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All year long Tommy hid his light under a bushel and the teacher was surprised to see how much he know when she read his exam paper.

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not to be set on a candlestick?

Helen is an excellent pianist but she tends to hide her light under a bushel and won't play in public.

So it happened that Little Claus received another bushel of money, and the landlord buried his old grandmother as if she had been his own.

When Little Claus reached home again, he immediately sent a boy to GREat Claus, requesting him to lend him a bushel measure.

My responsibility is to not hide the light under a bushel but to let it shine for the good of others.

He measures another's corn by his own bushel.

If you could make an extra 10 cents more for a gallon of whiskey than you could for a bushel of corn, then why not?

The price of a bushel of corn -- a ubiquitous ingredient in the U. S. diet -- rose 24% since Sept.

One has responsibilities. The lamp mustn't be hidden under a bushel. One must let it shine, especially on people of good will.

The price of maize (corn) headed towards $6 a bushel, as estimates suggested that this year's harvest in America will be disappointing.

The new clerk was a clever mathematician but was content to hide his light under a bushel.

Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give.

"A handful of good life, " says George Herbert, "is worth a bushel of learning. "

John, don't hide your light under a bushel. Let the world see what you can do.

The price of a bushel of corn rose by 70% between September 2006 and January 2007 to reach its highest level in a decade.

Limpid wine in golden goblets worth ten thousand coppers a bushel; Dainty food on jade plates cost a myriad coins.

Become a producer and not a prisoner of society. Don't hide your light under a bushel.

He is an expert in many field, but he always hides his light under a bushel.

These areas could not produce corn economically when it was trading at $2. 50 a bushel; however, higher prices improve the economics.

China's buying has probably put a floor under prices at about $6 a bushel, traders said.

A container with the capacity of a bushel.

We're going to murder those lousy Hun bastards by the bushel.

Mr Smith is expert at a lot of things, but he always hides his light under a bushel.

Rich Japan and Germany deliberately adopted a "big Switzerland" policy of hiding their light under a bushel for decades.

Are there people picketing against farmers every time they cut down a bushel of corn?

Now, they are up 28%, though they are still only a little over half the peak in 2008, when prices neared $13 a bushel.

In that same period, soybean futures climbed from $6 a bushel to $14 a bushel, and cattle and hog futures hit all-time highs.

In trading at the Chicago Board of Trade, the corn contract for December delivery settled at $5. 6025 a bushel.

Soyabean prices have doubled in a decade to $10 a bushel.

It pushed wheat prices to an all-time high of more than $13 a bushel in the US.

Futures for December delivery were slightly higher at $7. 30 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday.

Don't measure other people's corn by your own bushel.

As a result, wheat prices spiked: they have nearly doubled since the low point in June of $4. 26 a bushel.

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.

Crop losses caused by the floods helped push corn over eight dollars a bushel, triple its price in 2005.

Oh, sure, they'll get the benefit of rising prices that are projected to hit $16. 80 a bushel by December.

Yesterday, wheat in Chicago traded at nearly $8 a bushel, after rallying by 80 per cent since mid-June.

The price of corn is on the upswing and threatens to surpass a June record of nearly $8 a bushel.

Then he sent a boy to Great Claus to borrow a bushel measure.

Soybean prices in the past six months have risen 46% to more than $14 a bushel at the Chicago Board of Trade.

March wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade are currently trading around $8. 27 a bushel.

a handful of mon sense is orth bushel of learning.

Wheat averages 56 pounds to a bushel.

Grains are sold by the bushel.

lower CBOT corn futures are expected value of 5 U. S. dollars per bushel.

Wheat brings one dollar a bushel.

On the Chicago Board of Trade, corn futures for May delivery were at $6. 95 per bushel on Thursday, up 2 per cent.

Yesterday, wheat prices rose to $9. 13 a bushel, the highest level in two months.

Nor do men light a lamp and place it under the bushel, but on the lampstand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

They have since dropped to about $3. 50 a bushel, still above the historical norm.

Corn was an average of two dollars a bushel last year.

ask as much as you like, I will pay it; indeed I would give you directly a whole bushel of gold.

The corn futures contract for December delivery at the Chicago Board of Trade rose 7. 5 cents to settle at $7. 275 a bushel.

At Thursday's settlement of $7. 164 a bushel, prices are well shy of the record $7. 9975 of early June.

Current futures prices are above $7 a bushel for the first time since September 2008.

Corn slipped 0. 3% to $6. 73 a bushel in recent trading, while soybean futures posted similar declines.

CBOT September wheat rose 8? cents to $5. 43? a bushel, helped by short covering.

Then, corn was around $2 a bushel.

September corn futures in Chicago hit a seven-month high in early trading, rising 6. 2% to $4. 25 a bushel.

US corn prices moved lower with CBOT September corn down 6 cents at $3. 23? a bushel.

By mid-week, corn was changing hands for $5. 88 a bushel.

Soft red winter wheat for March delivery ended up 15. 5 cents, or 2%, at $8. 7425 a bushel at the Chicago Board of Trade.

Yesterday, November soyabeans, the first contract for the 2009-10 season, broke above the $10 a bushel mark, jumping 23? cents to $10. 19? .

Chicago Board of Trade soybeans soared to $10. 59 a bushel Thursday, climbing more than $1. 40 in the past month.

Chicago wheat futures for March 2008 delivery rose to $9. 29 a bushel, just short of last summer's all-time high of $9. 61.

Soybeans for May delivery sold at $13. 72 a bushel on April 11.

On Monday, wheat for September delivery closed up 4. 8% at $6. 9325 a bushel.

Corn prices set an all-time high of $7. 65 a bushel in June 2008.

CBOT May soyabeans gained 7? cents at $13. 05 a bushel.

Corn could end the week at $5. 50 per bushel, compared with $5. 75 now and $4. 24 at end-August, forecasters said.

Corn futures rose the 45-cent daily limit, or 8. 5 percent, to $5. 7325 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade.

He foresaw average corn prices of $5. 25 a bushel through 2012, with wheat around $6. 50 and soybeans near $11.

CBOT December wheat rose 18? cents to $9. 51? a bushel yesterday, gaining 8. 8 per cent this week.

CBOT May wheat rose 30 cents to $8. 25 a bushel.

Corn prices jumped 5 per cent to $6. 37 a bushel, the highest level since July 2008.

The CBOT March contract hit $9. 53 a bushel, a record.

Soybean futures gained as much as 4. 4 percent to $11. 8475 a bushel, the highest since June 5 last year.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of grains

measure other people's corn by one's own bushel