34 BULLETIN 1000, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 22. — Oats: Labor and material requirements per acre (301 records^ . 





Num- 

 ber of 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Man labor. 



Horse labor. 





Ferti- 

 lizer 



Fuel 

 (coal). 



Lbs. 





Per 



cent of 



Region. 



Priorj 

 to Har- 

 har- ! vest, 

 vest. | 



' j 



Total. 



Prior 

 to 

 har- 

 vest. 



Har- 

 vest. 



Total. 



Seed 

 per 

 acre. 



Twine 

 per 

 acre. 



operat- 

 ing ex- 

 pense a 

 cov- 

 ered 

 by fore 

 going. 





79 

 92 

 9 

 30 

 38 

 53 



Bush. 



35.4 



35.7 



50.4 



34.3 



35.3 



33.0 



Hrs. 

 4.2 

 6.0 

 8.3 

 9.0 

 2.7 

 2.9 



Hrs. 

 5.9 

 9.0 

 10.5 

 11.5 

 6.1 

 2.7 



Hrs. 

 10.1 

 15.0 



18.8 



20.5 



8.8 



5.6 



Hrs. 



15.7 

 16.3 

 18.0 

 19.4 

 9.2 

 13.0 



Hrs. 



7.8 



7.7 

 7.6 

 8.4 

 8.4 

 4.4 



Hrs. Bush. 

 23.5 i 2.6 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 

 2.3 

 2.5 

 2.6 

 2.2. 

 2.1 

 1.9 



71 



New York 



Ohio 



24.0 2.2 

 25.6 2.4 

 27.8 ! 2.3 



192.1 



48.9 

 69.5 

 49.5 

 43.8 



71 

 70 

 71 





17.6 i 2.4 



61 





17.4 2.0 





59 















a Excluding interest on land. 



The low labor requirement for Illinois is largely explained by the 

 fact that only 11 per cent of the ground was plowed. In North 

 Dakota, which has the second lowest requirement for preparation 

 and sowing, the highest percentage of plowed land is found, but the 

 farmers of that State save time by using larger machinery and per- 

 haps working faster because of their skill in handling small grain 

 with machinery. The same reasons explain the low labor require- 

 ment for harvesting in that State. 



The fuel used per acre for thrashing will vary with the size of the 

 machine, the amount of straw per acre, etc. It will be noticed, 

 however, that the variation in cost due to fuel is negligible. In 

 Minnesota and North Dakota straw-burning engines were used, hence 

 there is no charge for fuel. 



For Illinois and North Dakota, because of the low labor and high 



machine charges, the percentage of total operating expense repre- 



ented by labor and material is very much lower than for the other 



States. 



Table 23. — Oats: Percentage distribution of costs per acre. 





Illinois. 



North Dakota. 



Item. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 total 

 costs. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 total 

 costs. 





17.9 



8.7 



23.4 

 19.9 



16.4 





24.9 1 12.2 



14.0 







Materials: 



Seed 



14. 4 7. 

 2. 7 1. 3 

 1.0 .5 



11.7 

 3.6 



8 2 



Fuel 



2.5 









Total materials 



18.1 8.8 



15.3 



10.7 







Other costs: 



15.6 



7.6 



8.8 

 8.4 

 24.2 



6. 1 





10.7 

 12.8 



5.2 

 6.2 



5.9 





17.0 







Total other costs 



39.1 



19.0 



41.4 



29-0 











51.3 





29.9 









Value of land per acre 



$100 



$42 













