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BULLETIN 1198, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 9.—Other cost factors, winter wheat, 1920. 
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Special crop insurance. | T z 
sthesand eocnegs | ouomaes i apna 
SESE OTE land, aver- | Percentage | Average | Tore pop | Percentage) pate ner 
agecostper| offarms (cost per acre) Hoe fea of farms |}, oe ae 2 
acre. reporting. | insured. *| reporting. a 
Missouri: 
Pike County. 22.-22c-_--<=5] $0. 51 22 $0. 14 $0. 061 4 $0. 76 
Carroll County 2224 -=--2s-- 54 46 . 30 . 054 19 1.23 
Nebraska: 
Gave Couneye- so. ase e . 96 35 .40 . 054 5 1. 89 
Clay County — ees. 25 22222 if 50 35 . 046 3 1. 88 
Cheyenne County...-.-.-.- . 40 74 1.64 . O81 71 1. 88 
Kansas: 
Thomas County.- === 5... 24 81 .718 . 064 26 2.14 
McPherson County.-...-..- . 98 49 23 . 062 35 | 1.97 
Pawnee County.........-- 70 81 91 . O81 33 | 2.53 
Oklahoma: - 
Garfield County. .-.-...--... . 82 | 37 . 43 - 080 19 Daal 
Woodward County. ....-- - 36 27 55} . 063 8 123 
Alifarmsep 2252s ss - 55 48 - 82 . 065 21 1.98 
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Loss due to abandoned : Interest on investment 
acreage. | Overhead. per acre. 
4 | - ee of : 
State and county. - ercentage | wheat land | 
y Percentage} Average | of labor, | per acre. Tractor 
of seeded farnioels Wheat | and general 
acreace cost per acre) materials, land. ae 
Abandoned abandoned.) and han 
; threshing. ee SEN 
Missouri: 
Pike County_—-~---2- =< ~~ 343 $15. 76 | 12 $126 $7. 59 $0. 66 
Carroll Countya sss 5. NGe see ee ea Ee eee eee 12 176 | 10. 53 oy, 
Nebraska: | 
iGive Oounbye sesso. 8 Se 2.7 10. 43 12 233 | 14. 00 .64 
@iny. County. .- 0.22. -<- 14.9 9.16 12 187 | 13.11 . 46 
Cheyenne County .-.--..-- 2.3 8.29 | 15 114 | 7. 98 - 93 
Kansas: 
Maomas Countys---------- 4.8 6.40 15 68 | 4,74 . 36 
McPherson County.......- 8 9.65 15 144 10. 05 - 58 
Pawnee County..........- 19.0 8.43 15 86 6. 05 - 54 
Oklahoma: i 
Garfield County. ..--...--.- al 28. 68 15 123 8. 59 . $4 
Woodward County. .....- 26.0 8. O01 15 40 2.79 4 
Ad farms =o tease ee 9.2 8.29. 14,2 104 7. 04 -61 
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PRICES OF LABOR AND MATERIALS. 
Man labor rate——The man labor rates as given in Table 10 are aver- — 
ages of the individual month and day wage paid for farm labor at the 
period at which the work was done, including board when furnished. 
A labor rate based on wages paid on individual farms rather than a 
- flat rate for all farms better serves to bring out the variations in labor 
costs on individual farms, which in turn is reflected in the final unit 
cost of wheat. The labor of the farmer and the members of his fam- 
ily was charged at the rate which would have been paid had this work 
been hired. Labor prior to harvesting was usually performed by the 
farmer with the aid of hands hired by themonth. During the harvest- 
- ing period, however, because of the scarcity of hired hands and the 
transient character of the labor employed, practically all labor was 
hired on a day basis at a much higher wage. 
For this reason a rate has been determined for land preparation and 
seeding and another rate for harvesting and marketing. The wage 
paid during the harvest period. was governed mainly by the compe- 
