70 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Analysis. 

 Total cost of tractor, plow, harrow and thresher, . . , $2,230 75 



Total earnings, $1,765 83 



Twenty per cent for depreciation of machinery, $446 15 



Operating and repairs, 1,238 75 



$1,684 90 



Profit ^ $80 93 



Unit B. 



Paid for unit, including tractor, plow and harrow, . . . $1,499 40 



Paid for operator's services, . $310 80 



Paid for repairs, gas, oil, etc., $1,021 68 



Acres plowed, 50| 



Acres harrowed, 44 



Acres harvested, . 11 



Silos filled, ; 2 



Money earned, ,...'. $53741 



Analysis. 



Cost, $1,499 40 



Twenty per cent for depreciation, . . . $299 88 



Operating and repairs, 1,332 48 



— $1,632 36 



Earnings, $537 41 



Loss, $1,094 95 



In interpreting the spirit of this act, it was felt that this was 

 a war emergency project with the paramount object of increas- 

 ing the production of food, and the work was planned and 

 carried out with this one object always first in mind, and every 

 endeavor was made to keep the machines at work every day 

 possible. The Board used every effort to get the machines 

 to their destination as soon as they landed. Not daring to 

 reship them, we used motor trucks. Much expense was in- 

 curred in moving units from one place to another when it 

 seemed necessary, in order to help produce food. This was 

 true of all the State machinery. Food production was always 

 first, and the plan was not to help any particular farmer, not 

 to plow a field because a man wanted it plowed nor because it 

 was too hard for his horses. These were not important points, 



