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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
COMPILED BY OFFICE OF FARM MANAGEMENT, B. P. I., 
MENT OF AGRICULTURE— 190S. 
(Farm of Fred McCulloch, Hartwick, Iowa.) 
CROP, ALFALFA. FIELD F-1, 8.15 ACRES. 
U. S. DEPART- 
Dates 
Totals 
Per Acre 
•1 
t^ o 
'ro 
8 
u O 
8 
Remarks 
Machine used 
Labor 1st crop 
6-15— 6-17 
7-20 ^28 
21i 
lOi 
119 
63i 
1 
? 9.80 5.21 
7.79$ 
1.20 
43 
24 
5.71 2.63' 5.27 
3.00 1.28 3.00 
.70 
.36 
3.28 
Raking-Tedding' 
7-21— -30 
167i 
26.72 14.60 20.55 
TtL labor 2d crop 
Labor 3d crop 
151 
4Si 
'1% 
234i 35.4:318.5128.82 
=52 1 9.78 6.00 6.38 
37^1 50.74 24.02 45.73 
111 3.01 2.19 1.37 
4.31 
1.20 
6.22 
.37 
1 
Hauling manure 
General expense 
5-13—10-19 
156 loads. 
Total labor cost 
4-551 
734 
$108.76 55.93 90.09 S 
13.33 
1.33 
.39 
.50 
5.00 
10.84 
3.18 
4.07 
40.75 
1 
25 lbs. per A. 1-3. 
: ' 
Interest 
1 
I 
$167.60 
' « 
Total 
20.55 
' 
YIELD. 
Total 18 tons @ $12.00 
Per acre, 2.21 tons, @ $12.00- 
.$ 216.00 
26.52 
SUMMARY. 
Total Per Acre Per Ton 
$ 216.00 $ 26.52 
167.C0 20.55 
$ 12.00 
Cost -- 
9.31 
Profit - 
$ 48.40$ 5.97 
$ 2.69 
Rate per hour man labor, 12.6 cents 
Rate per hour horse labor, 7 cents. 
