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COST OF PROgUCi:.TG I'JDIAM COFuN 



Value of Land- 



Kigh ___ 0800.00 per acre 



Lov7 _ 100,00 



^'su?.l - 200.00 " 



Cost of the Crop- 

 Preparing land and planting- 

 Fall plowing 1.75 " 



Spring plowing - 1^25 



T/orking dovn into seedbed 1 75 



Seed ( e 2<?) - _ .'25 



planting 35 n 



Growing the Crop- 

 Cultivating and furrowing 2.00 " 



Vfeter j'so " 



Applying water [75 » 



^-oeing _ _ _ 2.'oO 



Harvest- 



For silage- 

 Cutting by hand 2.00 " 



Hauling _ ^\qq 



Filling silo — 3^00 



For grain- 



Kusking from standing corn .03 per bushel 



Hauling (5 niles) .50 per ton 



Shelling'- iQ pgr bushel 



!^^>^^ - - - .10 each 



For i' odder- 

 Cutting by hand - 1.75 pgj, ^cre 



Shocking . 2.25 " 



Hauling (1 nile) I'.OO ■ " 



For Soiling- 

 Cutting by hand 2.00 " 



Hauling (1 mile) ]^.00 " 



Taxes and Insurance- 



For average land 2.30 " 



" best lajid 3 qq n 



Market Value of Yield- 

 Grain- 



Low I'll Per^cwt. 



Average ____ ^[^^ 



By-Products- 

 Fodder from husked com _ 1.50 per ton 



(10 t. per 



Husks (Old River White) 04 pp^^b 



•Cutting and hauling _ siso per acre 



