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an average of 4 quarts to the bush. The farmer paid 

 boys and girls two cents a quart for picking. How much 

 money did he have to pay for picking all the fruit on this 

 10 acres? 



379. He sold the currants at 10 cents a quart. How 

 much money did he have left after paying for the pick- 

 ing? 



CULTIVATING BEANS. 



380. In the sixth year the apple trees bore .a peck of 

 apples each, and because the farmer handled them prop- 

 erly they doubled in production each year until they were 

 12 years old. How much did they produce each year? 



381. The farmer sold his apples in barrels holding 

 100 quarts each. How many barrels did he sell in the 

 tenth year from his orchard ? 



382. He figured that it cost him 90 cents a barrel to 



