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A STUDY OF FAEM EQUIPMENT IN OHIO. 



years in use undoubtedly accounts for the remarkably low repair 

 cost of the corn shredders. The cost of 14 grain binders ranged 

 between 15 and 30 cents per acre. Grain drills ranged very uniformly 

 between annual costs of about $1 and SIO and acre costs of 6 to 20 

 cents. 



The acre cost of mowing machines varied uniformly between 4 and 

 18 cents, 35 out of 45 machines being mthin these limits. The 

 annual cost of 20 out of 35 hayrakes was between SI and S2.50. 

 The cost of these 20 rakes ranged from 2.4 to 16.8 cents per acre- 

 time, with a mean of 7.3 cents. This is probably a better figure 



G/^A/N OR/LLS. 





10 12 14 

 DOLL/if?S 



18 20 22 24 



k 

 Q 



20 



15 



1^ 



DOLLA/7S. 



Fig. 4.— Diagram showing the annual cost of individual grain drills, manure spreaders, and wagons. 



than the average (5.5 cents) given in Table XV, in which are included 

 a number of revolving wooden rakes and secondhand steel rakes at a 

 cost of 0.5 to 2.5 cents per acre, and two side-delivery rakes at 17.1 

 and 29.4 cents, respectively. The cost of 13 out of 20 hay tedders 

 was between 15 and 25 cents per acre. The lowest figure is for a 

 secondhand machine and the highest for a machine tedding an 

 average of 5 acres each year. The lowest annual wagon costs are 

 due to truck or "handy" wagons and to those not purchased new. 

 Sixty per cent of wagon costs are between $4 and $8 per year. 



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