WINTER WHEAT IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 9 
As given in Table IIT, the average farm price of wheat on Decem- 
ber 1 for the 10 years preceding 1915 has been, in round numbers, 
80 cents per bushel. It costs about 10 cents per bushel to take the 
grain from the shock, thrash it, and put it in the granary on the 
farm. ‘This cost per bushel does not vary greatly with the yield and 
is therefore a fixed price per bushel instead of a fixed price per acre, 
as is the case with the other costs of production. The relative profits 
of producing winter wheat under the different methods can therefore 
best be determined by finding the difference between the fixed cost 
per acre and the value per acre of the grain at the point where the 
fixed cost per acre ends, which, as before stated, is when the grain is 
in the shock. Knowing that the average farm value of winter wheat 
in the granary is 80 cents per bushel and that it costs 10 cents per 
bushel to take it from the shock, thrash it, and put it in the granary, 
it is obvious that it would be worth 70 cents per bushel in the shock. 
This valuation of 70 cents per bushel has therefore been used as a 
basis for calculating the relative crop values, costs, and profits per 
acre of the various methods under trial. 
Taste 1V.—Cost per acre of producing winter wheat in the shock in the Great Plains area, 
showing averages of data for ten stations. 
Number of operations. 
Method of preparation. j 
Drill- | Level- | Culti- 
Plow- | Har- | Disk- |Subsoil-|; -.. 
ing. |rowing.| ing. ing. Listing. ing. ing.! | vating. 
DASKCGCOPN Ays8 4-8 Pe oct sscteys sisi \Si-5245- 0.5 18) bs sees 5 Ge eae meee CEB orbs ter cress 
SCAM eine ate ne eee oer e eee r secs [ccaes oc] Seppe eeeeeen | gl eee S| Eee 
Late fall plowed... -:-.---:----------- 1 1.1 WV) beseber el tas5csoq SCLC Ear Ccerisess\aseecrc 
Harlyjallplowed...-..-=--+-----+--- 1 ioe eile |amcige ssh arse mist ci neciclclels i= anche le aelecraers 
Subsoiled............-- es abe ae: 1 7: 157 / Oxde| > ser ed Goes see soot ese 
DumnHer led... ......-2+2222-22-a2-- eS 5.8 Ot Soe oe eae ere eens ois losmienee. Weenies 1 
Green manured: 
WWathenyereayss- 22255: siivs2. 32 2 4.8 Sao ylee = 2b aos |e ae a Notas camps 5 
Witlinpease. 22s yo. 5.02 oso eec le 2 4.8 345i GS aa eee AB ie 1 Ll eee ee 5 
Total cost of 
Cost per acre. production. 
Cost of | Inter- 
Method of preparation. prepa- ese Penate 
ration. d 9 
Seed Drill- | Har- | taxes. Per at 70 
£ ing. |vesting. acre. | cents 
per 
bushel. 
WASKeGCOnMMANnG hs. se a ae june ek $0.57 | $0.75 | $0.40] $0.93 | $1.60 | $4.25 6.1 
WASfod mae st tews Po Ps ere BN 22k 175 -75 -40 - 93 1.60 5.03 1.2 
WeOntleplOwedien See ca cne cccceeeccisaee sas 1.97 -75 -40 - 93 1.60 5.65 8.1 
Marky fall plowed: . -22 222 Sofyanseierts ese: 2. 64 -75 -40 93 1.60 6.32 9.0 
SHEN SING IEG | 8S Sa 3.25 cae 40 - 93 1.60 7.03 10.0 
SUMMer cibleds -.cebocc: fh nsao8 gE) Sis. = 5.36 75 40 93 3.20 10. 64 GY 
Green manured: +f 
VEY TRB.) 5772) ee eee ee ee 7.18 75 - 40 93 3.20 | 12.46 17.8 
WLR Deasies. $3 sass a5 S52 = bose 10.18 -75 - 40 - 93 3.20 | 15.46 22.1 
Averarecost of sreemymanuring,. - 192s 2eos3.-p\'F5-6- 2 2|- bese PO eel este ee |eses ces 13. 96 19.9 
1 The cost of leveling listed ground for seeding is estimated at 75 cents per acre. 
2 The cost of rye for seeding 1 acre is estimated at $1. 
3 The cost of peas for seeding 1 acre is estimated at $4. 
9656°—17—Bull. 5952 
