COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT. 



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The rate of application is the average for one seeding only, but the 

 cost per acre includes the value of the seed used on the reseeded 

 acreage. For this reason, and also because the acre cost for seed 

 is a weighted average, the average amount applied per acre multi- 

 plied by the average price per bushel will not equal the cost per 

 acre. 



The value of seed wheat per bushel is an average. Some men bought 

 high-grade recleaned seed and some used their own supply for 

 planting. The figures given include the value of any materials used 

 for seed treatment. All farm-grown seed was charged at its farm 

 sale value at planting time. 



The average rate of seeding and the average price per bushel were 

 somewhat less for the winter wheat than for the spring wheat, with 

 a correspondingly lower cost per acre for winter wheat. (See Table 

 XXI.) 



BINDER TWINE. 



Because of the light straw, the average binder-twine requirements 

 per acre were appreciably less in the spring-wheat than in the winter- 

 wheat districts. 



In three spring-wheat and in four winter-wheat districts the entire 

 acreage was cut with a binder. Principally because of the short 

 straw in Morton County, N. Dak., 90 per cent of the acreage 

 was cut with a header. The average price paid for twine varied 

 from 22 cents per pound in Clay County, Minn., to 29 cents in 

 Grand Forks County, N. Dak., and the average for all winter wheat 

 was 1 cent per pound higher than for all spring wheat. (See Table 

 XXIII.) 



Table XXII. — Seed requirements per acre, spring and winter wheat, 1919 (481 farms). 



State and county. 



Per cent 

 of acreage 

 re-seeded 



Rate of 

 applica- 

 tion. 



Price per 

 bushel. 



Average 



cost per 



acre. 



North Dakota: 



Grand Porks County. 



Morton County 



South Dakota: 



Spmk County 



Minnesota: 



Clay County 



Traverse County 



All spring wheat . 



Kansas: 



Ford County 



Pawnee County 



McPherson County. 

 Missouri: 



Saline County 



Jasper County 



St. Charles County. 

 Nebraska: 



Phelps County 



Saline County 



Keith County 



All winter wheat. 



Bushels. 

 1.39 

 1.23 



1.36 



1.41 



4.4 

 9.8 

 1.4 



.2 

 1.4 



$2.44 

 2.41 



2.44 

 2.41 



.77 

 .95 

 1.06 



1.30 

 1.23 

 1.14 



1.04 

 1.44 

 .92 



2.23 

 2.12 

 1.98 



2.10 

 2.05 

 2.21 



2.06 

 2.09 

 2.05 



$3.39 

 2.98 



2.78 



3.45 

 3.38 



1.79 

 2.19 

 2.36 



2.73 

 2.52 

 2.58 



2.13 

 2.99 

 1.72 



