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BULLETIN 218, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGBICULTTJRE. 



fixed cost per acre ends, which, as before stated, is when the grain is in 

 the shock. Knowing that the average farm value of oats in the 

 granary is 35 cents per bushel, and that it costs 5 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 30 cents per bushel in the shock. 

 This valuation of 30 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. 



Table III. — Average price of oats at the farm granary for 10 years in four States of the 



Great Plains area. 



[The quotations are given in cents per bushel. Those for the year 1914 are for the date of Nov. 1; in 

 other years Dec. 1 is taken as the date.] 



Year. 



North 

 Dakota. 



South 

 Dakota. 



Ne- 

 braska. 



Kansas. 



Average. 



1905 



23 

 27 

 40 

 42 

 33 

 37 

 41 

 22 

 30 

 36 



23 

 25 

 39 

 41 

 34 

 30 

 43 

 25 

 34 

 38 



24 

 26 

 37 

 41 

 35 

 28 

 43 

 30 

 38 

 39 



28 

 31 

 42 

 45 

 43 

 34 

 45 

 35 

 45 

 43 



24$ 



27J 

 39* 



1906 



1907 



1908 



42J 

 36J 

 32$ 

 43? 



1909 



1910 ' 



1911 



1912 



28 



1913 



36a 

 39 



1914 









33 



33 



34 



39 



34f 







In conformity with the foregoing explanation, Table IV gives in 

 detail the cost of producing oats in the shock, expressed in dollars 

 and cents and in bushels per acre at 30 cents per bushel. These 

 prices are used as a working basis and are not offered as being exact. 

 It is fully realized that the price of any or all factors used in obtaining 

 them may vary locally from the fixed price assumed. 



Table IV. — Cost per acre of producing oats in the shock in the Great Plains area, showing 

 averages of data from eight stations. 





Number of operations. 



Pi' 



o 



o3 

 03 

 ft 

 a? 



Fh 



ft 



"o 

 o 



a 



Cost per acre. 



Total cost of 

 production. 



Method of prepara- 

 tion. 



si 



O 



.9 

 is 



o 



1 



W 



a 



P 



bi 



.9 



'o 

 1 



02 



| 



3 



bi 



B 

 3 



M 



P 





bi 



a 

 3 

 o 



no 



F 



w 



pi 



03 . 



"3 

 i— i 



_03 

 "o 



a 



l-H 



■" is 



*! 



.S"S"a3 

 03 cp^ 

 [_ o w 

 M> Pi 







1.3 

 1.6 

 1.3 

 2.3 



1.7 

 9.2 



6.5 



5.8 



1 



1.2 

 .5 

 .9 

 .9 



2.6 



2.4 

 2.7 









$0.97 

 1.77 

 2.31 

 2.78 

 3.39 

 6.12 



7.73 

 10.73 



SO. 60 

 .60 

 .60 

 .60 

 .60 

 .60 



.60 

 .60 



$0.40 

 .40 

 .40 

 .40 

 .40 

 .40 



.40 

 .40 



SO. 93 

 .93 

 .93 

 .93 

 .93 

 .93 



.93 

 .93 



$1.60 

 1.60 

 1.60 

 1.60 

 1.60 

 3.20 



3.20 

 3.20 



4.50 

 5.30 

 5.84 

 6.31 

 6.92 

 11.25 











l 





17 7 



Spring plowed 



Fall plowed 



1 

 1 



1 



1.5 



2 

 2 



19 5 









21.0 



0.5 







23.1 









37 5 









1 

 1 





Green manured: 

 With rye 1 



12.86 

 15.86 



42.9 



With peas 2 







52.9 











Average cost of 



14.36 



47.9 





























i The cost of rye per acre for seed is estimated at $1. 

 2 The cost of peas per acre for seed is estimated at $4. 



