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2. What is its value an acre ? 



3. How much does the waste amount to in dollars if 

 half the stover is lost through poor methods of handling 

 it, or through failure to use it? 



4. What is the total value of the grain and stover to- 

 gether in the total United States corn crop ? 



5. What is the value of the corn, grain, and stover 

 together raised in your vicinity this year? Estimate the 

 acreage and yield per acre in your county or township 

 and base your figures on the cash values at the present 

 day. 



Answers to Above Questions. 



1. The value of the corn stover grown in the United 

 States this year at $10 per ton is approximately $2,402,- 

 400,000. 



2. This gives a value per acre of $24, +. 



3. If half the corn stover is wasted, it amounts to a 

 loss of $1,201,200,000 in the whole country. 



4. Total value of the United States corn crop, grain 

 and stover together, $4,082,400,000. 



Throughout the great corn-growing belt in the middle 

 western states thousands of cattle, sheep and hogs are 

 fattened. The corn thus goes to market "on the hoof," 

 as is sometimes said. The saving in transportation 

 charges is very great. How much more economical it is 

 for the farmer to practice mixed farming and thus get 

 the greater value out of the corn, has been well illus- 

 trated by these problems. 



Fortunately, also, on many farms where corn growing 

 is not the principal business, due attention is given to this 



