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TABLE No. 18. Profit when hay is fed on farm. 



Total cost of producing an acre of hay $1* 72 



Value on farm of 3.72 tons of hay, @ $7.57 per ton 



Net profit an acre from hay fed on farm *$13 . 44 



* To which should be added the value of the manure. 



TABLB No. 19. Profit when loose hay is sold from farm. 



Total cost of producing an acre of hay $14 . 72 



Hauling from the farm 1.85 



Total cost of producing and hauling from farm $16.57 



Value of 3.72 tons of hay sold from farm, @ $8 per ton 29.76 



Net profit from an acre of loose hay sold from farm . . '. $13 . 19 



TABLE No. 20. Profit when baled hay is sold from farm. 



Total cost of producing an acre of hay ; $14.72 



Cost of baling 5.22 



Hauling from the farm ....'....., 1 . 85 



Total cost an acre of producing, baling and hauling from farm $21.79 



Value of 3.72 tons of baled hay, @ $9.45 35.15 



Net profit from an acre of baled hay sold from farm $13.36 



TABLE No. 21. Cost and profit when seed crop is raised. 



Share of cost of planting '. . . $0.73 



Mowing two crops of hay and one seed crop 1.20 



Curing and storing two crops of hay and one seed crop 2.55 



Threshing the seed 2.80 



Bags and storing the seed .65 



Cultivation once . .57 



Top-dressing with barnyard manure , , 1. 90 



Interest on value of an acre of land @ 6 per cent, or rent 4.20 



Taxes on land .56 



Share of interest, taxes and depreciation on machinery and equipment, and on 



machinery sheds 1.26 



Share of interest, taxes and depreciation on hay sheds or barns .50 



Total cost per acre of production when seed crop is raised $16.92 



Value of tAvo crops of hay, 1.86 tons, @ $7.57 $14.08 



Value of 4.2 bushel's of seed, @ $7.75 ' 32 . 55 



Value of straw from seed crop, .93 tons, @ $3.78 3.51 



Total value of production when seed crop is raised $50. 14 



Net profit per acre when seed crop is raised , $33 . 22 



Emphasis should be placed on the fact that these figures represent 

 an average for the state where the. best methods of culture, as described 

 on other pages, are followed. Any one or all of the items are subject to 

 such changes as may be brought about by the particular combination of 

 circumstances and conditions prevalent in a given instance. For ex- 

 ample: If a grower bale from the windrow and ship at once the charge 

 against curing and storing would be greatly "modified. If a man grows 

 alfalfa on 100-dollar land the charge against interest and taxes on land 

 would be twice as much as it would be on 50-dollar land. If a man's 

 average yield were 4.5 tons the cost of handling and the profit per acre 

 would be quite different from what they would be if his average yield 

 were 2.5 tons. The costs and profits of a grower in Lyon county differ 

 considerably from those of a grower in Wallace county. Hence the esti- 

 mates as shown above are not arbitrary; they serve merely as an indica- 

 tion of the approximate average expense and income, when the opera- 



