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$33 worth of manure, and the fourth $33 worth of chemicals. 

 The first year the crop was corn, the second year corn, the 

 third oats, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth, grass. 



The following table shows the yield of each acre for each 

 year, and also the value of the crop, assuming 80 pounds of 

 corn as harvested to be worth 60 cents, 34 pounds of soft corn 

 10 cents, and fodder 30 cents per hundred, oats 50 cents per 

 bushel, straw 30 cents per hundred, and hay $10 per ton : 



 r Sound* 



Corn J Soft-- • 



lvalue.. 



( Grain f. 



Oats \ Straw .. 



(Value.. 



3 (Yield... 

 ^^y (Value.. 



2 (Yield... 

 ^^y j Value .. 



jj (Yield... 

 "^y Value.. 



Third acre, — 

 manure. 



1885. 



112 bu. 

 161 bu. 

 4,835 lbs. 

 $49.75 



1886. 



833 bu, 

 27 bu. 

 4,435 lbs, 

 $41.12 



1887. 



43 bu. 



4,5.35 lbs. 



$35.10 



47i bu. 



5,267 lbs. 



$39.55 



1890. 



3,700 lbs. 



$18.50 



2,800 lbs. 

 $19.00. 



Total crop for six years 



Excess of value produced by chemicals. 



1953 bu. 

 43i bu. 

 9,270 lbs. 

 $90.87 



* Sound corn, 40 lbs. per bushel; soft corn, 34 lbs. 

 t Oats, 32 lbs. per bushel. 



Oi (0 



p a 



$35.10 



$29.40 



$21.00 



$18.53 



$194.87 



$7.34 



O J3 



1793 bu. 

 39 bu. 

 10,279 lbs. 

 $88.65 



$39.55 



$31.01 



$24.00 



$19.00 



$202.21 



per bushel. 



