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account. Wheat, from the time it is threshed, will sliriiik 

 two quarts to the bushel or six per cent, in six months, 

 in the most favorable circumstances. Hence, it follows 

 that ninety-four cents a bushel for wheat when first 

 threshed in August, is as good, taking into account the 

 shrinkage alone, as one dollar in the following Pel)ruary. 



Corn shrinks much more from the time it is first 

 husked. One hundred bushels of ears, as they come from 

 the field in November, will be reduced to not far from 

 eighty. So that forty cents a bushel for corn in the ear, 

 as it comes from the field, is as good as fifty in March, 

 shrinkage only being taken into account. 



In the case of potatoes — taking those that rot and 

 are otherwise lost — together with the shrinkage, there 

 is but little doubt that between October and June, the 

 loss to the owner who holds them is not less than thirty- 

 three per cent. 



This estimate is taken on the basis of interest at 7 per 

 cent., and takes no account of loss by vermin. 



One hundred pounds of Indian meal is equal to • 76 

 pounds of wheat, 83 of oats, 90 of rye. 111 of barley, 3H3 

 of com stalks. 



Carrying: Capacity of a Freig-ht Car. 

 This Table is for Ten-Ton Cars. 



Whiskey 60 barrels Lumber 6,000 feet 



Salt 70 barrels Barley 300 bushels 



Lime 70 barrels Wheat 340 bushels 



Flour 90 barrels Flax Seed 360 bushels 



E^o^s 130 to 160 barrels Apples '. 370 bushels 



Flour 200 sacks Corn 400 bushels 



Wood 6 cords Potatoes 430 bushels 



Cattle 18 to 20 head Oats 680 bushels 



Ho^s 50 to 60 head Bran 1,000 bushels 



Sheep 80 to lOO head Butter 20,000 pounds 



How to Measure Corn in Crib, Hay in Mow, etc. 



This rule will apply to a crib of any size or kind. Two 

 cubic feet of good, sound, dry corn in the ear will make 

 a bushel of shelled corn. To get, then, the quantity of 

 shelled corn in a crib of corn in the ear, measure the 



