130 FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



PROBLEMS. 



1. What would be the difference in income between a 10 acre field 

 of Siberian oats and a 10 acre field of Twentieth Century at current prices, 

 if each kind yielded an amount equal to that in the foregoing table? 



2. What per cent of a sheaf of Sixty Day oats is included in the 

 grain ? 



3. What per cent of 100 pounds of Monarch sheaves is straw? 



In the 11 year thick and thin seeding test with oats, at Wooster, it 

 was found that the average yield of four different varieties used was 

 as follows : 



Bvs. 

 Seeding. per acre. 



1. Four pecks per acre 43 . 50 



2. Five pecks per acre 46.61 



3. Six pecks per acre 47.07 



4. Seven pecks per acre 48 . 14 



5. Eight pecks per acre 48.91 



6. Nine pecks per acre 51 . 28 



7. Ten pecks per acre 50.87 



8. Eleven pecks per acre. 51.72 



4. Which was the more profitable ; sowing 9 pecks to the acre 

 with a yield of 51.28 bushels per acre, or sowing 11 pecks with a yield of 

 51.72 bushels per acre? 



5. If 9 pecks are sown to the acre and the yield is 51 bushels per 

 acre, what would be the per cent loss by sowing 6 pecks and getting a 

 yield of 47 bu. per acre? 



6. Make an estimate of what it costs to produce an acre of oats. 



Make a list of the different varieties of wheat and oats 

 raised in your neighborhood and write on this page. Secure 

 samples. 



