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BULLETIN 1000, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 25. — Barley: Percentage distribution of costs per acre. 
North Dakota. 
Wisconsin. 
Items. 
Distribu- 
tion of 
operating 
expense. 
Distribu- 
tion of 
total 
costs. 
Distribu- 
tion of 
operating 
expense. 
Distribu- 
tion of 
total 
costs. 
Per cent. 
20.6 
21.2 
Per cent. 
14.7 
15.1 
Per cent. 
28.0 
30.0 
Per cent. 
19 5 
20 8 
Materials: 
Seed 
13.4 
4.0 
9.6 
2.8 
14.8 
2.1 
1.0 
10 3 
Twine 
1 6 
Fuel 
.8 
17.4 
12.4 
17.9 
12 7 
Other costs: 
Overhead 
9.7 
7.6 
23.5 
7.0 
5.4 
16.7 
8.3 
8.0 
7.8 
6 2 
Machinery 
5.5 
Thrashing 
4.8 
Total other costs 
40.8 
29.1 
24.1 
16 5 
Land charge 
28.7 
30 5 
Value of land per acre 
$36 
$72 
RYE. 
Rye does best on good land, but because of its ability to produce 
a comparatively good yield on poor ground it is usually grown on 
the lighter soils. Because of its hardiness, rye also very often 
receives less care and attention than the other small grains. On 
some farms, for instance, it is regularly sown in standing corn, 
making the value of the seed and the labor cost for sowing the only 
charges for seeding. In other regions, like the sections studied in 
New York and New Jersey, rye is always sown on land that is plowed 
and prepared in the ordinary way. Such variations in methods, of 
course, are bound to result in considerable variations in the cost of 
producing the crop. In Wisconsin 75 per cent of the rye fields were 
plowed, while for Minnesota and Ohio the figures are 50 and 10 per 
cent, respectively. The causes underlying variations in the other 
cost factors for rye are the same as those already discussed under 
oats and barley. 
T 
4.BLE 
26.- 
-Rye: 
Labor and material requirements 
per. acre. 
Num- 
ber 
of 
rec- 
ords. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Man labor. 
Horse labor. 
Fer- 
tili- 
zer. 
Fuel 
(coal). 
: Per 
; cent 
Region. 
Prior 
to 
har- 
vest. 
Har- 
vest. 
To- 
tal. 
Prior 
to 
har- 
vest. 
Har- 
vest. 
To- 
tal. 
Seed. 
Twine. 
erat- 
irig 
ex- 
pense 
cov- 
ered 
fore- 
going. 
O) 
6 
12 
10 
(») 
( & ) 
Bush. 
22.3 
16.2 
14.6 
17.0 
17.6 
Hrs. 
2.8 
4.5 
6.0 
9.9 
10.0 
Hrs. 
7.4 
9.9 
10.4 
13.4 
11.4 
Hrs. 
10.2 
14.4 
16.4 
23.3 
Hrs. 
9.0 
12.3 
11.9 
21.2 
Hrs. 
7.9 
8. 5 
7.5 
7.1 
5.4 
Hrs. •Bush. Lbs. ! Lbs. 
16. 9 1 2. 1 
Lbs. 
3.1 
76 
20. 8 1. 1 
19. 4 i 1. 9 
28. 3 1. 9 
! 49.0 
! 48.0 
Gal. 
183. 0.8 
1. 9 i 73 
Ohio 
2. 67 
New York 
; 
4.0 76 
New Jersey 
21.4 
22.7 
28.1 
1.8 
337.0 
2.8 
74 
a Excluding interest on land. 
& Figures taken from the results of a special investigation. 
