Math, Art, and Commodity (One More Time!)

Last week, we calculated the value of the crop placed up on the Wall of Corn.

That wall was filled up, and then stripped down of the then-drying corn months ago. Some of that corn no longer remains with us.

So today, we move closer to home and ask, what's the possible commodities market value of the kernels remaining here at Under Spring?

(The math follows -- and please e-mail us to tell us if we've gone wrong.)

We recently estimated that there are 60 million kernels stored here.

If one bushel equals the number of kernels on about 90 ears of corn, and if the average Not A Cornfield ear would seem to have about 500 kernels -- we've been counting -- then one bushel equals 45,500 kernels.

60 million divided by 45,000 equals: 1,333.33 bushels.

Going back to the July 26 corn commodities price of $2.3950 per bushel, we multiply that number by the number of bushels in the warehouse and come up with a total of: $3,193.33.

As art, is the project now worth less?