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molasses, and 2 oranges or lemons was used. Some of the poison 

 was furnished gratis by the county, so only such poison as was pur- 

 chased by the farmer is given on the records. Twelve men in Ford 

 County, Kans., and 13 in Phelps County, Nebr., reported the use of 

 grasshopper poison; on these farms this charge was of little impor- 

 tance, and, prorated over the entire acreage surveyed, amounted to 

 but 2 cents per acre in Ford County and 1 cent in Phelps County. 



Table XXV. — Thrashing practices and costs, spring and winter wheat, 1919 (481 farms). 



State and county. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



North Dakota: 



Grand Forks County 



Morton County 



South Dakota: 



Spink County 



Minnesota: 



Clay County 



Traverse County , 



WINTER WHEAT. 



Kansas: 



Ford County 



Pawnee County. 



Prevailing thrashing practices. 



Thrashing 

 done from— 



Shock All. 



Stack . . 



Part of crew 1 furnished by- 



Thrasherman. 



Shock ' All. 



Shock. 

 Shock. 



/Stack. 

 " \Shock. 



/Stack. 

 •■|\Shock. 



MePherson County |{| n ock". 



Missouri: 



Saline County 



Jasper County 



St. Charles County 



Nebraska: 



Phelps County 



Saline County 



/Shock. 



\Stack.. 

 Shock. 



KeithCount y {IS- 



/Shock. 

 \Shock. 



Shock. 



Shock. 



All 



Field pitchers . 



All 



Field pitchers. 

 All 



Field pitchers. 



All. 



Farmer. 



All. 



All. 

 All. 



Bundle haulers. 



Bundle haulers. 

 Bundle haulers. 

 All 



All. 

 All. 



All. 

 All. 

 All. 

 All. 

 All. 



Per cent 

 of pro- 

 duction. 



100 

 100 



57 

 43 

 75 

 25 

 25 

 75 



63 

 37 

 100 

 100 



100 

 92 



Average 

 rate per 

 bushel. 



cost per 

 acre for 



the 

 region. 



2.78 

 .43 



1.18 

 1.13 



2.58 

 2.67 

 2.83 



3.37 



1.45 

 1.86 



1.18 

 1.98 

 1.91 



1 In every case the thrasherman furnished the crew for operating the separator and engine and the farmer 

 furnished the men and horses for taking care of the thrashed grain. 



THRASHING PRACTICES AND COSTS. 



The main thing which determined the rate per bushel paid for 

 thrashing was the proportion in which the thrashing crew was 

 furnished by the farmer and the thrasherman. (See Table XXV.) 

 In some regions the wheat yields varied so greatly that thrashing 

 was paid for on an hour basis rather than a bushel basis, and of 

 course farms with low yields had a comparatively high thrashing 

 rate per bushel. 



In three of the spring-wheat districts the farmers usually furnished 

 all of the thrashing crew, and the average thrashing rate varied from 

 10 cents per bushel in Morton County, N. Dak., to 13 cents in both 

 of the other two counties. In Grand Forks County, N. Dak. ; and 



