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READINGS IN RURAL ECONOMICS 



number is clearly too low, for the crops in which machinery is 

 most used are principally in the upper part of the table. 



COST OF PRODUCTION BY HAND AND BY MACHINE METHOD 



Unit 

 Num- 

 ber* 



3 



27 



5 

 17 



Name and Quantity of 

 Crop Produced 



Year of Production 



Hand 



Machine 



Cost 



Hand Machine 



Per Cent 

 Decrease 



13 



19 



24 

 16 

 26 



15 

 23 



Barley: 30 bu. (i acre) . . 



Wheat: 20 bu. (lacre) . . 



Broom corn : i ton (3 acres) 



Rice: 26401b. (i acre) . . 



Sweet potatoes: 105 bu. (i 

 acre) 



Hay: harvesting i ton (i 

 acre) timothy hay .... 



Corn: 40 bu. (i acre) yel- 

 low com, shelled ; stalks, 

 husks, and blades cut into 

 fodder 



Sugarcane : 20 tons (i acre) 



Oats: 40 bu. (i acre) . . . 



Strawberries : 4000 qt. ( i 

 acre) 



Tomatoes: 150 bu. (i acre) 



Potatoes: 220 bu. (i acre) 



Wheat: 20 bu. (i acre) . . 



Hay : harvesting and baling 

 I ton (i acre) timothy hay 



Apple trees : 10,000 (i acre) 

 thirty-two months, from 

 grafts 



Beets: 300 bu. (i acre) . . 



Com : 40 bu. (i acre) yellow 

 com, husked ; stalks left 

 in field 



Carrots : 30 tons ( i acre) . . 



Onions: 250 bu. (i acre) . . 



Apple trees : 10,000 (i acre) 

 thirty-two months, from 

 grafts 



Cotton t : by hand, 750 lb. ; 

 by machine, 1000 lb. (i 

 acre) 



Rye: 25 bu. (i acre) . . . . 



Turnips: 350 bu. (i acre) 



Carrots ; 30 tons (i acre) . . 



Peas: 



20 bu. (i acre) field 

 peas 



Tobacco: 1500 lb. (i acre) 

 Spanish seed leaf . . . . 



Tobacco t by hand, 1 200 lb. ; 

 by machine, 1250 lb. (i 

 acre) 



1829-1830 

 1829-1830 

 i860 

 1870 



1850 



1855 

 1855 

 1830 



1871-1872 

 1870 

 1866 

 1829-1830 



i860 



1870-1872 

 1850 



1855 

 1850 

 i8;o 



1869-187 1 



1814 



1847- 



1855 



1856 

 1853 



i895-i{ 



1895 



1895 



189s 



1895 



1895 

 1893 



1894-1895 

 1895 

 1895 

 1895-1896 



1893-1895 

 1S95 



1895 

 1895 



1893-1895 



1895 

 1894-1? 

 1895 

 1895 



1895 

 1895 



1895 



4.00 



90-33 

 7.20 



34-3 

 1.92 



16.34 

 40.32 



3-85 



231.28 



36.62 



13.18 



3-83 



3-19 



200.00 

 32.30 



5-03 

 38.71 

 32.56 



6.15 



5.25 



25.63 



30.61 



6.66 



25.85 



74 



^1.06 

 1. 12 



25.37 

 2.08 



10.29 

 .63 



6.62 



16.37 

 1.60 



97.92 

 15.88 



5-97 

 2.03 



1. 91 



121.00 

 20.01 



3.31 

 37-21 

 23-89 



150.69 



4.71 



4.30 



2336 



29.96 



6.76 

 27.99 



2.67 



72.62 

 71.98 

 71.92 

 71.09 



70.00 



66.95 



59.49 

 59.40 



58.47 



57.66 

 56.64 

 54.68 

 47.11 



39.92 



39-50 

 38.05 



34.20 

 29.72 

 26.64 



25.41 



23.42 



18.10 



8.88 



2.13 



Per Cent 

 Increase 



1.56 

 8.28 



261.42 



See footnote 2, p. 45. 



