REQUIREMENTS OF FIELD CROPS. 27 



Table 15. — Field beans: Labor and material requirements per acre (166 records, 1917). 





Num- 

 ber 

 of 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Man labor. 



Horse labor. 



Seed. 



Ma- 

 nure. 



Ferti- 

 lizer. 



Coal. 



Per 

 cent 



Region. 



Prior 

 to 

 har- 

 vest. 



Har- 

 vest. 



To- 

 tal. 



Prior 

 to 

 har- 

 vest. 



Har- 

 vest. 



To- 

 tal. 



of op- 

 erat- 

 ing 

 ex- 

 pense 

 cov- 

 ered 



by 



fore- 

 go- 

 ing." 



New York 



26 

 23 

 16 



Bush. 

 10.9 

 10.5 

 7.3 



Hrs. 



27.6 

 27.0 

 20.2 



Hrs. 



14.3 

 12.4 

 12.1 



Hrs. 



41.9 

 39.4 

 32.3 



Hrs. 

 53.3 

 42.9 

 36.2 



Hrs. 



8.2 

 7.1 



8.7 



Hrs. 

 61.5 

 50.0 

 44.9 



Lbs. 



50 

 46 

 66 



Tons. 

 3.6 

 1.3 

 3.4 



Lbs. 

 95 

 30 



7 



Lbs. 



62 

 86 

 64 



67 





67 





74 













25.6 



20.0 

 27.9 



13.1 



17.5 

 18.4 



38.7 



37.5 

 46.3 



45.5 



37.9 

 55.5 



7.9 



11.3 

 12.0 



53.4 



49.2 

 67.5 













California (irr.) 



Colorado (irr.) 



15 

 16 



20.7 

 25.0 



9-26 

 30 



3.0 

 .4 



6 13.8 



124 



62 

 68 



Average 







24.1 



15.3 

 17.3 



17.9 



10.5 

 10.8 



42.0 



25.8 

 28.1 



46.9 



31.4 

 33.6 



11.7 



8.1 

 6.3 



58.6 



39.5 

 39.9 













Colorado (dry) 



17 

 23 



6.8 

 4.1 



15 

 17 







56 



72 



New Mexico (dry). 





62.5 



82 



Average 







16.4 



25.0 

 21.3 



10.7 



9.0 



8.9 



27.1 



34.0 

 30.2 



32.6 



71.3 

 42.0 



7.1 



6.7 

 7.0 



39.7 



78.0 

 49.0 













California (dry) 



15 

 15 



26.5 

 9.7 



81 

 20-27 





615.9 

 63.7 





60 



79 



Average 







23.2 



9.0 



32.2 



56.7 



6.8 



63.5 





























a Excluding interest on land. 6 Sacks. 



Table 16. — Field beans: Percentage distribution of costs per acre. 





Columbia County, 

 Wis. 



Weld County, Colo. 



Items. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 total 

 costs. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 total 

 costs. 





Per cent. 

 20.5 

 17.1 



7.4 



Per cent. 

 17.8 

 14.8 

 6.4 



Per cent. 



28.4 



27.6 



3.1 



Per cent. 

 21.0 





20.4 





2.3 







Materials: 



10.1 

 .2 



25.2 

 .7 



8.7 



.2 



21.8 



.6 



3.6 



2.6 







Seed 



8.0 

 .7 



5.9 



Coal 



.6 









36.2 



31.3 



12.3 



9.1 













3.0 



7.7 

 7.3 

 9.8 



.8 



2.2 



Other costs: 



2.4 

 7.4 

 9.0 



2.1 

 6.4 



7.7 



5.7 





5.4 





7.2 





.6 













18.8 



16.2 



25.6 



18.9 











13.5 





26.1 











$114 



$247 













a Includes taxes and insurance. 



