. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . ficulty of measuringthe cost of producing any given product, but that itdoes apply is certain, and is illustrated by the decliningcourse of prices of farm products that accompanies theincreased use of labor saving farm machinery. It is not possible to measure cost of productionof farm products with the same accuracy as is possiblewith manuf
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . ficulty of measuringthe cost of producing any given product, but that itdoes apply is certain, and is illustrated by the decliningcourse of prices of farm products that accompanies theincreased use of labor saving farm machinery. It is not possible to measure cost of productionof farm products with the same accuracy as is possiblewith manufactured articles, but every farmer shouldknow approximately at least what his own productscost. If he does not he is no position to market themintelligently and is assuming risks which no otherbusiness in the world carries. It is remarkable howlittle data of positive value bearing upon the cost ofproducing corn are available. Most that has appearedis in the way of loose general estimates based uponsmall areas grown in an experimental way, thoughwithin the past few years some careful and systematic 294 THE BOOK OF CORN effort has been made to gather data upon a scale broadenough to serve as a basis for a reasonable estimateof cost of corn loiSSI AN UNRELIABLE OFFICIAL ESTIMATE In 1894 the United States department of agricul-ture published the results of an investigation as to COST OF GROWING CORN 295 the cost of growing corn, based on estimates suppliedby over 28,000 practical farmers in all parts of thecountry. The methods followed in securing the in-formation were crude in the extreme, and the statisticaltreatment of the data secured very unsatisfactory,leaving the results of so little value as to hardly meritanalysis. In presenting the conclusions reached it maybe pointed out that mere personal estimates and notexact records are the basis of the work, and that theonly items of cost considered are rent of land, ma-nure, seed and labor. The official conclusion of t
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