THE YOUNG FARMER 



THE COST OF PRODUCING FARM CROPS 

 The Minnesota station has determined 

 the cost of growing the staple farm crops 

 on 45 farms in different sections of the 

 State. The total expense per acre for an 

 average of six years is shown in the follow- 

 ing table, not including land rental or cost 

 of marketing. 



COST OF PRODUCING FARM CROPS IN MINNESOTA. 



Spring wheat, land fall plowed $5-54 



Oats, land fall plowed 5.80 



Barley, land spring plowed 6.89 



Maize, husked from standing stalks 9.41 



Hay, timothy and clover 3.68 



Potatoes, land not fertilized 23-36 



Potatoes, land fertilized 34-72 



Some years ago the writer made an esti- 

 mate of the cost of producing maize, oats, 

 wheat and clover hay in a four-course 

 rotation on a tenant farm in central Penn- 

 sylvania. The soil was a heavy clay and 

 required plowing for each crop, except, of 

 course, the hay crop, one acre a day being 

 considered a good day's work. 



Counting the expense of man and team at 

 $2 per day, the labor cost per acre was 

 found to be $7 for maize, $5.10 for both 



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