Identifier: wallstreetguide00jlmc (find matches)
Title: Wall Street guide /
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: J.L. McLean & Co.
Subjects: Stock exchanges
Publisher: New York: J.L. McLean
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ut the corner col-lapsed and the price declined to (IS cents. 1888— It was in September when a successful corner was run, wheat selling from 89% cents to $2. topprices being reached on the closing day. 1898—The famous Leiter wheat corner occurredduring the early part of this year, and was successfulfor a while, but collapsed owing 1 Leiters inabilityto find a market for the wheat he had accumulated.His loss in the slump which followed has been vari-ously estimated at from eight to twelve milliondollar-. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The average cost of raising an acre of wheat inthe United States is $11.69. In England the averagecost is $38.54. and in India $3.24 per acre. Theprofit in England is only 48 cents per acre. The consumption of wheat per Capita in the UnitedStates is generally ealculated at 4% bushels, and thepopulation is 76.000.000. It is claimed that 100 lbs. of good hay are equalto 45 lbs. of wheat. 5!) lbs. of oats, or 63 lbs. of corn,for the purpose of feeding stock.
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WALL STREET GUIDE. TO FIND HOW MANY BUSHELS ANY PYRAMIDALHOPPER WILL CONTAIN. Kule—Multiply length by breadth, in feet, and thenmultiply this by one-third the perpendicular (notslant) height. This product, being cubic feet, changeto bushels by multiplying by 1728 and dividing by2150.4, or multiplying by 4.) and dividing by 56. Example—A hopper is 3 feet square and 2VS feethigh; how many bushels will it contain? 3 x 3 x 2£ = 21 3 = 7 cubic feet. 7 x 1728=12096-=-2150.4=5.0, or 7 x 45=315-=-56=5.6. Note.—The above rule is based on the suppositionthat the hopper is in the form of a pyramid. LEGAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. (Pounds per bushel.) Articles. Illinois. low;). LSCOD sin. Michigan. Indiana. Missouri. New York. Ohio. 2i 24 28 22 25 24 22 22 50 57 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 60 60 60 60 60 60 62 60 castor 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 52 52 50 48 50 52 48 50 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 30 60 50 56 55 50 50 50 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 80 80 80 80 Coke. 40 38 40 Corn, shelled 56 5

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