94 BULLETIN 1198, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
VARIATION IN NET COST PER BUSHEL. 
The array of farms with respect to variation in net cost per bushel 
by counties (Table 18) shows that the $1 to $2 and the $2 to $3 
sroups are of about equal importance in McPherson and Pawnee 
Counties, Kans., while in the two Missouri counties and in Woodward 
County, Okla., the number of farms with a cost of from $2 to $3 per 
bushel predominated. Of the 72 farms represented, in the $2 to 
$3 group, 26 per cent were in Pike County, Mo., 18 per cent in Carroll 
County, Mo., and 17 per cent in Woodward County, Okla. Fifty 
er cent of the farms with costs of $4 and over per bushel were in 
Pike County, Mo. Of all farms, 53 per cent were in the $1 to $2 
group, 33 per cent in the $2 to $3 group and 8 per cent in the $3 to 
$4 group. Of the total acreage, 66 per cent was in the $1 to $2 
croup, 26 per cent in the $2 to $3 group, and 4 per cent in the $3 to 
$4 group. Of the total production, 97 per cent was in the two low- 
est cost groups. 
These relations are more striking when a comparison is drawn be- 
tween the total number of farms, total acreage, and total production 
in the first two cost groups, which is as follows: Variation in cost, $1 
to $2; percentage of allfarms, 53; percentage of acreage, 66; percent- 
age of production, 76; $2 to $3 group, percentage of all farms, 33; 
percentage of acreage, 26; percentage of production, 21. 
TABLE 18.—Variation in net cost per bushel by counties, winter wheat, 1920. 
(216 owned farms.) 
Net cost per bushel. 
$1 to $2. $2 to $3. $3 to $4. $4 and over. 
eand county. | | 
SEIS : Per Per Per Per Pe Per Per Per 
Num- | cent- Ker Num- | cent set Num- | cent- cee Num- | cent- sete 
her of |age of oer ber of lage of aes ber of lage of|*8© ©) ber of lage of as e 
farms.| acre- E farms.| acre- d farms.| acre- d farms.| acre- Q is 
: ave. eas age. | gue age. | UC age. | uC 
tion. © tion tion ‘| tion. 
rae ee ee ee) 
Missouri: | 
Pike County...... Wale AT Os 19] 58] 60] 7|_ ASP Sg 6} 10 5 
Carroll County -.- - 10 43 51 13 49 44 2 8 5 pon esl eB eee 
Nebraska: | 
Gage County.....- | 12 74) 8&1 5 26 195) cond eo ealsirt eS lal ee 
Clay County ....-.- | 3 36} 49 = 23 25 4 28 19 2 13 ff 
Cheyene County...) 16 94 97 1 4 2 1 2 gy ee See ee 
Kansas: | 
Thomas County... AOS OOR AOO ee ies 2] 2 eee [ROS [Seip asies (mes nearer rare Sf ek 
McPherson 
Counties: s-2"-e- 5 49 62 5 42 33 1 9 Hyg (Se es (eet |e 
Pawnee County. ..| 7 42 51 7 50 AG |e ee Se oe See 1 8 3 
Oklahoma: 
Garfield County... 25 84 88 6 16 19) |) 25 ce Sh | Se eee eee 
Woodward 
County .2-.52 10 41 dl 12 46 38 3 6 6 3 ej 5 
Allfarms....... 114 | 66 | 76 72| 26 | 21 18 4 2 12 4 1 
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The variation in the cost per bushel for all farms according to 
tenure is illustrated in Tables 19 and 20 and in Figures 7 and 8. 
Yield per acre is the factor largely responsible for the grouping of 
the farms having extremely high or low costs per bushel. The 
yields for the owner-operators having costs of $1.20 or under per 
bushel ranged from 12 to 31 bushels per acre. On the other hand, 
those having a cost of $4 or more per bushel had yields which ranged 
