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CEREALS. 



By this experiment the whole field lost in one acre as 

 follows : 



Another farmer in Pennsylvania, by accurate weight and 

 measurement, demonstrated that corn in one year would 

 lose in shrinkage, by weight, 19 per cent.; by measurement, 

 17 per cent., and shelled corn would lose by weight, 17 per 

 cent. 



The cost of raising corn is so arbitrary it would be un- 

 profitable to treat of it, were it not for the purpose of show- 

 ing how the cost of one acre of corn can be very great, and 

 yet give a handsome profit to the planter. This we will do 

 by giving actual verified results. 



A New Jersey farmer gives the cost of 22 acres : 



Product per acre, 36.45 bushels. 



Value of corn stalks per acre, $4 55 



Sold corn at 70 cents per bushel, 25 51 



Total value per acre of crop, $30 06 



The expense account is for plowing, furrowing, dropping 

 and covering, cultivating, hoeing, cutting, husking, and 

 drawing corn to crib, drawing and stacking, shelling, win- 

 nowing, bagging corn and taking to market, wear of imple- 

 ments, and on land, all giving an expense of 39.65 cents per 

 bushel, or $14 42 per acre, leaving a clear profit of $15 54 



