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of not over $1.25 per ton, it is cheaper than the corn 
fodder. - But we used to cut up most of our corn in 
Illinois, and 1 thought it would pay here, too, but it 
does not now. After a while, when these prairie 
meadows are all taken up, of course it will, When 
the corn was husked aud measured, I found the yield 
was forty-two bushels per acre, a total of 1,050 
bushels. 
THERES MONEY IN IT. 
The twenty-five acres of potatoes turned out well, 
averaging ninety-four bushels per acre, a total of 
2,350 bushels. I had been looking out in advance 
for the sale of these. Had corresponded with com- 
mission men in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago, 
and after examining their references and terms de- 
cided to ship two car-loads to Minneapolis and two 
to Chicago. After paying freights and commissions 
for selling, [ found I had realized two cents per 
bushel more on those sent to Minneapolis. Lower 
freights accounted for a part of this difference. My 
returns were twenty-nine cents a bushel for those 
shipped to Chicago, and thirty-one cents for those 
shipped to Minneapolis. 
BALANCING THE BOOKS, 
My crops being now all gathered and sold, let us 
see how the account stood for the season’s work. As 
a matter of fact I did not sell the entire crops, as I 
reserved of each what was needed for family use, 
and keeping of stock; but to make the account more 
