‘COST OF PRODUCING WINTER WHEAT IN GREAT PLAINS. 17. 
TABLE 12.—Credits per acre, winter wheat, 1920. 
(216 OWNED FARMS.) 
|Special crop 
State and county. Straw. Pasture. | insurance Total. 
received. 
Missouri: 
YEAH ECS) COLT Ba Rye aa ae ee $1. 00 SOS O09 se el eee eee $1. 09 
Carroll Count yea fs sy R Sea ees Sas He .59 eile aval a deme tees .71 
Nebraska: 
Gag eC out yates es cee Se asian eee eee oe eee gears ae savy pel kl Lh oe a ct 48 
Clava County Sa aha Se eae he -16  OBniteizr Acer res .19 
Cheyenne: Coumtbypess ee ee ee eee cee . 06 . 04 $0. 20 . 30 
Kansas: 
MHOMAasCounbymesaesae hse cei ccs se ae ini 5 1183 LDA hee ee Velen orl 
MciehersonkCountWes: soca eee ote ee ace Au [are a a elie Bee SB 8 .10 
Pawnee: County tees sae ee ane ee ares See EL eects “15 54 . 69 
Oklahoma: 
GarhieldiC ountyentens oe. eee ee See ok .10 Mica Se RS Ree vA . 26 
WroodwandiCouniverane ese ec ee eee eee eeeaees 5 ila} AAS Meee esa © ere .34 
UHRA Ben SHe apGecup anes GSCe Sates See aes oeaESeee .18 all .10 BAS 
SUMMARY OF AVERAGE COSTS BY TENURE. 
The wheat land classified on the basis of tenure shows that the 
owner and share rent systems are the only tenure systems found on 
the farms visited. In Missouri the one-half share rental system pre- 
vailed. In all other areas except Gage County, Nebr. where the 
three-fifths share rental system was common, the two-thirds share 
system predominated. . 
Under the one-half share rental method the usual custom was for 
the landlord to maintain the buildings and fences, to furnish the 
planting seed and to pay all of the real estate taxes and half of the 
_ threshing expense. He received half of the wheat produced. The 
tenant furnished all work stock and equipment and paid all other 
operating expenses. In Pike County the landlord usually paid for all 
the fertilizer. Where the landlord received one-third or two-fifths 
of the crop, with very few exceptions he maintained the buildings 
and fences and paid the land tax, and the tenant-operator furnished 
all work stock and equipment and paid all other cash operating expense. 
The costs are based on the 1920 yields for the farms visited. The 
average acre cost of each item of expense is a weighted average 
computed by dividing the total cost of each item by the total har- 
vested wheat acreage. This method results in a relatively low 
regional cost per acre for those items of expense that do not apply 
to the entire acreage, as is illustrated in the case of binder twine on 
the owner farms in Thomas County, Kans., where only 6 per cent of 
the harvested acreage was cut with a binder, resulting in an average 
cost for binder twine of only 1 cent per acre. 
The data have been itemized by districts so that the cost of any 
one item can be readily compared one district with another, and, in 
order that the relative importance of all related cost items may be 
readily appreciated, theseitems for each district have been grouped to- 
gether underfour headings: Labor, materials, threshing, and othercosts. 
The cost has been determined, excluding all interest charges to 
show the net operating expense, as well as the net cost, including 
interest as a cost item. 
An analysis of the total operating expense by counties for all 
winter wheat produced on owned land (see Table 13) shows that labor 
constitutes about 42 per cent; materials, 14 per cent; threshing, 13 
per cent; and other costs, 31 per cent of the total operating expense. 
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