METHODS OF CONDUCTING COST STUDIES. 



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Confidential 

 Information, 



COST 07 PRODUCING 

 I9I9 WHEAT CROP. 



Office of Farm Management 



U.S. Department of Agriculture! 



Washington, D. C. 



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Address 



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2, Farm operated by owner or tenant 



3. No, of acres in far m 24~0 Value of iand'per acre with improvements $ 22 5 



H, Acres of wheat seeded,' -1919 Q\J Acres harvested, 1Q1Q 60 



5, Total yield of wheat, 1919 //SO Yield per acr e /8 U sual ;p old 22'/2 





6. TOTAL DIRECT LABOR ON ENTIRE WHEAT CROP, 1919- 







Operation 



No. 



Men 



No, 

 Horses 



Total 

 Days. 



Hours : 

 per day: 



: Operation 



No. 



Men 



No, 

 Horses 



To tal 

 Days 



Hours 

 per day 



A. Manuring 



/ 



J 



2 



/o ; 



:H, Seeding 



/ 



¥■ 



s 



/2 



B . Plowing 



2 



4- 



22 



/o ; 



il. Cutting 



/ 



^ 



7 



/2 



C. Tractor Labor 











:J. Shocking 



2 





Z9- 



/2 



D. Disking 



/ 



^ 



// 



/o ; 



:K. Stacking 

 :L. 



— 









E. Harrowing 



2 



■¥ 



S 



/o \ 









F. Cleaning and 

 Treating Seed 





/ 



/2 : 



:M. Threshing 



2/ 

 / 



/a 



W/a 



: /2 



G. Hauling Seed 

 or Fertiliser 



/ 



2 



2 



J 2 : 



:N. Marketing 



2 



5 



/2 



±2 



No-, of acres fallowed in I9I8 for 1913 wheat crop_ 



Estimate the total man hours 220 Also total horse hours 



and total tractor hours Tlcnu/ on this fallow land 



Was this fallow labor included in Table 6?_ r i/ c<l' 



220 



10 Quantity of seed used per acrej 



11 Acres of wheat land fertilized_ 



12 Acres of wheat land manured 



eed u 



/O 



_Total seed used_ 

 _Tons per acre_ 



9Q P rice per hv.. -&2./0 



_Loads per acre S 



_Price per ton_ 



~2~W 



Value per loa d TUTTi eS 

 Price per lb . 234 



13 Total lbs. of twine used on wheat /63 L bs, per acr.e 



Ik Cash premiums paid for wheat' insurance 7lcnic- Wheat insurance received 



1^ Total cash cost for threshing wheat & //8. R ate per bu3hel /Q 



16 What items are included in threshing charge _ 



17 Rental paid per acre for wheat land (cu^v ^W- 



_Rate per bu3hel *•/; 



IS Total value of material, purchased for seed treatment ■P/.OO Value per lb.. 

 19 Interest rate on farm mortgages in your section? 6% 



20 Taxes for entire- farm ~&(§7.SO How often do you have partial crop failurejz^L^^ 

 or complete crop failure V7KX -ims 20 /U/ld^ "~^ 



■4P 



er s< 



21 Yield of wheat straw per acre 2 tcrrvj- V alue per 7 acre_ 



22 Total value of wheat pas ture Tlcnc Value per 



23 Rotatic 



How utilized 



vaiue 01 wneat pasture /Kjrusy value per acre 



on followe d 2/uld/ CQVn/. 2^l4'A4.r/le&t>,G/f-iAXs /sul/- c£cn^A' 

 of man labor per~"nour 6Q<t ■"? V alue of horse labor^per hour__ 



24- Value of man labor per 

 •25 Any other production costs?. 



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Fig. 8. — Questionnaire used in wheat study. 



As for the value of the fertility removed from the soil, irrespective 

 of fertility applied, the common practice has been to make no charge 

 if no fertilizer has been applied. It is obvious that if such a charge 

 is made, certain crops, particularly the leguminous crops, should 

 have credit for providing nitrogen and other fertilizer constituents to 

 the soil. The argument is advanced that land can not indefinitely 

 produce crops without having fertility returned to it in some form, 

 and that to figure costs without taking this into consideration is 

 simply to charge the land with a deferred payment which must be 

 made later on. In practice, however, difficulty arises in reducing 



