IARM MACHINERY 



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The data requisite for a similar showing with respect to all farm 



crops and for any certain period are, I think, not to be had ; but 



m apply the data presented in the foregoing table to the 



principal crops of the year 1899, as reported by the Twelfth 



Census. 1 The results are as follows : 



im; COST OF PRODUCING CERTAIN CROPS OF THE YEAR 1899, 



i:V II AND AND BY MACHINE METHOD 



The estimated cost of producing these crops by machine method 



is only 53.7 per cent of the estimated cost of producing the same 



by hand method. In other words, the saving in cost of 



c been modified to show a comparison on the basis of cquaj 

 quantities produced. If the equal areas be taken instead, the line should read : 



n : by hand, etc., $9.23; $9.42; 2.09. 



) The data have been modified to show a comparison on the basis of equal 

 quantities produced. If the equal areas be taken instead, the line should read: 

 ro : by hand, etc., $8.88 ;.* Y^. 



fifth Census, Agriculture, Vol. I, p. cxxi. 



n parentheses are the unit numbers used by the Department of 

 Labor and indicate what set of reports was used as the basis of the estimated 

 cost of >n as here presented. The dates of the investigations for hand 



and for machine methods may be found by reference to the preceding table. 



