THE YOUNG FARMER 



The average yield per acre in Illinois for 

 12 years preceding date of this estimate 

 was 35 bushels per acre; the average price 

 per bushel during the same period was 32 

 cents. 



LABOR COST OF PRODUCING A BUSHEL OF 

 GRAIN 



Not counting rent of land or interest on 

 capital invested in equipment, nor deprecia- 

 tion of soil fertility, it has been shown that 

 under favorable conditions, the labor cost 

 of growing and harvesting an acre of wheat 

 or oats may be as low as $4.50, and that of 

 maize as low as $_$ per acre. Assuming the 

 average labor cost of producing an acre of 

 wheat or oats at $5.50 and of maize at $6 

 per acre, and taking the average yields per 

 acre for a series of years to be 13.8 for wheat, 

 30.9 bushels for oats and 24.9 bushels for 

 maize, the average labor cost per bushel 

 will be: Wheat, 40 cents; oats, 17^ cents; 

 and maize, 28 cents. 



The data given in this chapter are to be 

 accepted as suggestive rather than as deter- 

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