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BULLETIN 943, U. S. DEPAKtMENT OE AGKICULTUEE. 
The average cost for the 284 winter wheat farms was $1.87 per 
bushel. The range in cost on individual farms was from $0.96 to 
18.24 per bushel (see fig. 7). Nearly 75 per cent of the wheat grown 
NUMBER OF RECORDS 
10 12 M 16 18 20 22 24 26 2£ 
CUMULATIVE 
PER CT OF 
PRODUaiON 
23 
5 1 
6 5 
120 
18 5 
27 5 
352 
45 1 
53 6 
63 9 
73 7 
78 4 
82 2 
85 5 
88.5 
91 8 
92.9 
95.9 
96.4 
97 O 
97 3 
97 7 
98 1 
98 3 
98 5 
98 7 
99 1 
99 2 
99 3 
99 5 
Fig. 7.— Variation in net cost per bushel, spring wheat, 1919. 
on these farms in 1919 was produced at a cost of $2 and less per bushel 
and was grown on 165 of the 284 farms visited. As in the spring- 
wheat districts, good yields were obtained on the farms having low 
