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BULLETIX 943, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTrRE. 
In the spring- wheat areas the interest on investment exceeded 
the value of share-rent paid, while in the winter-wheat districts the 
reverse was true. 
Table XXVI. — Use-cost of land pe?' aa-e, spnng and winter wheat, 1919 (481 farms). 
Owned land. 
Rented land. 
State and county. 
Value 
per 
acre. 
In- 
terest 
on in- 
vest- 
ment. 
One- 
half 
share. 
One- 
third 
share. 
Two- 
fifths 
share. 
One- 
fourth 
share. 
Cash. 
North Dakota: 
Grand Forks County 
880 
36 
134 
137 
108 
S4. 79 
2.16 
8.06 
8.20 
6.50 
S3. 43 
2.65 
7.50 
3.80 
4.24 
S4.56 
2.87 
3.30 
3.31 
5. 55 
84.92 
[ S1.57 
1.25 
South Dakota: 
Spink County 
Minnesota: 
Clay Countv 
3 53 
Traverse County 
3.00 
All spring wheat 
100 
6.00 
4.90 
3.58 
2.02 
3 52 
Kansas: 
Ford County ... 
55 
87 
134 
241 
135 
173 
123 
213 
92 
3.28 
5.23 
8.06 
- 14.44 
8.09 
10. 38 
7.37 
12.80 
5.53 
9.96 
9.49 
13.60 


9.12 
9.09 
8.34 
13.49 
11.98 
13.77 
6.70 
12. 27 
11.67 
'sii.'26' 
12.27 
18.08 
3.87 
6.00 
McPherson Countv 
7.05 
Missouri: 
Saline County 
7.82 
Jasper Countv ... 
20.26 
9.90 
Nebraska: 
Phelps County. 
Saline Countv 
15.06 
Keith County 
All winter wheat 
122 
7.33 
10.90 
9.50 
14.13 
3.87 
8.33 
Because of the lower land values and lower yield of wheat in the 
Spring- Wheat Belt, the charge for the use of land is considerabh^ 
lower there than in the Winter-^Tieat Belt. (See Table XXVI.) 
OTHER COSTS. 
TAXES AisTD INSURANCE. 
An estimate was obtained from each man interviewed concerning 
his real estate, live stock, and equipment investment. On o^Tied 
land the per cent that the investment in wheat land is of this total 
investment represents the proportion of the total farm taxes and 
insurance that has been charged to the wheat land. On rented 
farms, land taxes and building insurance were paid by the landlord. 
Any other taxes and insurance were paid by the renter and have 
been charged against live stock and equipment, wheat receiving its 
proportionate share through the equipment charge. 
The average tax and insurance charge on owned land varied from 
25 cents per acre in Morton County, N. Dak., to 95 cents in Saline 
County, Nebr. 
The special crop insurance includes fire insurance on stacked and 
stored grain and hail insurance on the grooving crop. In Morton 
