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FARM ARITHMETIC. 



Process : He should receive 933 pounds of meal for the ton, 

 and in addition $2 worth of meal. Since meal is worth about 

 $30 per ton, he should receive 2/30 of a ton, or 133+ pounds, or 

 a total of 1,083 pounds. 



It costs another farmer $3 to haul a ton of seed to the 

 mill, and the meal back home. On a basis of even ex- 

 change, how many pounds of meal should he receive? 



Seed Cotton Ready to Be Ginned. 



The raw cotton is weighed, sucked automatically from the wagons under the 

 shed at the right of picture. Without being touched by hand it is ginned — lint 

 separated from seed — the lint put in bales seen at left of the picture and the seed 

 blown into a box car ready for shipment. 



827. At a certain oil mill farmers are given 1.400 

 pounds of meal for each ton of seed. How much does 

 each farmer receive per ton for the trouble and expense 

 of hauling to and from the mill ? 



828. On basis of even exchange based upon the prices 

 assumed on page 225, what is cottonseed worth per bushel 

 (80 pounds) when cottonseed meal is worth $25 per ton? 



