34 BULLETIN W3, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



districts 66 per cent of the total wheat acreage was harvested with 

 the binder and 34 per cent was headed. Tractor power was used 

 in harvesting grain in all areas excepting Jasper County, Mo. Of 

 the winter-wheat acreage 13 per cent was cut with tractor power- 

 Heading was found to be most common in Ford and Pawnee Counties, 

 Kans. About 64 per cent of the Ford County acreage and 78 per 

 cent of the Pawnee County acreage was harvested with the header 

 (see PI. II). 



In both spring and winter wheat regions most of the bundle grain 

 was shock thrashed. The headed grain was stacked before thrash- 

 ing. The grain was either hauled direct from the thrashing machine 

 to local elevators and railroad cars or stored on the farm. In some 

 localities grain elevators were soon filled, railroad cars were not 



th 



Fig. 9. — Disking stubble land preparatory to drilling wheat without further preparation. 



available at thrashing time, and adequate storage facilities were not 

 available on the farm, so that a part of the wheat was often dumped 

 in piles on the ground until marketing and storage facilities became 

 available. 



In every case all labor and expenses incident to storing and hauling 

 grain to market have been included in the cost of production. 



LABOR RATES. 



Man-labor rate. — The man-labor rates, as shown in Table XX, 

 are based on prevailing month and day wages paid for farm labor 

 at the time the work was done, including board, when furnished. 

 The labor of the farmer and any members of his family was charged 

 at the same rate. The labor prior to harvesting was mainly per- 

 formed by the farmer, with the aid of month hands. During the 

 harvest period, however, because of the scarcity of harvest hands 



