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TRACTORS AND HORSES IN THE WINTER WHEAT BELT. 29 
Only straw which was hauled and fed in the barn or feed lot is in- 
cluded in the quantities shown in Table 30 and in the value of feed in 
Table 29. On practically every farm the work stock had access to 
the straw piles when on pasture. Since the straw had no sale value, 
no attempt was made to obtain a record of the amount of straw 
consumed from piles. 
On practically every farm in the southern and western areas and 
on many of the farms in the northern area the work stock were on 
wheat pasture during most of the winter. The length of time during 
the working season when the work stock was on night pasture only 
was also obtained from the farmers. 
The consumption of hay and grain per head on these farms is con- 
siderably lower than in some other sections of the country. On 253 
Corn-Belt farms on which tractors were owned the work stock consumed 
an average of 6,120 pounds of hay, straw, and stover and 2,830 pounds 
of grain during the year.”, The low consumption was due in part to 
the long pasture season and to the comparatively small amount of 
work done by the horses. On most of the farms the amount of feed 
consumed per head had been reduced after the purchase of tractors. 
(See Table 50.) 
The consumption of hay and roughage per head on these farms was 
about 10 per cent lower and of grain about 20 per cent lower than on 
the farms in the same areas where tractors were not owned. (See 
Table 63.) The average value, as given by their owners, of the grain, 
hay, and pasture consumed by work stock during the year is shown in 
Table 31. 
TaBLe 30.—Feed for work stock. 
Average annual consumption per head. 
Pasture. | Total | 
Area. | = 
Straw | 
Hay. | and | Oats. |Barley.| Corn. | 7 : lees See 
Ee | Grass. | Wheat. Stalk. | Night. | age 
Se eee ee ee | | 
‘| Tons. | Tons. | Bush. | Bush. | Bush. | Month. Month. | Month. | Month. Lbs. | Lbs. 
Southern...| 1-20/ 0.10) 333) 12) 67) 26) 4.0... | 2.7] 2,600] 11,529 
Wamen bor) oot) 129) 126| 41| 36] 3.8 [0.20.2 2.7| 2.440| 1,247 
Northern...} 1.38; 0.22 18.9 | 2. 6 30. 2 | 1.9 1.0 1.6 3.1 | 2% 200 2, 421 
All | 1.27| 0.14 1.9} 5.1| 144|/ 26| 29! o6| -28| 2,820] 11,765 
1 In addition to grain shown an average of 0.5 bushelof kafir and 6 pounds of other concentrates per head 
Wasfedin thesouthern area, an average of 0.2 of a bushel of kafir and 2 pounds of concentrates for all farms. 
TABLE 31.— Value of horse feeds in different areas, 1921. 
| | j 
| 
Pasture. 
| 
| | 
Roca | Corn per | Oats per |Barley per| Hay per 
| a 
1 } T , | 
bushel. | bushel. | bushel. | ton. | Grass per eS | Stalk per 
| month. mint month, 
each eee 
UD coe ee | $0.72] $0.56 $0.60} $12.00) $1.33 SL. 34: eee 
So Se ee . 55 | 41 42 7. 00 1.07 | 1,44 | eee 
_ a ee eee eee . 50 | 39 44 9. 00 1. 26 1. 24 | $0. 67 
2See U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 997, ‘“The Cost and Utilization of Power on Farms 
where Tractors are Owned,” by H. R. Tolley and L. A. Reynoldson. 1921. 
