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Some Figures On Grain

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
January
Year
1886
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

According to the January erop report the cost of produeing and marketing the corn erop per acre, was as fotlowi: Plowing, $1.01 ; fitting for seed after plowing, $1.19; barnyard manure ipread on the flelds 54 cents; seed, 19 ceuts; planting, 52 cents; cultivatiog and hoeiug. $2.7'J; barvesting anU putting In shock, 'M cents; huskiu and cribbing, $8.63; marketing, $2.G4: interest, f4.07; Insurance, ."72; taxes, 00 cents; repairs, N cents; total cost, $20.44. The credits p r acre are i Valuc of Stalks, S3.61 ; rental valuc of dwelllag, 11.66, net cost per acre of corn in the car, $10.77. Tlu average yield per acre is 88.12 bushcls; making the cost per bushei .170. lu produciug wheat per acre, tlie plowing is placed at 11.67; fitting for seed, $LÜ8; mauure, 80 cents; seed, $1.22; drilling, 42 cents; harvesting, $1.10; stacklDg, 78 cents; threshing, $1.48; marketing, Ü8 cents ; Interest at 7 percent. $4.97; insnrance, .U7-' ; taxis. M cents; repairs, !)9 cents ; niaking a total cost of $16.73 per acre, with credits to oflset ot value of straw, $1.42; rental value of dweiling, $1.06; nuktag net cost, $14 34; with average yielil of 24.02 bushei, leavinii the total oost of wbeat per bosbel, .")78. In most counties tlu - Iftxger, In but few smaller. The cost of oats giving the same bi as above tlie net cost of grain per acre II ttgored HS.37. average yield per acre, 47 bushels and the cost of grain per boahel

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News