COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT. 



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Thrashing, which includes (1) cash paid per bushel, (2) board for 

 the part of thrashing crew furnished by the thrasherman, and (3) any 

 thrashing fuel furnished by the farmer. 



Use cost of land, or land rent, which includes (1) interest on wheat 

 land investment for owned farms, (2) the market value of the share 

 of wheat given at thrashing time to the landlord as rent, and (3) the 

 actual cash paid for cash-rented wheat land. 



Other costs, including (1) farm taxes and insurance; (2) special 

 crop insurance, (3) use of tractor and other farm machinery; (4) loss 

 due to abandoned wheat acreage; and (5) overhead. 



Credits, including (1) straw, (2) pasture, and (3) insurance received 

 for damages to the growing wheat crop. 



SUMMARY OF COSTS, BY DISTRICTS. 



In Tables VI and VII is presented a summary of average cost per 

 acre and per bushel for the areas surveyed. This enables a com- 

 parison of the total costs of production by districts, and the part 

 of the total costs that is chargeable to labor, materials, thrashing, use 

 of land, and other costs. 



Table VI. — Summary of average cost per acre and -per bushel of spring tvheat, 1919 (197 



farms) . 





North Dakota. 



South 

 Dakota. 



Minn 



jsota. 



All 

 spring 

 wheat. 



Per 



cent of 



total 



cost. 



Item. 



Grand 



Forks 



County. 



Morton 

 County. 



Spink 

 County. 



Clay 



County. 



Trav- 

 erse 

 County. 





39 



10, 060 



98,335 



9.8 



39 



5,840 



25, 835 



4.4 



39 



9,500 



93, 862 



9.9 



38 

 10, 376 



84,325 

 8.1 



. 42 



7,071 



59, 690 



8.4 



197 



42,847 



362,047 



8.4 



















18.0 





$1.24 



2.77 



.10 



$1.69 

 3.34 



$1.16 



2.54 



.01 



$1.29 



2.35 



.01 



$1.40 

 3.17 



$1.32 



2.76 



.03 















14.4 





1.29 



.88 

 .01 



2.20 



1.18 



.06 



2.00 



1.02 



.06 



2.26 



1.36 



.02 



2.72 



1.58 



.03 



2.04 



1.18 



.04 















17.1 





3.39 



.57 



.22 



2.78 



4.22 



2.98 

 .02 

 .29 

 .43 



2.15 



2.78 



.39 



.17 



2.68 



7.58 



3.45 



.50 



.40 



1.18 



6.16 



3.38 



.46 



.20 



1.13 



5.98 



3.21 



.42 



.26 



1.78 



5.44 















7.8 





23.9 





18.8 





.29 



.18 

 .07 



1.50 

 .97 



1.59 



.21 

 .21 

 .19 



1.98 

 .94 



1.46 



.32 



.25 



.26 



1.36 



.46 



.54 



.67 



1.30 



.42 

 .11. 

 .21 

 1.43 



.35 



.28 

 .30 



1.47 

 .36 



1.51 





















Overhead 



1.31 



1.54 



1.69 









Total cost per acre 



22.07 

 .19 



19.33 

 .50 



23.89 

 .19 



23.49 

 .58 



23.91 

 .30 



22.75 

 .35 



100.0 



Credits ' 











21.88 

 2.24 



18.83 

 4.26 



23.70 

 2.40 



22.91 

 2.82 



23.61 

 2.80 



22.40 

 2.65 













Without land rent: 



17.66 

 1.81 



16.68 

 3.77 



16.12 

 1.63 



16.75 

 2.06 



17.63 

 2.09 



16.96 

 2.01 













