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or an accomplishment in husking and cribbing of .53 

 acre per day's labor. 



Fodder — The value of fodder as a by-product 

 must be taken from the gross cost of growing the corn 

 crop. Where the crop is cut and shocked, the value 



Fig 92— Cornstalk Showing Work of Smaller Cornstalk Borer 



Natural size (after Riley) 



of the fodder is an important item, but where the crop 

 is husked standing the value of the stalks for pastur- 

 age is slight. Fodder was shocked on 945 acres and 

 this product was returned as worth $2174.70 in the 

 field, or an average value per acre of $2.30 where the 

 fodder is cut. On the 3106 acres where the crop was 

 husked standing, the selling value of the pasturage 



