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BULLETIN 1198, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 8.— Material requirements, winter wheat, 1920. 
State and county. 
Missouri: 
Pike County.-----—--e- <- - 
Carroll: County 2-222 -5 35-- 
Nebraska: 
Gace Wounigesescsese ee 
Olay Countyee 2225) -cee-: 
Cheyenne County .....--..- 
Kansas: 
—homas County... ------- 
McPherson County......-- 
Pawaee County... -------— 
Oklahoma: 
Garfield County........_-- 
Woodward County..------ 
Adil Mars: ce -cetcc ee 
Seed. 
Percent-| Bushels 
age of | per acre 
acreage (one 
reseeded.|seeding). 
0.1 1.30 
LD 1.23 
1 1.28 
4 1,21 
See ease Stht 
-3 74 
Sp Ne eae 1. 06 
Dw, 94 
32 1.07 
1.0 - 87 
aif -95 
Manure 
Binder twine. and | Commercial fertilizer. 
sttaw. | 
Percent- Percent-| Percent-| Percent- 
age of age of | ageof | ageof | Pounds 
acreage pounds farmers | farmers| total per 
cut with|P ‘| report- | report- | acreage | acre. 
binder. ing.t ing. | covered. 
100 1.49 51 93 92 151 
100 2. 20 AG beset eet ee 
100 2.35 5) bse s5545 ee eras er a Se 
100 2.41 AQ 2.22 eee eee 
77 2.22 Ei eerste resi sores ta a 
6| 2.45 13: lo eee eee 
82 2.03 0 Bd pets [are ee aes SL Soe 
15 2.47 y 2 Oat Een pe eae) Pate es Se | Sh eee As 
87 2.49 BO eos aa eee | Ses eee ie 
6 1.89 CY (A ee meene [Senne ie | Seeecees 
49| 2.94 39 il riety 
| 
applied only on selected parts of the wheat field the rate of application was not determined 
OTHER COST FACTORS. — 
1 A relatively large percentage of the men interviewed used some manure and straw, but since it was 
Taxes and insurance.—On owned land, the percentage that the 
investment in wheat land is of the total investment in real estate, 
livestock, and equipment represents the proportion of the total real 
Fic. 6.—Harvesting wheat with a harvester-thresher or combine. 
Four per cent of the total winter 
wheat acreage included in the study was harvested with a combine. 
estate taxes and insurance that has been charged to the wheat land, 
the insurance and personal tax on livestock and equipment being 
carried indirectly through the overhead charge. 
land taxes and building insurance were paid by the landlord. Taxes 
and insurance on livestock and equipment paid by the renter have 
been charged indirectly, wheat receiving its proportionate share 
through the overhead charge. 
The special cro 
On rented farms 
insurance includes 
fire insurance on stacked and stored grain, and hail insurance on the 
growing crop. . (See Table 9.) 
Use cost of tractor.—The annual farm use cost of tractors includes 
repairs, fuel, oil, and depreciation. 
This yearly farm cost divided 
