152 



DRY FARMING CONGRESS. 



Hay and plowing fire guards $7.65 



Threshing 28.12 



Boarding threshers 25.00 



Hauling grain 54.55 



Burning stubble, etc ; . 2,25 



By— Straw sold $20.00 



2,293 bushels wheat at 50c 1,146.50 



Average, 26 bushels per acre. 



May, 1895.— Plowing 88 acres at $1.25..... 110.00 



Harrowing 88 acres at 12 l-2c 11.00 



Aug.— Discing 88 acres at 35c 30.80 



110 bushels wheat at 45c 49.50 



24 pounds vitriol and vitrioling wheat 5.64 



Drilling 88 acres at 45c 39.60 



Cost for plowing, seeding, etc., per acre, $2.80. 



1896.— Heading 88 acres at 67 l-2c 59.40 



Threshing 27.75 



Boarding headers and threshers 33.80 



Hauling grain to warehouse 44.10 



Hay 4.00 



1896. — By straw sold 10.00 



1,945 bushels wheat at 45c 875.25 



Average yield per acre, 22 bushels. 



1897. — Plowing 88 1-2 acres 88.50 



June. — Harrowing 11.00 



110 bushels wheat, 1 1-4 bushels to acre, at 70c.... 77.00 



20 pounds vitriol 1.40 



Drilling 88 acres at ,45c 39.60 



Cost for plowing, seeding, etc., per acre, $2.47. 



Aug., 1898.— Heading 78 acres, 117 bushels, at 55c 64.35 



Threshing, $35.00; plowing fire guards, $2.50.... 37.50 



Boarding headers and threshers 41.50 



Hauling grain to market 37.50 



By— Straw sold 10.00 



2,313 bushels wheat sold at 50c 1,156.50 



Average yield per acre, 26 bushels. , 



May, 1899. — Plowing and harrowing 89 acres at 



$1.27 1-2 113.47 



June. — Harrow^ing and pulling sunflowers 18.20, 



110 bushels wheat at 50c 55.00 



24 pounds vitriol and dressing wheat 4.80 



Drilling 88 acres at 45c 39.60 



Harrowing rough portion 3.00 



Average cost for plowing, seeding, etc., $2.66 per 

 acre. 



July, 1900.— Plowing fire guards 2.00 x 



