COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT. 31 



Table XVIII. — Summary of labor practices in Missouri, winter wheat, 1919. 







Saline County. 





Jasper 



County. 



St 



Charles County. 



Practice. 



Rec- 

 ords. 



Acre- 

 age.! 



Average 



hours per 



acre. 



Rec- 

 ords. 



Acre- 

 age. 1 



Average 



hours per 



acre. 



Rec- 

 ords. 



Acre- 

 age.! 



Average 



iiours per 



acre. 



Haul and fill gullies 



Per 



cent. 



Per 



cent. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Per 



cent. 



Per 



cent. 



Man. 



Horse. 



Per 



cent. 



32 



Per 

 cent. 



Man. 

 1.4 



Horse. 

 2.3 



Cut stalks 



3 

 24 

 14 

 79 

 10 



3 

 69 



7 

 10 



7 

 93 



5 

 2 

 8 

 55 

 13 



3 

 43 



4 



8 



7 



86 



0.7 

 8.9 

 1.8 

 3.2 

 1.2 



.7 

 1.3 

 1.2 



.9 

 1.3 

 1.1 



1.4 

 12.0 



7.0 

 11.8 



2.1 

 5.3 



1.6 



7.2 



4.2 















60 

 3 



93 

 17 



4 



2 



84 



12 



14.1 

 1.2 

 3.6 

 2.3 



23.0 

 4.8 

 12.5 



68 



7 



11.0 



19.2 



Disk before plow 





Plow 



82 

 32 



84 



32 



8 



5 



54 

 23 



21 

 16 

 6 

 5 



4.8 

 1.7 



1.7 

 1.9 



.8 

 .8 



15.7 



Plow (tractor) 





Plow land with cultiva- 

 tor 



3.5 



Disk 2 



77 

 3 

 13 



51 

 5 

 10 



1.4 



.7 

 .8 



5.4 

 3.2 



6.8 







Floating 



3.7 



Drag 





Harrow-spike (horse) 3 . . 



97 

 3 

 3 



13 



99 

 3 

 3 



16 



1.4 

 .3 

 .4 



.8 



5.6 



1.6 

 2.6 



97 

 5 



81 

 5 



1.6 

 .3 



5.8 



Harrow after drill 













Roll 



14 



9 



.8 



2.0 



37 

 13 



27 



.9 

 .3 



2.8 



Ditch 



.6 





3 

 41 

 55 

 72 



100 



97 



7 



100 

 76 

 10 

 90 

 10 

 14 



14 



86 



( 4 ) 



39 



55 



76 



100 



91 



9 



100 



77 



7 



94 



6 



14 



14 



86 



1.0 

 .1 



.2 



.2 



.9 



1.3 



1.7 



2.3 



4.4 

 4.9 

 2.6 



.4 



1.1 

 1.1 



2.0 

 .2 



2.9 

 5.2 



97 

 37 

 100 

 3 

 100 

 100 



99 

 34 

 100 

 6 

 100 

 100 



.3 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .9 

 .9 



.5 



.4 







2.8 

 3.8 





Haul seed 



24 

 66 

 32 



100 

 92 



11 

 100 



87 



19 



62 

 24 



100 

 87 

 13 



100 

 87 



.1 



.2 

 .2 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 2.1 

 .4 



.2 







Treat seed 





Drill seed 



2.9 



Cut 



3.8 







Shock 



"*4.'6" 

 6.0 



.4 



2.2 



2.3 



100 

 83 

 23 

 80 

 23 



100 



100 

 37 



100 



87 

 20 

 81 

 19 

 79 



79 



21 



2.0 

 .2 

 3.4 

 3.3 

 1.7 

 .9 



2.2 



1.6 



3.9 



4.0 





Reshock 











100 



100 



3.4 



4.1 









1.2 

 4.3 

 3.1 



66 

 71 



76 



31 



38 

 62 



.9 

 1.9 

 2.0 



.6 



Haul to market (from 



3.6 



Haul to market (from 



2.9 







1 Thrashing and hauling percentages are based upon bushels. 



s Disking was done 1.3 times in Saline County, 1.2 times in Jasper County, and 1.4 times in St. Charles 

 County. 



3 Harrowing was done 1.6 times in Saline County, 2.4 times in Jasper County, and 1.8 times in St. Charles 

 County. 



4 Less than one-half of 1 per cent. 



