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In 1886 the Secretary of State of Michigan 

 published a crop report giving information on 

 the cost of producing wheat, oats and corn 

 crops in that State.* The estimates are based- 

 on 817 reports from correspondents represent- 

 ing 650 townships. The cost of producing and 

 marketing one acre of corn in the State was 

 $19.14, or 21.4 cents per bushel of ears. This is 

 based on the average price for corn on Jan. 1, 

 1886, viz.: 24 cents per bushel of ears. The 

 cost for the year 1885 was estimated at 20.9 

 cents per bushel of ears. 



In 1889 the Secretary of the Kansas Board of 

 Agriculture investigated this subject in that 

 State and estimated from the returns that it 

 cost the farmers of Kansas, where an average 

 yield of 30 bu. per acre was grown, 21 cents a 

 iDushel to produce and deliver. 



For a number of years the Fanners' Review 

 published numerous articles from corn-growers 

 on the cost of crop production. In the Review 

 of April 7, 1886, A. S. Morley, Arlington, Neb., 

 gives the following figures from his ledger: 



TWENTY-FIVE ACRES CORN. 



Pall plowing, 9 acres at $1.25 $11.25 



Interest and taxes, at $3 75.00 



Cutting nine acres stalks 2.25 



Plowing 16 acres, at $1,25 20.00 



Cultivating 9 acres— fall plowing 3.00 



Harrowing and marking 4.00 



* Michigan Crop Report, Jan. 1, 1886. No. 51, page 8. 



