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tivated and kept free from weeds to produce this. Sup- 

 pose but 140 bu. are grown instead, what is the loss 

 from lack of labor? At 25 cents per bushel what is the 

 money value of this loss? 



12. For how many days' labor at $1.25 per day will 

 an amount of money equal to this loss pay ? 



13. Suppose only twelve days' extra labor were re- 



FIG. 90. GRAIN WEEDING PLOTS 



quired to give the larger yield, how much would be 

 gained ? 



14. If the farmer did these extra twelve days' work 

 himself, what would he get per day for his time ? 



LESSON LXXXIV 



TEUCK CEOPS 



During the month of June the harvesting of truck 

 crops again calls our attention to the vegetable garden. 



