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the extra labor used to hoe and pick the corn. This class of help was 

 used extensively on the farms in the Livingston area, where large acreages 

 were grown. 



Miscellaneous expenses 



In the summary of costs, the expenses of harvesting fodder are omitted 

 and credit is given for the estimated value of sta ks less the cost of harvest- 

 ing. The expenses for twine and for silo filling were therefore not included. 

 The only item left under this heading was the fee collected by the grower's 

 association on the farms in Genesee County included in the Orleans area. 



Use of land 



In the Livingston area over 80 per cent of the corn was grown on cash- 

 rented land. The most usual rent paid was $10 per acre in addition 

 to the taxes. The average charge per acre for the use of land was slightly 

 higher in this area than in the Orleans and Ontario areas. 



RETURNS 



There are two sources of returns from sweet corn the corn and the 

 stalks. The principal return, however, is from the corn. There are two 

 bases on which sweet corn is bought in New York State, the unhusked 

 and the husked. When bought on the unhusked basis, the weight of 

 the unhusked corn as drawn from the field is paid for. When bought on 

 the husked basis, the loads as drawn in are weighed. A sample is taken 

 from each load and husked. The percentage that the husked corn from 

 this sample represents of the unhusked corn, is calculated. This percentage 

 is applied to the whole load and the farmer is paid for the calculated 

 weight of husked corn. This method is sometimes called averaging. 



In the Orleans area the corn was bought on the husked basis. The 

 growers from whom figures were obtained hauled into the factory 263,274 

 pounds of unhusked corn. They were paid for 199,382 pounds of husked 

 corn. The percentage of husked corn, commonly known as the test, 

 was 75.7. This corn was all of the Evergreen variety. 



The low yield in the Orleans area was due to the complete failure of 

 corn on two farms, and the fact that a large acreage on another farm was 

 not harvested because of the pressure of other farm work. The average 

 yield of unhusked corn on the harvested acreage was 3.35 tons per acre. 



The price paid for corn of the Evergreen variety in the Orleans area 

 was $25 per ton of husked corn, which, with a test of 75.7 per cent, was 

 equivalent to a price of $18.92 for unhusked corn. In the Ontario area 

 the prices paid per ton of unhusked corn for the different varieties were -as 

 follows: Evergreen and Hickox, $20; Golden Bantam, $32.50. The 

 average yields per acre of these three varieties in this area in 1920 were: 

 Evergreen, 7646 pounds; Hickox, 7240 pounds; Golden Bantam, 5326 

 pounds. With these yields and prices, the returns for corn alone from 

 the Golden Bantam were more than the returns from the other two 

 varieties. However, the fodder from the Golden Bantam is usually 

 considered to be worth less per acre. 



The average yield per acre and price per ton would vary with the propor- 

 tion of the different varieties in the total acreage. The acreages of the 

 different varieties grown are given in table 79: 



