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Show VALUE OF ONE ACRE. Small Piece of Ground Can Be Made to Yield Good Results. It may be unusual to estimate the amount of pork that can be produced from an ncre of certain crops, but the problem has. been solved In a very interesting way. It Ib claimed that an acre of land In clover will produce 800 pounds of pork; peaB, 375 pounds; corn. C60 pounds; oats, 320 pounds; barley, 420 pounds, and wheat, 225 pounds. The value of each crop on one acre when converted Into pork Is as follows- Cloer, $32; oats, $22.40; pens, $16; barley. $16.80; oats. $13.20, and wheat, $9. estimating the pork at four centR per pound. Of courRe something some-thing depends on the prices ruling for the crops. The amount of produce per ncre required to give the pork mentioned men-tioned on nn ncre Is 900 pounds of wheat, 1,080 poundH of barley, 1,320 pounds of oats, 2,240 pounds of corn, 15,000 pounds of peas, and 12,000 pounds of green clover |
