COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT. 



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use of land, unless recropped, taxes and insurance, etc., expended 

 on this acreage make up the charge "Loss on abandoned wheat 

 acreage." When pastured, credit has been given for the value of 

 the pasture. The total cost of all abandoned acreage in a region, 

 divided by the acreage harvested, is the average abandoned acreage 

 cost per harvested acre. (See Table XXIX.) 



In Scuth Dakota, Minnesota, St. Charles County, Mo., and Keith 

 County, Nebr., no abandoned acreage was reported, while in the 

 other areas from 0.5 to 8.2 per cent of the wheat acreage was not 

 harvested. 



SACK RENT. 



During thrashing in Saline and St. Charles counties, Mo., a part 

 of the wheat was sacked and stored on the farm until thrashing 

 was over, or hauled direct to local elevators. In many instances 

 the farmers did not own sufficient sacks and rented additional ones. 

 The rent for the use of these amounted to about 4 cents per sack, 

 and the acre charge for sack rent averaged about 7 cents an acre 

 for each county. 



Table XXIX. — Loss due to abandoned wheat acreage, spring and winter wheat — 1919 



(481 farms). 



State and county. 



North "Dakota: 



Grand Forks County . 



Morton County 



South Dakota: 



Spink 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. 



Per cent 

 of farms 

 reporting 

 aband- 

 oned 

 acreage. 



Acres 

 seeded. 



10,959 

 6,312 



9,500 



10,376 

 7,071 



44,218 



10, 164 

 9,282 

 4,990 



2,523 

 2,960 

 3,035 



4,573 

 2,018 

 4,395 



43,940 



Acres 

 har- 

 vested . 



Per cent 

 of total 

 acreage 

 aband- 

 oned. 



10,060 

 5,840 



9,500 



10,376 



7,071 



42,847 



9,817 

 9,092 

 4,652 



2,362 

 2,949 

 3,035 



4,404 

 2,008 

 4,395 



42,714 



8.20 

 7.48 



3.10 



3.41 

 2.05 

 6.77 



6.38 

 .37 



3.70 

 .50 



2.79 



Average 

 cost per 



acre 

 aband- 

 oned. 



$10. 87 

 11.64 



6.83 

 8.53 

 9.52 



13.26 

 16.43 



29.73 



9.18 



OVERHEAD. 



In addition to items of expense such as labor, seed, twine, thrash- 

 ing, etc., which are directly chargeable to wheat, there are certain 

 items of general farm expense that are not only an essential part of 

 the wheat account, but also a part of the cost of every other crop and 



