COST OF PEODUCING WHEAT. 
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a cost of $5 or over per bushel, about one-half abandoned a part of 
the seeded wheat acreage, and the yield on this group of farms ranged 
from slightly less than 1 bushel per acre to 7 bushels per acre, based 
NET COST 
PER BUSHEL 
S 1.10 
1.80 
1.90 
2.00 
2.20 
2.30 
2.40 
2.50 
2,60 
2.70 
2.80 
2.90 
3. CO 
3.10 
3.20 
3.30 
3.40 
3.50 
3.60 
3.70 
3. BO 
3.90 
4.00 
4,30 
4 40 
NUMBER OF RECORDS 
5 6 7 8 9 
m 
im 
^ 
M 
CUMULATIVE 
PER CT OF 
PRODUCTION 
0.3 
1 9 
32 
6 4 
8.1 
14 9 
20.6 
24 5 
29 8 
349 
47.1 
51 5 
54.9 
64 3 
69 3 
72.3 
75.e 
777 
79.1 
80.1 
828 
85 1 
87.6 
885 
89 2 
909 
91 7 
91 7 
92 4 
933 
93 8 
94 7 
95 9 
964 
96 8 
97 1 
97 5 
98 1 
98 3 
98.7 
99.2 
99 5 
99.6 
99.7 
99 e 
99 9 
lOOO 
Fig. 6. — Variation in net cost per bushel, winter wheat, 1919. 
on the acreage harvested. The farms having a low cost per bushel 
were farms on which comparatively good yields were obtained, 
many yielding from 10 to 15 bushels, and in some instances as high 
as 20 bushels per acre. 
