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Table VIII. Acre value, acre cost, and value less cost of production 

 of wheat in various sections of the United States in 1909, as 

 reported by correspondents of the Bureau of Statistics. 



From Table VIII, it will be seen that the cost of pro- 

 duction in the North Atlantic states is particularly high. 

 Every item of expense is larger than the average for the entire 

 country, but the greatest increase is in fertilizers and cost of 

 preparation. The acre value is also high, as both the acre 

 yield and the price per bushel are above the average. The 

 largest difference between value and cost is in the Far Western 

 states, due to the high yield and the moderate cost of pro- 

 duction. In the states of largest production, North Dakota, 

 Kansas, and Minnesota, the acre cost of production was 

 $8.99, $10.29, and $10 respectively. More accurate figures 

 covering the cost of production in Minnesota are contained 

 in Bureau of Statistics Bulletin No. 73, in which the average 

 actual cost of growing an acre of wheat for the six years from 

 1902 to 1907 on several farms in each of three sections of 

 the state are given. The average cost of production in the 

 southeastern part of the state was $9.86 an acre; in the south- 

 western part, $8.39, and in the northwestern part, $6.98. 

 The period covered by these figures was earlier than the year 

 for which the figures given in the table were reported, and the 



