Farm Book, page 91
by Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
Fodder.
an acre of com yields in blades, tops, & shucks
what is equivalent to about 400. lb
of blades. 8 or 10. lb. of blades serve a
horse a night.
blades are generally put into cocks of about 1000. lb.
Straw.
2600 lb. of wheat straw to the acre is reckoned a
tolerable crop. Agri
-cult. of Middlesex pa. 29.
another estimate is 100. lb of straw & chaff to every bushel of grain yielded.