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BULLETIN" 943, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The average cost for the 284 winter wheat farms was $1.87 per 

 bushel. The range in cost on individual farms was from $0.96 to 

 $8.24 per bushel (see fig. 7). Nearly 75 per cent of the wheat grown 



Fro. 7.— Variation in net cost per bushel, spring wheat, 1919. 



on these farms in 1919 was produced at a cost of $2 and less per bushel 

 and was grown on 165 of the 284 farms visited. As in the spring- 

 wheat districts, good yields were obtained on the farms having low 



