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



Table 25.— Barley: Percentage distribution of costs -per acre. 





North Dakota. 



Wisconsin. 



Items. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 total 

 costs. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distribu- 

 tion of 

 total 

 costs. 





Per cent. 

 20.6 

 21.2 



Per cent. 

 14.7 

 15.1 



Per cent. 

 28.0 

 30.0 



Per cent. 

 19.5 





20.8 







Materials: 



Seed 



13.4 

 4.0 



9.6 

 2.8 



14.8 

 2.1 

 1.0 



10.3 



Twine 



1.6 



Fuel 



.8 













17.4 



12.4 



17.9 



12.7 







Other costs: 



9.7 



7.6 



23.5 



7.0 

 5.4 

 16.7 



8.3 

 8.0 



7.8 



6.2 





5.5 





4.8 









40.8 



29.1 



24.1 



16.5 











28.7 





30.5 



Value of land per acre 









$36 



S72 



RYE. 



Rye does best on good land, but because of its ability to produce 

 a comparatively good yield on poor ground it is usually grown on 

 the lighter soils. Because of its hardiness, rye also very often 

 receives less care and attention than the other small grains. On 

 some farms, for instance, it is regularly sown in standing corn, 

 making the value of the seed and the labor cost for sowing the only 

 charges for seeding. In other regions, like the sections studied in 

 New York and New Jersey, rye is always sown on land that is plowed 

 and prepared in the ordinary way. Such variations in methods, of 

 course, are bound to result in considerable variations in the cost of 

 producing the crop. In Wisconsin 75 per cent of the rye fields were 

 plowed, while for Minnesota and Ohio the figures are 50 and 10 per 

 cent, respectively. The causes underlying variations in the other 

 cost factors for rye are the same as those already discussed under 

 oats and barley. 





Table 



26.— 



Rye: 



Labor and material requirements 



per acre. 















Man labor. 



Horse labor. 



[ 







Per 



cent 

 of op- 











































erat- 







Num- 























ing 







ber 



Yield 













i Fer- 



Fuel 



(coal). 





ex- 



Region. 





of 



per Prior 







Prior 







Seed. I tili- 



Twine. 



pense 







rec- 



acre, to 



Har- 



To- 



to 



Har- 



To- 



zer. 





cov- 







ords. 



i har- 



vest. 



tal. 



har- 



vest. 



tal. 









ered 









vest. 







vest. 











by 























fore- 





















going. 

























W 









Bush: Hrs. 



Hrs. 



Hrs. 



Hrs. 



Hrs. 



Hrs. Bush. 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 









6 

 12 



10 



22. 3 1 2. 8 

 16. 2 4. 5 

 14. 6 6. 



7.4 

 9.9 

 10.4 



10.2 

 14.4 

 16.4 



9. 

 12.3 

 11.9 



7.9 

 8.5 

 7.5 



16. 9 2. 







3.1 

 1.9 

 2.0 



76 





20.8 

 19.4 



1. 1 

 1.9 





49.0 

 48.0 

 Gal. 



73 



Ohio 



67 















17. 9. 9 

 17. 6 10. 



13.4 

 11.4 



23.3 

 21.4 



21.2 

 22.7 



7.1 

 5.4 



28.3 

 28.1 



1.9 

 1.8 



183.0 

 337.0 



0. 8 



4.0 

 2.8 



76 





74 















a Excluding interest on land. 



* Figures taken from the results of a special investigation. 



