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self wages and a little more than cost of feed for 

 his team : 



Manuring, 15 loads at 20c $ 3.00 



Plowing 1.25 



Harrowing 25 



Leveling 75 



Planting 50 



Seed, 20 Ibs. at 15c 3.00 



Thinning 6.00 



Hoeings 6.00 



Cultivating and furrowing, 6 times at 50c 3.00 



Irrigating, 6 times at 50c 3.00 



Pulling, topping, hauling, for a yield of 



15 tons per acre at $1.00 15.00 



$41.75 



Horses, when they have learned to eat heets, 

 are very fond of them. The hair becomes glossy 

 and coat slick when beets form a portion of their 

 feed. Milch cows do well on them. Steers get 

 fat when fed beets. Hogs relish them and will 

 fatten rapidly. If fed a small grain ration with 

 beets the hogs do better than when fed grain 

 alone. Sheep will fatten fast on beets and corn. 

 They are considered cheaper feed than corn, and 

 the mixture cheapens that ration. Chickens will 



