64 FARMERS' UNION AND FEDERATION 



TABLE IV. 



"ROSARIO, ARGENTINA, October 29, 1917. 



" Deputy Alfredo Echague, chairman of a committee appointed to 

 study the question of an export tax, has published certain figures calcu- 

 lated to show the cost to the producer of raising wheat as it is produced in 

 Argentina. The calculation is based upon the expense of cultivating a 

 wheat farm of 220 hectares (543.62 acres), of which twenty hectares, or 

 49.42 acres, are devoted to pasturage for the horses, leaving 494.2 acres 

 for wheat. The figures are as follows : 



Capital. 



Two double plows $169.84 



Two harrows 59 . 44 



One seeder 161 .35 



One header 382. 14 



Three wagons 551 . 98 



Implements 212 . 30 



Corral and pasture fence \ 212 . 30 



Tools 84.92 



Ranch hut and water tank 127 . 38 



Canvas covering for stacks 127.38 



Fifty horses at $21.23 1 ,061 . 50 



Seed wheat.. 866.18 



Total capital $4,016.71 



Expenses. 



Eight per cent upon capital $321 . 33 



Ten per cent depreciation on tools and animals 315.05 



Plowing, harrowing, sowing 849 . 20 



Seed, 54 pounds per acre 870 . 00 



Sulphur 23 . 78 



Insurance against hail 148.61 



Cutting and stacking 849.20 



Threshing 1 ,019.04 



Bags 509 . 52 



Cartage to station 509 . 52 



Freight to port 573.21 



Support of farmer and family 849 . 20 



Total expense of production $6,837.66 



