32 BULLETIN 1000, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 20. — Wheat: Percentage distribution of costs per acre (1919). 
McPherson County, 
Kans. 
Clay County, 
Minn. 
Item. 
Distri- Distri- 
bution of bution 
operating of total 
expense. costs. 
Distri- 
bution of 
operating 
expense. 
Distri- 
bution 
of total 
costs. 
Man labor 
Per cent. Per cent. 
24. 6 17. 9 
Per cent. 
20.5 
Per cent. 
15.2 
Horse labor 
23. 1 16. 8 
21.5 I 15.9 
Materials: 
Seed and seed treatment. 
Manure and straw 
Twine 
Total materials. 
10.5 
1.8 
2.S 
7.6, 
1.3 
2.0 1 
19.9 I 
2.3 
2.9 
14.7 
1.7 
2.1 
15.1 
10.9 
25.1 
18.5 
Other costs: 
Thrashing 
Crop insurance 
Machinery 
Tractor 
Loss on abandoned acreage. 
Overhead a 
Total other i 
Land charge 
Value of land per acre. 
12.6 
1.2 
8.8 
1.5 
3.1 
10.0 
9.2 
.9 
6.4 
1.1 
2.2 
7,3 
37.2 
27.1 
3.1 
7.5 
3.9 
11.6 
5.0 
2.3 
5.5 
2.8 
8.6 
24.2 
27.3 |. 
26.2 
$134 
$137 
a Includes taxes and insurance. 
This investigation included a survey of 453 farms in the winter 
wheat belt. The following acreages were planted to wheat by these 
operators: Missouri, 5,397; Nebraska, 13,053; Kansas, 28,870; and 
Oklahoma, 14,423, making a total for all farms of 61,743 acres. 
Table 21. a — Labor and material requirements, winter wheat, 1920 (representing pre- 
dominating practice in each region). 
[453 Records.] 
Man hours. 
Horse hours. 
Seed. 
Twine. 
Regions. 
Prep- 
aration 
and 
seeding. 
Har- 
vest. 
Total. 
Prep- 
aration 
and 
seeding. 
Har- 
vest. 
Total. 
Land 
value. 
Missouri: 
Pike County 
7.4 
7.3 
5.4 
4.3 
3.4 
1.9 
4.5 
4.5 
2.2 
4.9 
3.8 
7.1 
9.3 
8.0 
5.5 
5.2 
4.6 
4.6 
4.0 
5.0 
4.4 
4.3 
4.2 
14.5 
16.6 
13.4 
9.8 
8.6 
6.5 
5.3 
8.5 
9.5 
6.6 
9.2 
8.0 
24.6 
26.1 
21.8 
18.3 
14.0 
8.1 
3.2 
18.5 
18.5 
10.6 
20.1 
14.4 
9.6 
13.0 
11.9 
9.5 
9.8 
8.3 
8.3 
7.5 
8.1 
7.2 
6.9 
8.3 
34.2 
39.1 
33.7 
27.8 
23.8 
16.4 
11.5 
26.0 
26.6 
17.8 
27.0 
22.7 
Bushels. 
1.30 
1.23 
1.28 
1.21 
.77 
} ■" 
1 1.06 
.94 
1.07 
.87 
Pounds. 
1.5 
2.2 
2.4 
2.4 
2.2 
2.0 
2.5 
S122 
219 
Nebraska: 
Gage Countv 
208 
171 
Cheyenne C ounty 
Kansas: 
Thomas County — 
108 
61 
Vol.... 
McPherson County- 
Shock thrashed 
Stack thrashed 
140 
89 
Oklahoma : 
Garfield County 
Woodward County 
120 
44 
a From preliminary report on the cost of producing wheat, by R. S. Washburn and L. A. Moorhouse. 
