Growing 100 Bushels of Corn to the Acre (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Clarence M. Baker
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331890884
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Excerpt from Growing 100 Bushels of Corn to the Acre All of these yields were determined from accurate expense and production accounts kept by the Winners; all the yields are based on the reduction to a uniform moisture content of 20 percent. In figuring the yields, the weight of corn from 20 shocks was taken from rows running the cross and the long way of the 10-acre plots so that a uniform sample could be secured. The production accounts were based on the cost of plowing, preparing the seed bed, use Of fertilizer and manure, cost of seed corn, planting, harvesting, and finally 6 percent interest on the value of the land was added. Cost account records kept by other farmers enrolled in the 10-acre contest were as high as 57 cents per bushel when the yields were around 60 bushels per acre. The low cost per bushel Of the winners is accounted for by the fact that the high yields reduce the cost per unit to such an extent that one may say the more corn we grow per acre, the cheaper per bushel we can produce it. In other words, the production Of extra bushels per acre above the average yield or common yield can be done with unusual returns for extra labor and fertilizers used. If Simmonds had omitted any particular point in his system of corn production so that his yield would have been only 60 bushels per acre, his cost per bushel then would be approximately 40 cents; practically the same thing would have happened in the bushel costs of Riggs and Johnson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.