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COST OF PRODUCING SORGHUM 



Value of Land- 



II 



High 0300.00 per acre 



Low — - - - 50.00 



Usual - irrigated -- - 150.00 



Usual - not irrigated --- 100.00 " 



Cost of the Crop- 

 Preparing land and planting- 

 Fall plowing 1.75 " 



Spring plowing 1.25 " 



Working down into seed bed 1,75 " 



seed- Non-saccharine (10# Q 50c) .50 " 



Saccharine ( 5# © 5^) .25 



Planting — — - .30 



Growing the crop- 

 Cultivating i'.nd furro'ving 2.50 " 



Water - 1.50 



Applying ¥/ater -.75 " 



Harvesting- 



Grain- 



Cutting heads (01.5O - 5) 3.00 



Threshing .20 per cwt. 



Sacks -08 per sack 



Hauling ( 5 miles) 1.00 per ton 



Cured Fodder- 

 Cutting by hand 1.50 per acre 



Shocking 1.25 



Hauling ( 1 mile) .75 per ton 



Silage- 

 Cutting by hand 1.75 per acre 



Hauling ( 1 mile) .75 per ton 



Siloing ( i, 2- 5) 3.00 per acre 



Taxes and Insurance- 

 Average land 2,00 per acre 



Good land 2,50 



Market Value o f Yield- 



Grain- 



High 2.00 per cwt. 



Low - --- 1.10 



Average 1.30 " 



