BAELEY IN THE GREAT PLAIN'S AREA. 



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Table III.— Average price of barley at the farm granary for ten 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 

 Da- 

 kota. 



South 

 Da- 

 kota. 



Ne- 

 braska. 



Kan- 

 sas. 



Aver- 

 age. 



Year. 



North 

 Da- 

 kota. 



South 

 Da- 

 kota. 



Ne- 

 braska. 



Kan- 

 sas. 



Aver- 

 age. 



1905 



30 

 33 

 58 

 46 

 43 

 55 



29 

 32 

 61 



47 

 45 

 57 



31 

 31 

 50 

 46 

 43 

 45 



32 

 33 



54 

 54 

 53 

 45 



304 



32| 



55f 



481 



46 



50£ 



1911 



85 

 35 

 40 

 42 



88 

 42 

 46 

 49 



60 

 42 

 49 

 42 



60 

 40 

 55 



44 



73J 

 39f 

 47} 

 4i\ 



1906 



1912 



1907 



1913 



1908 



1914 





Average. 





1910 



47 



50 



44 



47 



47 







Table III shows that the average farm price of barley on December 

 1 for the past 10 years has been 47 cents per bushel. It costs about 

 6 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 barley under the different methods 

 can therefore be best 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 

 barley in the granary is 47 cents per bushel, and that it costs 6 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 41 cents per bushel in the shock. 

 This valuation of 41 cents per bushel has therefore been used as a 

 basis for calculating the relative crop values, costs, and profits per 

 acre by the various methods under trial. 



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

 averages of data from eight stations. 





Number of operations. 



Cost of 

 prepa- 

 ra- 

 tion. 



Cost per acre. 



Total cost of 

 production. 



Method of 

 preparation. 



Plow- 

 ing. 



Har- 

 row- 

 ing. 



Disk- 

 ing. 



Sub- 

 soil- 

 ing. 



List- 

 ing. 



Drill- 

 ing. 



Seed. 



Drill- 

 ing. 



Har- 

 vest- 

 ing. 



Inter- 

 est 

 and 



taxes. 



In 

 dollars. 



In 

 grain 

 at 41 

 cents 

 per 

 bushel. 







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 









SO. 97 

 1.77 

 2.31 

 2.78 

 3.39 

 6.12 



7.73 

 10.73 



SO. 75 

 .75 

 .75 

 .75 

 .75 

 .75 



.75 



.75 



SO. 40 

 .40 

 .40 

 .40 

 .40 

 .40 



.40 

 .40 



SO. 93 

 .93 

 .93 

 .93 

 .93 

 .93 



.93 

 .93 



SI. 60 

 1.60 

 1.60 

 1.60 

 1.60 

 3.20 



3.20 

 3.20 



4.65 

 5.45 

 5.99 

 6.46 

 7.07 

 11.40 



11.3 







1 





13.3 



Spring plowed 



Fall plowed 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1.5 



2 

 2 



14.6 









15.8 



0.5 







17.2 









27.8 









1 

 1 





Green manured: 



With rye 1 



With peas 2 . . . 



13.01 

 16.01 



31.7 







39.0 









Average cost of 

 green manur- 



14.51 



35.4 





























1 The cost of rye per acre for seed is estimated at SI. 2 The cost of peas per acre for seed is estimated at S4. 



