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Show What It Costs to Produce a Bushel o' Wheat. Washington. Dcclnrlng that th farmer should rocelvo as much profl! on his business ns tho manufacture! or tho merchant, and that tho mini mum prlco or wheat on tho rnnt tliould ho $1.25 par bushel, tho Amor lean Society ot Equity has transmit ted a paper to congress showing tin; cost of tho tarm, materials and mat chlnory, and tho nmount ot capita which it is necessary tor n rarmcr tq invest botoro beginning tho raising or wheat. Their figures placo tho cost ot producing wheat at $1.19 ij bushol. |