COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT. 49 



in others. The approximate per cent of farmers in each county "who 

 grew their wheat at a cost of $2 and less is as follows : Ford County, 

 Kans., 59; Pawnee County, Kans., 81; MePherson County, Kans., 23; 

 Saline County, Mo., 45; Jasper County, Mo., 87; St. Charles County, 

 Mo., 84; Phelps County, Nebr., 30; Saline County, Nebr., 29; and 

 Keith County, Nebr., 96. As a class the winter-wheat farmers 

 visited in 1919 had a better wheat year than did the spring- wheat 

 farmers. In fact, about 80 per cent of the winter-wheat farmers had 

 costs ranging from $1.30 to $2.50 per bushel, whereas but 38 per cent 

 of the spring-wheat farmers had costs within this range. 



CUMULATIVE PER CENT OF ACREAGE GROWN AT VARIOUS COSTS 



PER BUSHEL. 



In Tables XXXIII and XXXIV the farms are grouped according 

 to costs per bushel so as to show the per cent of the total wheat 

 acreage that was grown at various costs, by counties. In the spring- 

 wheat areas between 52 and 57 per cent of the total wheat acreage of 

 the 197 farms was grown at a cost not exceeding $2.65 per bushel, or 

 the average for all farms. However, 79.3 per cent of the Grand 

 Forks acreage was grown at $2.60 and less per bushel, whereas but 

 6.5 per cent of the Morton County acreage came in this class. 



In the winter-wheat districts between 50 and 54 per cent of the 

 total acreage was grown at a cost of $1.87 or less per bushel, the 

 average for all farms. This figure varied from 15.8 per cent in 

 Saline County, Nebr., to 84 per cent in Pawnee County, Kans. 



Thus in some counties the average cost per bushel for the entire 

 acreage of spring wheat or winter wheat covers a high percentage of 

 acreage grown, while in other counties a very small part of the acre- 

 age was grown at the average cost. 



