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THE IBBIGATION AGE. 



Figure 13. POTATOE SORTER. 



Cost of raising one acre of potatoes, where ten is 

 the crop : 



Interest on land at $100 per acre $ 6.00 



Plowing 1.50 



Harrowing 30 



Twelve bushels of seed at 50 cents 6.00 



Cutting seed with cutter 30 



Planting with Planter 50 



Harrowing weeds three times 90 



Cultivating three times 1.50 



Applying Paris Green and Bordeaux 4.00 



Two pounds of Paris Green 50 



Bordeaux Mixture 1.40 



Digging with machine, two hundred bushels 



per acre 2.00 



$25.00 



Two hundred bushels, cost of production as above, 

 121/2 cents per bushel. 



A summary of the foregoing shows conclusively 

 the importance and advantages of heavy manuring and 

 thorough culture. It is obvious a cost of $25.00 

 per acre is the same whether the crop be one or two 

 hundred bushels. But while the outlay is $25.00 per 

 acre, the actual cost of production is contingent upon 

 the number of bushels harvested, so that instead of a 

 cost of 12 y 2 cents per bushel where the crop is two 

 hundred bushels, it is increased to 25 cents where the 

 crop is but one hundred bushels per acre. Allowance 

 should be made for the cost of manure. Twenty loads 

 to the acre is a liberal amount, which at $1.00 per load 

 will cost $20.00. Adding this to the expense of cultiva- 

 tion and harvesting, there will still remain a profit of 

 more than one hundred and fifty per cent, against less 

 than one hundred per cent where the crop is one hun- 

 dred bushels, more than double, or a difference of more 

 than one hundred per cent in actual profit, as will be 

 seen from the following statement: 



200 bushels per acre, 45 cents $90.00 



Cost of raising same $25.00 



Twenty loads of manure 20.00 45.00 



Net $45.00 



100 bushels per acre, 45 cents $45.00 



Cost of raising same 25.00 



Net $20.00 



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 Machinery 



Single and Double Cylinder Coal 

 and Straw-Burner Traction 

 Engines. 



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 and Attached Stackers. 



Ruth Self Feeders. 

 Grain-Handling Attachments. 



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 HULLERS 



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