COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT. 



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a cost of $5 or over per bushel, about one-half abandoned a part of 

 the seeded wheat acreage, and the yield on this group of farms ranged 

 from slightly less than 1 bushel per acre to 7 bushels per acre, based 



Fig. 6. — Variation in net cost per bushel, winter wheat, 1919. 



on the acreage harvested. The farms having a low cost per bushel 

 were farms on which comparatively' good yields were obtained, 

 many yielding from 10 to 15 bushels, and in some instances as high 

 as 20 bushels per acre. 



