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Similarly, oats must yield about 15 bushels to show a profit at an 

 average price of approximately 50 cents ; but when the yield slightly 

 exceeds 25 bushels, the cost is reduced to 36 cents per bushel. The 

 latter yields a good margin of profit. 



Cowpea hay yielding one-third of a ton to the acre costs $26.88 per 

 ton to produce, and entailed a loss of $1.74 per acre. Increasing the 



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Fig. 11. — Relation of yields of principal crops to cost per crop unit. 



yield to one-half a ton brought the cost down to approximately the 

 market price, and increasing it to slightly over a ton reduced the cost 

 per ton to $11.23 and resulted in an acre profit of $8.62. 



Watermelon yields of one-third of a carload per acre must bring 

 about $75 per car at the point of loading, if the grower is to " break 

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