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BULLETIN 943, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
molasses, and 2 oranges or lemons was used. Some of the poison 
was fm*nished gratis by the county, so only such poison as was pur- 
chased by the farmer is given on the records. Twelve men in Ford 
County, Kans., and 13 in Phelps County, Nebr., reported the use of 
grasshopper poison; on these farms this charge was of little impor- 
tance, and, prorated over the entire acreage surveyed, amounted to 
but 2 cents per acre in Ford County and 1 cent in Phelps County. 
Table XXV. — Thrashing practices and costs, spring and winter wheat, 1919 {481 farms). 
Prevailing thrashing practices. 
Average 
State and county. 
Thrashing 
done from— 
Part of crew 1 furnished by— 
Per cent 
of pro- 
duction. 
Average 
rate per 
bushel. 
cost per 
acre for 
the 
Thrasherman. 
Farmer. 
region. 
SPRING WHEAT. 
North Dakota: 
Grand Forks County 
Shock 
Stack 
All 
'au.'.'//""...'.'.'. 
100 
100 
92 
97 
99 
57 
43 
75 
25 
25 
75 
63 
37 
100 
100 
80.27 
.10 
.27 
.13 
.13 
.20 
.19 
.20 
.19 
.24 
.22 
.16 
.29 
.08 
.10 
.11 
.11 
.10 
S2.78 
.43 
South Dakota: 
Spink County 
Shock 
Shock . 
All 
2.68 
Minnesota: 
Clay County 
All 
/ 11... 
1.18 
Traverse County 
WINTER WHEAT. 
Kansas: 
Shock. 
1.13 
/Stack 
\Shock 
/stack 
\Shock 
/Stack 
\Shock 
/Shock 
All 
1 2.58 
1 2.67 
} 2.83 
1 3.37 
Field pitchers... 
All 
Bundle haulers.. 
Field pitchers... 
All 
Bundle haulers. . 
McPherson County 
Missouri: 
Field pitchers... 
Bundle haulers.. 
AIL... 
IShock 
Shock. 
All 
Jasper County 
All 
1.45 
St. Charles County 
Nebraska: 
Shock 
All 
All. 
1.86 
/Shock. 
\Stack... 
xn::::::::::;:::i ^^ 
All 100 
All \ go 
All ( -^^ 
Saline County 
Shock 
1.98 
/Shock. 
\Stack 
1 In every case the thrasherman furnished the crew for operating the separator and engine and the farmer 
furnished the men and horses for taking care of the thrashed grain. 
THRASHING PRACTICES AND COSTS. 
The main thing which determined the rate per bushel paid for 
thrashing was the proportion in which the thrashing crew was 
furnished by the farmer and the thrasherman. (See Table XXV.) 
In some regions the wheat yields varied so greatly that thrashing 
was paid for on an hour basis rather than a bushel basis, and of 
course farms with low yields had a comparatively high thrashing 
rate per bushel. 
In three of the spring-wheat districts the farmers usually furnished 
all of the thrashing crew, and the average thrashing rate varied from 
10 cents per bushel in Morton County, N. Dak., to 13 cents in both 
of the other two counties. In Grand Forks Coimty, N. Dak., and 
