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BULLETIN 943, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table VII. — Summary of average cost per acre and per bushel ofivinter wheat, 1919 {284 



farms) . 





Kansas. 



Missouri. 



Nebraska. 



All 

 winter 

 wheat . 



Per 



cent 



of 



total 



cost. 



Item. 



Ford 

 Coun- 

 ty. 



Paw- 

 nee 



Coun- 

 ty. 



Mc- 

 pher- 

 son 

 Coun- 

 ty. 



Saline 

 Coun- 

 ty. 



Jasper 

 Coun- 

 ty. 



St. 



Chas. 



Coun- 

 ty. 



Phelps 

 Coun- 

 ty. 



Saline 

 Coun- 

 ty. 



Keith 

 Coun- 

 ty. 



Number of records 



32 

 9,817 



130, S90 



13.3 



32 

 9,092 



126, 838 



13.9 



35 

 4,652 



59,034 



12.7 



29 

 2,362 



38,422 



16.3 



30 

 2,949 



56, 730 



19.2 



38 

 3,035 



59, 520 



19.6 



30 

 4,404 



47,744 



10.8 



35 



2,008 



36,334 



18.1 



23 

 4,395 



79, 612 



1S.1 



284 



42,714 



635, 124 

 14.9 





Total production (bush- 

 els) 





Average yield per acre 





Labor (land prepara- 



13. S 



Man labor cost per 



SO. 93 



2.74 



.02 



$0.75 

 1.85 



$1.62 

 3.58 

 .02 



$1.50 

 3.08 

 .11 



$2.21 

 4.30 

 .02 



$1.82 

 3.70 



$1.25 

 2.46 



$2.13 



4.29 



.01 



$0.83 

 .97 

 .18 



$1.23 



2.70 



.03 





Horse labor cost 





Labor (harvesting, 

 marketing) 







2J.6 



Man labor cost 



Horse labor cost 



Contract labor 



3.75 



2.20 



.02 



2.80 

 1.38 

 .02 



3.89 

 1.61 



4.78 



1.83 



.12 



4.68 



2.22 



.20 



4.89 

 1.96 



3.61 

 1.67 



5.77 

 2.53 



4.61 

 1.28 

 1.32 



3.94 



1.79 



.16 





Material costs 









10.4 



Seed and seed treat- 



1.79 

 .31 

 .06 



2.19 



.21 

 .10 



2.36 

 .63 

 .39 



2.73 

 .66 

 .06 



2.52 

 .53 

 .44 



2.58 

 .55 

 .40 

 .33 

 .01 



2.13 

 .63 

 .16 



2.99 

 .87 

 .27 



1.72 

 .44 

 .0.2 



2.18 

 .45 

 .17 

 .02 

 .14 

 .01 

 2.30 

 8.59 





Binder twine 



Manure and straw . . 





Fertilizer 









.01 



2.07 











Grasshopper poison. 

 Thrashing 



.02 

 2.58 

 6.14 







.01 

 1.18 

 6.94 









2.67 



7.77 



2.83 



8.44 



3.37 

 13.92 



1.45 

 10.30 



1.86 

 11.28 



1.98 

 13.25 



1.91 



9.57 



8.0 



Use cost of land 



Other costs 



30.0 

 17.2 



Taxes and insurance 

 Special crop insur- 

 ance 



.13 



1.06 

 .12 



1.15 



.24 



.18 



1.23 

 .26 



1.32 



.18 



.21 



.27 

 .33 



1.98 



.69 



.43 



.07 

 .20 



1.51 



.91 



.07 



2.19 



.24 



.10 

 .19 



1.77 



.06 



2.48 



.36 



.06 



.47 



2.13 



.07 

 2.17 



.18 



.63 

 .14 



1.23 



.32 



.63- 



.21 

 .37 



1.93 



.15 



.12 



1.15 

 1.39 



1.68 



.22 



.74 

 .35 



1.51 



.26 



.01 



1.81 





Use cost of tractor. . 



Use cost of other 



farm machinery. . 



Loss on abandoned 









Overhead 



1.75 



1.44 



2.03 



1.57 



2.50 



1.59 









Total cost per acre. 

 Credits 



25.01 

 .71 



24. 35 

 1.29 



30.88 

 .68 



37.55 

 2.27 



35.78 

 1.14 



34.64 

 .51 



24.11 

 .27 



39.88 

 .34 



28.78 

 .26 



28.62 

 .82 



100.0 







Net cost per acre 



Net cost per bushel 



24.30 

 1.82 



23.06 

 1.65 



30.20 

 2.38 



35.28 

 2.17 



34.64 

 1.80 



34.13 

 1.74 



23.84 

 2.20 



39.54 

 2.19 



28.52 

 1.57 



27.80 

 1.87 





AVithout land rent: 



Net cost per acre 



Net cost per bushel. 



18.16 

 1.36 



15.29 

 1.10 



21.76 

 1.71 



21.36 

 1.31 



24.34 

 1.26 



22.85 

 1.17 



16.90 

 1.56 



26.29 

 1.45 



18.95 

 1.05 



19.21 

 1.29 





The gross costs are partially offset by credits for pasture and any 

 straw utilized on the farm. The difference between the gross cost and 

 the sum of these credits is the net cost of producing wheat. The cost 

 per bushel was obtained by dividing the total net cost by the total 

 yield. The average acre cost of each item of expense was computed 

 on a weighted basis by dividing the total cost of each item by the total 

 wheat acreage. This method results in a relatively low regional cost 

 per acre for items of expense that did not occur on the entire acreage. 

 As an illustration, the cost of binder twine in Morton County, N. Dak., 

 where but 1 per cent of the acreage was cut with a binder, amounted 

 to but 2 cents per acre when distributed over the total wheat acreage. 



