SPECIAL FARM TOPICS 299 



Cost Per Acre of Raising Various Crops. 



WHEAT. 

 (Based on a yield of 40 bushels per acre.) 



Plowing ground $ 1.75 



Preparation of seed bed 75 



Seed, 75 pounds, at 2 cents per pound 1.50 



Seeding 40 



Irrigating 60 



Harvesting 1.00 



Thrashing 1.75 



Depreciation of machinery, etc 50 



Total 8.25 



OATS OR BARLEY. 



(Based on a yield of 60 bushels per acre.) 



Plowing ground 1.75 



Preparation of seed bed 75 



Seed, 75 pounds, at 2 cents per pound 1.50 



Seeding 40 



Irrigating 60 



Harvesting 1.00 



Thrashing 1.80 



Depreciation of machinery, etc 50 



Total 8.30 



BEETS. 



(Based on a yield of 13.5 tons per acre.) 



Plowing 8 inches deep 1.75 



Preparing seed bed 1.50 



Planting 50 



Seed, 20 pounds, at 15 cents per pound 3.00 



Boiling 25 



Cultivating, four or five times 2.50 



Bunching and thinning 7.00 



Hoeing, two or three times 2.00 



- Plowing out beets 2.50 



Three irrigations, at 60 cents each 1.80 



Topping and piling 7.00 



Silomg ; 25 per cent of crop 1.20 



Depreciation of machinery, etc 1.00 



Hauling, not to exceed 3 miles 6.00 



Total , .. 38.00 



(Ex. S. Bui. 218.) 



BEETS. 



(Based on a yield of 12 tons per acre. Average price at all Colorado 

 factories, $5 per ton.) 



Plowing 12 inches deep $ 3.00 



Three harrowings and levelings 2.00 



Seed, 20 pounds ($2 to) 3.00 



