32 BULLETIN 1000, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 20. — Wheat: Percentage distribution of costs per acre (1919). 



a Includes taxes and insurance. 





McPherson County, 

 Kans. 



Clay County, 

 Minn. 



Item. 



Distri- 

 bution of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distri- 

 bution 

 of total 

 costs. 



Distri- 

 bution of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distri- 

 bution 

 of total 

 costs. 





Per cent. 1 Per cent. 

 24.6 17.9 

 23.1 16.8 



Per cent. 

 20.5 

 21.5 



Per cent. 

 15.2 





15.9 







Materials: 



10. 5 7. 6 



19.9 

 2.3 

 2.9 



14.7 





1.8 



2.8 



1.3 

 2.0 



1.7 





2.1 











15.1 j 10.9 



25.1 



18.5 







Other costs: 



12.6 : 9.2 

 1.2 .9 

 8.8 6.4 

 1.5 1.1 

 3.1 2.2 



10.0 7.3 



6.8 

 3.1 

 7.5 

 3.9 



5.0 





2.3 



Machinery 



5.5 



Tractor 



2.8 









11.6 



8.6 









37.2 I 27.1 



32.9 



24.2 











27.3 





26.2 













$134 



$137 













This investigation included a survey of 453 farms in the winter 

 wheat belt. The following acreages were planted to wheat by these 

 operators: Missouri, 5,397; Nebraska, 13,053; Kansas, 28,870; and 

 Oklahoma, 14,423, making a total for all farms of 61,743 acres. 



Table 21. a — Labor and material requirements, winter wheat, 1920 (representing pre- 

 dominating practice in each region) . 



[453 Records.] 



Regions. 



Man hours. 



Prep- 

 aration 



and 

 seeding. 



Har- 

 vest. 



Total. 



Prep- 

 aration 



and 

 seeding. 



Horse hours. 



Har- 

 vest. 



Total. 



Seed. 



Twine. 



Land 

 value. 



Missouri: 



Pike County 



Carroll County 



Nebraska: 



Gage County 



Clay County 



Cheyenne County. . . 

 Kansas: 



Thomas County- 

 Seeded 



Vol : 



McPherson County- 

 Shock thrashed . 

 Stack thrashed. 



Pawnee County 



Oklahoma : 



Garfield County 



Woodward County . 



7.4 

 7.3 



5.4 



4.3 

 3.4 



1.9 



.7 



4.5 

 4.5 

 2.2 



4.9 

 3.8 



7.1 

 9.3 



8.0 

 5.5 

 5.2 



4.6 

 4.6 



4.0 

 5.0 

 4.4 



4.3 

 4.2 



14.5 

 16.6 



13.4 



6.5 

 5.3 



8.5 

 9.5 

 6.6 



9.2 



8.0 



24.6 

 26.1 



21.8 

 18.3 

 14.0 



8.1 

 3.2 



18.5 

 18.5 

 10.6 



20.1 

 14.4 



9.6 

 13.0 



11.9 

 9.5 



9.8 



8.3 

 8.3 



7.5 

 8.1 

 7.2 



6.9 



8.3 



34.2 

 39.1 



33.7 



27.8 

 23.8 



16.4 

 11.5 



26.0 

 26.6 

 17.8 



27.0 

 22.7 



Bushels. 

 1.30 

 1.23 



1.28 

 1.21 

 .77 



1.06 

 .94 



1.07 

 .87 



Pounds. 

 1.5 

 2.2 



2.4 

 2.4 

 2.2 



2.5 



$122 

 219 



208 

 171 

 108 



140 

 89 



120 

 44 



u Prom preliminary report on the cost of producing wheat, by R. S. Washburn and L. A. Moorhouse. 



