COST OF PRODUCING WINTER WHEAT IN GREAT PLAINS. 
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TaBLE 14.—Summary of average net cost per acre and per bushel to tenant operators, 
winter wheat, 1920—Continued. 
Icansas. 
Oklahoma. 
All 
Per 
cent of 
Item. Woods winter | operat- 
Thomas | McPherson] Pawnee | Garfield renal wheat.| ing 
County. | County. | County. | County. Coun. cost. 
Average yield per acre (bu)....... 13. 2 12.3 12.3 17.8 11.1 PACS eee 
Tenant share of yleldi@om)seecs--- 8.7 8. 2 8. 2 11.5 7.6 Ose dae 
Operating expense per acre: 
Labor and power— 
Preparellamdiamdiseedis <a |2 cccmste scree reisversteraie cieverai|s tele ioicis <iocie love latereraiete ee llsieterere si cielerel lee elaveisiere 17.0 
MamiWaboteceesssece oe $0. 49 $1. 36 $0. 70 $1. 50 SL 29 71 F SL098| Seen 
Horse power.......... 75 1.75 1. 24 2.32 2. 33 LO 9s eee 
Contract laher........ OAT eee Sates: - 20 PUA tere tee LOI tee wciees 
IEAVESRCHOGhionehd ¢hea ee ane Gene ISAS coo oenGl ls Soea Genes lcuoaneras sondoane so acunaoes 26.8 
Mani alboreeeeneseaaee 2. 81 3. 04 2. 98 2. 54 2. 53 BE Lee eats 
Horse power.......... .93 94 . 96 1. 00 1.15 PAO Sees 
Contract labor........ . 55 . 03 . 52 . 16 Se 500! le oceeees 
IMS ECTIAINCOS CS eee ee eee treoa| Rare are inte s bille cree le eestor cll Gee Berar all Ye -tciete oui etere eerie eiis Semmes 12.6 
COUMe eae eae oe Ns er ee LOY 2.38 1. 94 2.11 1.49 Pete Sea 
INWAM CWS Ra ere Seton ce . 02 - 28 07 Bh aoe anaes 23) eee 
Manure and straw........ 01 . 09 - 02 . 08 07 JOG Heese 
MOn Ze eee ae ck Peeve cers | Reed ynpeerlia rat aaa cig Jee ete Le i ad ae teas SU Scoseds 
MhreshiniG Sean see 1.79 2. 05 2.40 4, 50 2733 2.30 13.9 
(OBE F OOS O LS os Glace Sats SOE AS sect ciel Ese eerrsan esl he Aeceicets 7 es een Sead ieee eet ye 29.7 
TaxesianadHMSuramce ss. ge |v cscs ee cies we wees cee steam tllaeis seis cae ol Pee se mer ichal cise eeatnel oceans 
Special crop insurance... . .70 .12 . 88 15 . 04 wOQueteee 
Use of general farm mach- 
11) 0X5) i /ottant Re re en . 94 1. 24 99 1.67 1. 07 TN 25 ate Beer 
Use of tractor and combine 45 1.57 ~39 SOP ae ee ee DCO Les eee 
Loss on abandoned acreage 49 . 03 EG ee eee oak . 86 CASS Sneocere 
Overhead... 5:...22.-.2-- 1.34 1.78 1.65 2. 20 1.71 DG Age renee 
WPotal aire sete lec 12.78 16. 66 16. 05 19. 55 15.03 | 16.62 100. 0 
Creditshe cist ade ee . 09 - 03 . 86 .27 34 AMEE ea ee 
Net operating expense 
PCH ACTO eee ae oe eee 12.69 16.63 15. 19 19. 28 145697) AGS 153) h ee eee 
Reribusheleks. Gayle ees oss 1.47 2. 03 1. 86 1.68 1. 94 b 7 A nl eee 
Interest on investment: 
Machinery.......... Soca aera o 48 .62 .43 aD nou) SOOM ia sees 
Net cost including interest: 
POMAChO sherri se soe 13.17 17, 25 15. 62 20. 03 15.04} 16.71 ]........ 
Rer bushel’: s2sss9ac-c oes 1.51 25 Ml 1.91 1.75 1. 98 183. |e 
A COMPARISON OF COSTS IN REGIONS OF WIDELY 
DIFFERENT LAND VALUES. 
That a fairly direct relation exists between the average regional 
value of wheat land and the average operating expense per acre 1s 
shown in Table 15. Generally speaking, the regions of high land 
values and high operating costs are regions of high yields. The 
tendency for the several cost factors comprising the total operating 
expense to increase as land values became higher was most pronounced 
in the case of labor and materials. The expense per acre for labor 
in the regions having the highest land values was about 50 per cent 
greater than in the regions with the lowest land values. 
The relatively high | acre cost in Woodward County, Okla., a region 
of comparatively low land values, was due mainly to an abandoned 
wheat acreage charge of $3.38 per acre, 
