Proceedings of Seventeenth ISTormal Institute 



Cost of marketing per bushel 



Cost of growing per bushel 



Cost of growing and marketing per bushel . 



Profit per bushel 



Profit per man hour 



1913 1914 



Amount Amount 



12 11,020 bu. 5 



52 38 



63 43 



07 —10 



08 —18 



COST OF PRODUCING CORN 



1914 



Number of farms , 



Number of acres , 



Average acres per farm 



Average yield per acre in bushels 34 . 8 



Cost of growing per acre 



Seed 



Fertilizer , 



Manure , 



Twine , 



Man labor , 



Horse labor 



Use of equipment 



Use of land, at 6 per cent 



Use of buildings, at 8 per cent 



Interest, at 5 per cent 



AH other costs 



Total cost of growing. 

 Cost of growing per bushel .... 



Profit per bushel 



Profit per man hour 



COST OF PRODUCING SILAGE 



1913 



Number of farms 



Number of acres 262 . 8 



Average acres per farm 



Average yield per acre in tons 



Cost of growing per acre 



Seed 



Fertilizer 



Manure 



Silo filling 



Twine 



Man labor 



Horse labor 



Use of equipment 



Use of land, at 6 per cent 



Use of silo 10% 



Interest, at 5 per cent 



All other costs 



Total cost of growing 



Cost of growing per ton 



Profit per ton , 



Profit per man hour , 



CORN 



1914 



