An acre of wheat is worth more than whole prairie full of thistles.    From LearnThat.org. 

Noun : wooded acres. ,acres of Oriental rugs.    From Dictionary.com. 

We'll let 'em keep on building subdivisions until every last acre is gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [October 2005] Reference

Saskatchewan's tax burden per taxable acre is 21 % below that of Alberta and 37% below that of Manitoba.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eighteen Years of C.C.F. Accomplishment in Saskatchewan] Reference

Recognizing that 20/units an acre is a reasonable sustainability and affordability target is the first step.    From Wordnik.com.  [Requiem for the Suburbs Revue « PubliCola] Reference

"Recognizing that 20/units an acre is a reasonable sustainability and affordability target is the first step.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Requiem for the Suburbs Revue « PubliCola] Reference

I have also become unconvinced that 8 units per acre is a good target, so I have proposed reducing this to 4 units per acre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living in Dryden: Density and Water] Reference

There are 67 trees on the acre, which is too many for good nut production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919] Reference

We have raised about thirty bushels to the acre, which is very well for sod.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Master-Knot of Human Fate] Reference

The oats made twenty bushels to the acre, which is more than I thought possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman Rice Planter] Reference

SOCRATES: Again, the number of the acre and the acre are the same; are they not?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Theaetetus] Reference

The yield was forecast at 87 bushels an acre, which is 11 bushels under last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [JournalStar.com - News Articles] Reference

Soybean yield is expect to be 53 bushels per acre, which is the second-highest ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

Three to five bushels to the acre is the ordinary application of grass seed (page 79).    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference

Half a bushel of seed to the acre is the usual quantity, sown broadcast and harrowed in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

The stories they tell about how much wheat they got to the acre are almost unbelievable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 14] Reference

The problem is you start to lose square footage and you lose what's called acre feet of water.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2007] Reference

The cryptic name 3630 is a reference to the number of vines per acre, which is relatively high.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

After that one is to give for an acre, which is much greater than a Juchart with us, two pennies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois] Reference

Yield was forecast at 55 bushels an acre, which is a half bushel higher than the record set last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

It is then spread with fish scrap at the rate of one ton to the acre, which is thoroughly harrowed in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cauliflower] Reference

This is at the rate of £90 15s. clear profit per acre, which is more than double the worth of the land.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Our basic production is between 5,000 and 6,000 TEUs per acre, which is probably the highest number in the U. S.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The corn yield is predicted to hit a record high of 180 bushels per acre, which is 2 bushels above last year's high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

I never try to remember how much plant food is required for twenty-two bushels of corn per acre, which is the average yield of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life,] Reference

A fmall piece of half an acre, which is ploughed, fown, and harrowed, in an hour's time, cannot be liable to fuch inequalities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The farmer's guide in hiring and stocking farms. Containing an examination of many subjects of great importance both to the common husbandman, in hiring a farm; and to a gentleman on taking the whole or part of his estate into his own hands. Also, plans of farm-yards, and sections of the necessary buildings] Reference

We have produced 25-30 quintals of fruit per acre, which is selling at an average price of 20 rupees (approx. half a dollar) per kg.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference

Putting the value of the land at £25 an acre, which is low, we shall have created property to the value of seven millions and a half.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prime Minister] Reference

So the total BTU value of the cobs on an acre is about 10 million BTUs/acre, which is also the energy content of 135 gallons of ethanol.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future] Reference

They sow the rice broadcast in little square places of about half an acre which is partly filled with water.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China] Reference

Well, spread out over 17 acres roughly 17 blocks in most cities 18 curb cuts is still just about one per acre which is trivial.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » New York Intermediate Appellate Court Invalidates Taking of “Blighted” Property for Transfer to Columbia University, but Contradicts Recent State Supreme Court Decision in the Process] Reference

The "acre" is the amount which a team of oxen were supposed to plough in a day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In] Reference

Punj further added that for developing a garden, it's the initial cost of Rs11 lakh per acre which is high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News & Analysis] Reference

Start with the original number of acres at fifty dollars an acre which is what it cost Father on an average.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Daughter of the Land] Reference

The total was 2,800 liters per hectare or nearly 32 bushels per acre, which is not a bad yield by today’s standards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy and Society~ Chapter 2~ Organic Energy and the Low-Energy Society] Reference

Balance in terms of the number of trees in any 'acre' and their positions are essential considerations when creating a Perfect Town.    From Wordnik.com.  [IGN Complete] Reference

Students started growing fruits and vegetables on a one-acre garden.    From Wordnik.com.  [CAFETERIA CUISINE] Reference

The flowers heaped outside Kensington Palace, her London home, covered half an acre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diana's Fading Legacy] Reference

Five weeks of drought stunted the harvest, but the yield per acre was still much greater than the average for Nigeria.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Nigeria Could Feed Africa'] Reference