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BULLETIN 943, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXXII. — Array of farms according to cost per bushel, by counties, winter wheat 



1919 (284 farms). 



Cost 

 group. 



Perbushel. 

 $1.00 

 1.10 

 1.20 

 1.30 

 1.40 

 1.50 

 1.60 

 1.70 

 1.80 

 1.90 

 2.00 

 2.10 

 2.20 

 2.30 

 2.40 

 2.50 

 2.60 

 2.70 

 2.80 

 2.90 

 3.00 

 3.10 

 3.20 

 3.30 

 3.40 

 3.50 

 3.60 

 3.70 

 3.80 

 3.90 

 4.00 

 4.10 

 4.20 

 4.30 

 5.10 

 5.20 

 8.20 



Total. 



Kansas. 



Missouri. 



Nebraska. 



Total. 



Cumu- 

 lative 

 per cent 

 ofall 

 farms. 



Ford 

 County. 



Pawnee 

 County. 



Mc- 

 Pherson 



County. 



Saline 

 County. 



Jasper 

 County. 



St. 

 Charles 

 County. 



Phelps 

 County. 



Saline 

 County. 



Keilh 

 County. 



Farms. 

 1 

 o 



1 

 2 



1 

 1 

 4 

 4 

 a 1 



2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 



Farms. 



Farms- 



Farms. 



Farms. 



Farms. 



Farms- 



Farms- 



Farms- 

 1 



Farms- 

 2 

 3 

 5 

 8 

 10 

 20 

 18 

 23 

 21 

 a 30 

 25 

 22 

 15 

 10 

 12 

 12 

 5 

 11 

 5 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 1 



0.7 

 1.8 

 3.6 

 6.4 

 9.9 

 16.9 

 23. 2 

 31.3 

 38.7 

 49.3 

 58.1 

 65.8 

 71.1 

 74.6 

 78.8 

 83.0 

 84.8 

 88.7 

 90.5 

 91.6 

 92.3 

 93.7 

 94.4 

 95.1 

 95.4 

 96.1 

 97.2 

 97.5 

 97.8 

 98-1 

 98-1 

 98.4 

 98.4 

 98.8 

 99.2 

 99.6 

 100.0 



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 5 

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32 



35 



29 



30 



38 



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35 



23 



284 







a Average cost group. 



Of the 15 farms having costs in excess of $5 per bushel, all but one 

 were in Morton County, N. Dak. This means that nearly 36 per 

 cent of the farmers visited in Morton County produced wheat at a 

 cost above that of all the farmers but one visited in the other four 

 counties. Going still further, it was found that less than 8 per cent 

 of the Morton County farmers produced wheat at a cost of $2.70 and 

 less per bushel, while approximately 82 per cent of the farmers 

 visited in Grand Forks County, 69 per cent in Spink County, and 

 47 per cent in Clay and Traverse Counties had costs of $2.70 and less 

 per bushel. 



In the winter-wheat districts, 14 of the 24 farms with costs of $3 

 and over appeared in McPherson County, Kans., and Saline County, 

 Mo. Considering the winter-wheat areas as a whole, 58 per cent of 

 the winter-wheat farmers produced wheat at a cost of $2 and less. 

 Yet this percentage was much less in some counties and much greater 



