170 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 193. 



Table 20. — Cost to the Landowner of Producing an Acre of Sun Tobacco. 



Value of land, $350 00 



Rent (interest calculated at 5 per cent), ........ $17 50 



Tools, implements, etc.: — 



Walking plow, .......... $6 25 



Broadcast fertilizer sower, . . ... . . . 12 00 



Tobacco setter, ......... 23 75 



Wheel harrow 12 00 



Acme harrow, .......... 6 75 



Planet, Jr., cultivator, ........ 4 25 



Tobacco press (simple, farm-made), ...... 1 25 



4 hatchets, .......... 50 



2 stringing horses, ......... 1 25 



For an acre $68 00 



Depreciation on equipment per acre, $68 at 15 per cent, . . . . . 10 20 



Depreciation on sheds, $700 at 5 per cent, 35 00 



Taxes 6 00 



Insurance, ............. 2 00 



Fertilizer, 2,000 pounds at $60 per ton, 60 00 



Manure, 3 cords at $10 30 00 



Labor: — 



Making seed bed, 2 men, one day, ........ 6 00 



Weeding and attention to plant beds, ........ 6 00 



Applying manure, . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 



Plowing land 8 00 



Harrowing and ridging, .......... 5 00 



Drawing and setting plants, ......... 7 00 



Cultivating and hoeing 4 times, 2 men, eight days; 1 horse, four days, . . 36 00 



Topping, worming and suckering, . . . . . . . . 25 00 



Harvesting, 6 men, 2 teams, one day, . . . . . . . . 28 00 



Taking down and stripping, 6 men, one day, . . . . . . 18 00 



Bulking 3 50 



Delivering 3 miles at 10 cents per 100 pounds, ...... 1 40 



Feed 20 00 



Seed, 1 ounce 1 00 



Twine, 50 



Paper 3 00 



Charcoal 1 30 



Oil 1 00 



Horseshoeing, ............ 1 00 



Veterinary, 15 



Total per acre $335 55 



Total per pound, ........... 24 



