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TABLE 76. MACHINERY COSTS PER ACRE l 



MACHINE 



COST PER ACRE 



Grain machinery 



Binders 



Reapers 



Drills, seeders .... 

 Fanning mills .... 

 Grain tanks .... 

 Wagons, sleds, and racks 



Corn machinery 



Binders 



Planters . . . . . . 



Cultivators 



Wagons, sleds, and racks 



Hay machinery 



Mowers 



Rakes 



Tedders 



Loaders 



Ropes, forks, etc. 

 Wagons, sleds, and racks 



All crop machinery . . . 



Plows 



Harrows ....... 



Disks 



Threshing outfit .... 



.181 

 .171 

 .075 

 .010 

 .011 

 .034 



.826 

 .087 

 .155 

 .158 



.206 

 .085 

 .113 

 .151 

 .120 

 .059 



.087 

 .017 

 .089 



.335 



1 Minnesota, Bulletin 117, p. 18. 



It must be remembered that these costs do not include 

 the cost of housing machinery or of oil. 



When interest, housing, oil, depreciation, and all other 

 costs are counted, the cost of machinery on a farm is usually 

 equal to 20 per cent of the inventory value. The in- 

 ventory value is, of course, far below the cost price, be- 

 cause on most farms there is machinery of all ages. 



Cost accounts on New York farms usually show a 



