. 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 . ssachusetts. This seems a wide range, butwhen the value per acre of the land is considered thetaxation is more equitable, being .6 of 1 per cent of thevalue in Virginia and per cent in Massachusetts. Rent, Interest and Implements—The average cashrental per acre of land similar to that reported uponwas returned at $, ranging from an
. 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 . ssachusetts. This seems a wide range, butwhen the value per acre of the land is considered thetaxation is more equitable, being .6 of 1 per cent of thevalue in Virginia and per cent in Massachusetts. Rent, Interest and Implements—The average cashrental per acre of land similar to that reported uponwas returned at $, ranging from an average of $1in Virginia to $ in Pennsylvania. The averagevalue per acre of the corn land was returned at $,and on this valuation the cash rental equals percent. The average rate of interest at which loans couldbe secured was reported at per cent, ranging from5 per cent in New England to 10 per cent in Texas. The quality and effectiveness of farm implementsvaries greatly and the amount of fixed capital in-vested in such machinery varies equally. From the COST OF GROWING CORN 307 data submitted it appears that the average investmentrequired to furnish implements for a 40-acre cornfield was $, or $ per acre, ranging from 87. Fig 88—Work of the Larger Cornstalk Borer a, general appearance of stalk infested by the early generation of borers; Z>, same,cut open to show pupa and larva burrow (after Howard; cents per acre in Virginia to $ in Iowa. The aver-age effective life of such implements was a fractionover 10 years, thus fixing the allowance for deprecia-tion of implements at cents per acre. This allow- 308 THE BOOK OF CORN ance includes repairs necessary during the life of theimplements. Labor and Its Statistical Treatment—The amountand character of labor required to make a corn cropnecessarily varies according to the culture methodsfollowed. In the 4051 acres included in this investiga-tion various culture methods were used. As an ave
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