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will shrink 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, tak- 

 ing into account the shrinkage alone, as one dollar 

 in the following February. 



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 

 seven 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, 

 333 of corn stalks. 



Carrying Capacity of a Freight Car. 



This Table is for Ten-Ton Cars. 



Whiskey 60 barrels Lumber 6,000 feet 



Salt 70 barrels 



Lime 70 barrels 



Flour 90 barrels 



Eggs 130 to 160 barrels 



Flour 200 sacks 



Wood 6 cords 



Cattle 18 to 20 head 



Hogs 50 to 60 head 



Sheep 80 to 100 head 



