The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-06-29

very much upon the manner in which the calcu-
latons are made.
Mr.. Mccoy did not think corn could be raised
In his country for less than so cents per bushel
The more an acre will produce, the less the cost
per bushel.
| Mr.. Morgan had never made calculation of
| the kind required, but if it cost as much to
raise corn as some of the members stated, he
would have to stop farming his poor land. AS
to wheat, Mr.. Ohio Scott had one year kept an
account OF what 1t cost him, and it amounted to
| 80. so bushel.
Mr.. Gorrell thought Mr.. Archer's estimate
pretty near correct. You can not make an ac-
curate calculation, because 80 many unforeseen
| things come in your way. For instance a man
starts to pillow in the spring, breaks something
has to go the shop, and loses a day. He does
not believe that with average crops corn can be
raised for less than so cents bushel The average
crops of wheat, the last 10 years, he thought,
cost nearer 81 40 per 6ushel than anything else.
He thought the shrinkage of corn ought to be
| considered. This he considered 20 per cent
Mr. JAS. Lee said lie made a calculation and
estimated corn to cost 40 cents per bushel, with
out counting the bone, and calculating upon
| the basis of raising 60 barrels on 5 acres. Some
| time ago he made Il calculation as to wheat,
which made that cost 81 % per bushel
Mr.. Moores said he differed from most of the
other members. He had estimated for 10 acres
of corn, placing it at yield of 20 barrels to the
acre, as follows: Flowing days, SOL harrow
ing, days, Sl5; running out and planting, 3
days, So; working 5 times, 10 days, SIS, hoeinp
and thinning, $40; cutting, $l5; husking and
loftng. S7O one-sxth of6OO lbs bone, 81 rs; seed
50 90; interest and taxes on land, $685. Total
$3.50. IS. Mr.. Moores thought that in applying
600 lbs. of bone to the crop, only onc.sxth of it
or the value of 100 lbs, was exhausted by the
corn crop. The land he estimated as worth $50
per acre. Every acre of fodder will winter
Two cattle tivemonths. These cattle will be
worth SIS each more than they were in
the fall without any other feed than the
fodder. Therefore the fodder would paw
all the expense of the crop, and he
concluded that it does not actually cost one
| cent per bushel to raise corn On one acre of
| corn last year he had 300 bundles of fodder
which at say cents per bundle, would amount
to $50, or nearly the entire cost of raising
acre of corn. The manure is worth all The
trouble of feeding the cattle.
Mr.. Alexander thought definite conclusion
could not be arrived at unless series of years
were taken, to ascertain the average cost Had
experience in raising only one crop of oats
and that he thought, cost him $50 per bushcl
Mr.. Glasgow alluded TO the difficulty of max
ing calculation of the cost of crop; but if il
is rs great as some members figured it, we had
better stop raising anything. But farmers seem
to get fat and look WELL and they must he ma .
ing something. One thing should not be lost
sight Of We hire farm hands not for one crop,
but for work of all kinds, and O crop should
only be charged for The actual amount of labor
and money expended uponit. The manure, fod-
uSi anu slihW ulsO OuSuJ 10 NC counted Ill the
estimate. Fifty cents per bushel he thought too
high an estimate for raising corn
| Mr.. Lochary asked If it was proper TO credit
the corn with the fodder Ought not the cattle
to be charged with it' If not, then how can
you count the profit on the cattle?
Mr.. Glasgow thought the fodder should be
credited to the corn. Then we should produce
corn at 20 or 25 cents per bushel.
Mr.. Munnikhuysen did not think 1t cost any,
thing like as much to raise corn as the figures
| N oh Mr.
ton about the fodder was important. Fodder
is as important as the hay crop. You can GER
tainly get more from one acre. The cost of
raising corn depends very much upon the man
| ner in which the land is cultivated Some farm.
ers Will make yield of barrels per acre cost
as much as others with same land and equal ad-
vantage, will make IL barrels cost. A bushel of
corn ought not cost more than Is cents, includ-
ing fertilizers. You must deduct, of course, the
value of the fodder
Mr.. Ridout said he would not like to discour-
age the club, but he thought his crops have al
ways cost more than he got for them.
Mr.. Silver said that with his father he once
made an estimate, which placed the cost of rails
ing corn at 80 cents per bushel
Judge Stump remarked that the problem was
one embracing so many unknown quantities that
he would not undertake to solve it. He knew
now, certainly, what corn costs to raise it, 1t
IS either one cent or 81 cents per bushel Mr.
| Moores credits the corn and charges the cattle
with everything, while Mr.. Archer reverses this.
| He was just now more interested in the sorrel
question. He had never been able to find out
how to Kill 1t, but had learned what caused ii,
Aneighbor, Mr.. McIlyain, SAYS it is all owing tn
the Deer Creek Farmers Club. We never had
1t in the neighborhood until the club was form
cd
Mr.. Ball said there were so many contingencies
in regard to raising wheat and corn that it is
difficult to make an estimate. Farmers do live
but how he don't know. The last 5 or wears
the produce of wheat has been DOOR and ba