210 CORN 



*TABLE NO. 47 

 SHOWING LABOR REQUIREMENT PER ACRE— CLASSIFIED. (Missouri) 



Per ct. Total Per ct. Total 

 Crops Man-hours Horse hours Man-hours Horse-hours 



Corn (679.7 acres) 



Preparation and planting 7.67 19.72 32.07 46.60 



Cultivating 7.90 13.44 33.03 31.76 



Harvesting 8.35 9.16 34.90 21.64 



Total 23.92 42.32 100.00 100.00 



Approximately 32 per cent of the necessary man labor and 46.6 per 

 cent of the horse labor is required for preparation of land and planting. 

 Cultivation takes 33 per cent of the man labor and 31.7 per cent of the 

 horse labor. For harvesting, approximately 35 per cent of the man 

 labor and 21.6 per cent of the horse labor is required. These figures 

 should apply to average conditions in the determination of labor cost 

 for the corn crop. 



INDIVIDUAL ESTIMATES OF COST 



Several reports received from prominent corn growers and large 

 farms are given to show cost of production in various localities of 

 the corn belt. Of course in these following estimates some items have 

 been omitted, which should be included in the total cost of production. 



Sibley Estate. There are many methodical farmers who realize 

 the importance of knowing what it costs them to produce their crops, 

 and such men possess data which answer the question of cost of 

 growing so far as their own well managed farms are concerned. The 

 Hiram Sibley estate at Sibley, Illinois, a notable example of large and 

 well managed farming operations, has accurate records of cost of 

 production of its crops. The manager, Mr. F. A. Warner, has sub- 

 mitted the following figures showing the cost of growing a crop of 

 sixty acres of corn upon the estate for the year 1914. 



The following is figured on a sixty bushel yield. It will be noted 

 that a five per cent interest charge on the land valued at $150.00 per 

 acre has been made. This would be equivalent to a rental of $7.50 

 per acre. 



♦Missouri Bulletin No. 125. 



