8 BULLETIN 242, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 



on a valuation of $20 per acre is added for taxes and interest on the 

 land. 



To these items must finally be added a charge of 22 cents per acre 

 for seed in the case of corn, as shown in Table III, and 17 cents per 

 acre for kafir or milo seed. 



Table III. — Comparative cost per acre of producing corn 1 by different methods 

 at Garden City, Kans., and Dalhart and Amarillo, Tex. 





Number of operations. 



Cost 

 of 

 prep- 

 ara- 

 tion. 



Cost per acre. 



Inter- 

 est 

 and 



taxes. 



Total cost of pro- 

 duction. 



Method of prepa- 

 ration. 



Plow- 

 ing. 



Har- 

 row- 

 ing. 



Disk- 

 ing. 



Sub- 

 soil- 

 ing. 



Seed. 



Plant- 

 ing. 



Cul- 

 tivat- 

 ing. 



Har- 

 vest- 

 ing. 



In 

 dol- 

 lars. 



In 



stover, 



at $4 



per 



ton. 



In 

 grain 

 at 40 

 cents 

 per 

 bush- 

 el. 







1 

 1.4 



1.4 



1.4 

 8.3 



1 



.6 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 3 



0.5 



SO. 92 

 2.40 

 2.78 

 3.47 

 6.05 



SO. 22 

 .22 

 .22 

 .22 



.22 



SO. 60 

 .25 

 .25 

 .25 



SI. 14 

 1.14 

 1.14 

 1.14 



SI. 50 

 1.50 

 1.50 

 1.50 

 1.50 



SI. 60 



i.eo 



1.60 



i.eo 



3.20 



5.98 

 7.11 

 7.49 

 8.18 

 12.36 



1.50 

 1.78 

 1.87 

 2.05 



15.0 



Spring plowed 



Fall plowed 



i 

 1 



1 



17.8 

 18.7 

 20.5 





1.4 



.25 



1.14 



3.09 



30.9 



1 Based on three cultivations. With the reduction of 5 cents per acre in the cost of seed, the same figures 

 are used for both kafir and milo. 



To determine the value of the crop is even more difficult. The 

 farm value of corn in the Great Plains on December 1 for the 10 

 years ending with 1914 has been 51 cents per bushel. The writers 

 have used in this study a valuation for each of the three crops of 10 

 cents per bushel in the shock. This allows 11 cents per bushel to com- 

 plete the harvesting. In the territory under consideration, these 

 crops are fed locally and a large part of them without husking or 

 thrashing. 



The average price of hay for the same territory during the same 

 time has been $6.22 per ton. An arbitrary value of $4 per ton is 

 assigned to the stover or fodder from each of the crops. This prob- 

 ably is an overvaluation of milo, and possibly of corn, in comparison 

 with kafir. The corn roughage is of a much better quality than in 

 better corn sections. In many cases it contained some grain, but not 

 enough to warrant husking. In some instances, a& is shown in detail 

 in the tables, the only production from milo and kafir has been that 

 of roughage. This is an indication of generally unfavorable condi- 

 tions and scarcity of feed. In such years any feed is comparatively 

 valuable, as it makes it possible to carry over stock without loss or a 

 reduction in numbers so serious as to imbalance the farming system. 



For the sake of uniformity the term "stover" is used in all the 

 tables. 



RESULTS WITH CORN AT INDIVIDUAL STATIONS. 



The results with corn at these stations have been presented in a 

 bulletin entitled " Corn in the Great Plains Area : Relation of Cul- 



