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FARM ARITHMETIC. 



297. What was the average value of wheat per acre 

 in 1899? In 1909? 



298. The total number of farms in the United States 

 in 1899 was 5,740,000. Wheat was grown on 35.8 per 

 cent of these farms. On how many was wheat grown 

 that year? 



Cotton Ready for the Pickers. 



While the average yield of cotton is about one-third of a bale to the acre, 

 this field yielded at the rate of three bales to the acre. It shows what proper 

 fertilizing, tillage and culture will do. 



299. What was the average production of wheat per 

 farm that year? 



300. The average value of wheat per farm that year ? 

 Per acre? 



301. The population of this country in 1910 was 

 92.000,000 ; the consumption from the 1909 crop of wheat 

 by this population that year was 596,000,000 bushels. 

 What was the consumption of wheat per capita? 



