotes his acres to either of the above prod- 

 ucts he gets, in addition to these returns, a liberal 

 supply of valuable manure. The total amount of 

 grain and stalk in the above crop is eleven thousand 

 six hundred pounds in one case, and thirteen thou- 

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