COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT. 



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In the spring-wheat areas all but eight of the 159 farms were well 

 represented in four groups, or in those classes having man labor 

 requirements of from 4 to 12 hours per acre. In Grand Forks and 

 Spink Counties, nearly all of the farms came within the two groups, 

 "4 to 6 " and " 6 to 8 " hours per acre. In Morton County the largest 

 group of farms required from 8 to 10 hours of man labor per acre, and 

 in both Minnesota areas the majority of all farms showed require- 

 ments of from 6 to 10 hours per acre. Of the total wheat acreage 

 grown on the spring-wheat farms more than one-third was grown on 

 farms having man labor requirements of from 6 to 8 hours; also a 

 large acreage was represented by each group of farms commencing 

 with 4 to 6 hours per acre, and including the 10 to 12 hour group. 



Table XIII. — Variation in labor requirements per acre, spring wheat, 1919 (1.59 farms) . 

 [Farias using tractors or trucks not included.] 



Range 

 of 



North Dakota. 



South 

 Dakota. 



Minnesota. 







Average 



hours per 



acre. 



hours 

 per 

 acre. 



Grand 



Forks 

 County. 



Morton 

 County. 



Spink 

 County. 



Clay 

 County. 



Traverse 

 County. 



Total. 





Man. 



Horse. 





Farms. 



1 



15 

 14 



3 



Acre- 

 age. 



410 

 3,987 

 2,829 



719 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



1 



34 



54 



39 



24 



4 



2 



Acre- 

 age. 

 410 

 8,330 



10, 889 



7,064 



3,578 



385 



180 



3.6 

 5.1 



6.9 

 8.7 

 10.7 

 12.9 

 14.6 



13 4 



4to6 



2 

 6 

 12 

 7 

 2 

 1 



473 



716 



1,581 



1,055 



225 



80 



15 

 13 

 1 

 2 



3,350 



2,880 



75 



360 



2 

 10 

 10 



8 



520 

 2,494 

 2,267 

 1,200 







18 1 



6to8... 

 8tol0.. 

 10tol2.. 



11 

 13 



7 

 2 



1,970 



2,422 



963 



160 



20.6 

 25.5 



28.8 



12tol4 







32 8 



Htol6.. 











1 



100 



35.0 



16tol8.. 

















18to20. 



















1 



51 



1 



51 



19.1 



45 8 





















Total. 



33 



7,945 



30 



4,130 



31 6,665 



31 



6,581 



34 



5,566 



159 



30,887 



7.4 



22.1 



Table XIV. — Variation in labor requirement per acre, winter wheat, 1919 (201 farms). 

 [Farms using tractors or trucks not included.] 



Range of man- 

 hours per acre. 



Kansas. 



Missouri. 



Ford 

 County. 



Pawnee 

 County. 



McPherson 

 County. 



Saline 

 County. 



Jasper 

 County. 



St. Charles 

 County. 





Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Farms. 



Acre- 

 age. 



4to6 



3 

 12 



8 

 2 



880 

 3,940 

 2,362 



450 



3 

 13 



4 

 3 



605 

 3,750 

 1,295 



615 



















6to8 



7 

 8 

 6 

 1 



614 



965 



741 



80 



1 



5 

 1 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 2 



70 

 520 



40 

 245 

 295 

 175 

 170 











8tol0 











10tol2 











12tol4 







3 

 5 

 7 

 4 

 2 

 1 

 3 



n 47 



14tol6 











6 

 5 

 6 

 3 



711 

 511 

 457 

 240 



514 



16tol8 















481 



18to20 















229 



20to22 











i 



88 



22 to 24 

















55 



24 to 26 













1 



65 







164 



26 to 28 













2 



56 







1 



















Total 



25 



7,632 



23 



6,265 



22 



2,400 



20 



1,580 



22 



1,975 



25 



1,778 



