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BULLETIN" 94:3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table YII. — Summary of average cost per acre and per bitshel ofivinUr tvheqt, 1919 (28-fi 
farms) . 
Kansas. 
Missouri. 
Nebraska. 
AH 
winter 
wheat. 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
cost. 
Item. 
Ford 
Coun- 
ty. 
Paw- 
nee 
Coun- 
ty. 
Mc- 
pher- 
son 
Coun- 
ty. 
Saline 
Coun- 
ty. 
Jasper 
Coun- 
ty. 
St. 
Chas. 
Coun- 
ty. 
Phelps 
Coun- 
ty. 
Saline 
Coun- 
ty. 
Keith 
Coun- 
ty. 
Number of records 
Total acres 
32 
9,817 
130, 890 
13.3 
32 
9,092 
126,838 
:3.9 
35 
4,652 
59,034 
12.7 
29 
2,362 
38,422 
16.3 
30 
2,949 
56,730 
19.2 
38 
3,035 
59,520 
19.6 
30 
4,404 
35 
Q.nns 
23 
4,395 
79,612 
18.1 
284 
42,714 
635, 124 
14.9 
Total production (bush- 
els) 
47,744 ."^fi SS4. 
Average yield per acre 
(bushels) 
10.8 
18.1 
Labor (land prepara- 
tion and seeding) 
13. S 
Man labor cost per 
acre . . . . 
$0.93 
2.74 
.02 
SO. 75 
1.85 
$1.62 
3.58 
.02 
$L50 
3.08 
.11 
.$2.21 
4.30 
.02 
$1.82 
3.70 
$1.25 
2.46 
$2.13 
4.29 
.01 
SO. 83 
.97 
.18 
$1.23 
2.70 
.03 
Horse labor cost 
Contract labor 
Labor (harvesting, 
marketing) 
20.6 
Man labor cost 
Horse labor cost 
Contract labor 
3.75! 2.80 
2.20; 1.38 
,02 - 02 
3.89 
1.61 
4.78 
1.83 
.12 
4.68 
2.22 
.20 
4.89 
1.96 
3.61 
1.67 
5.77 
2.53 
4.61 
1.28 
1.32 
3.94 
1.79 
.16 
Material costs 
10.4 
Seed and seed treat- 
ment 
1.79 
.31 
.06 
2.19 
.21 
.10 
2.36 
.63 
.39 
2.73 
.66 
.06 
2.52 
.53 
.44 
2.58 
.55 
.40 
.33 
.01 
2.13 
.63 
.16 
2.99 
.87 
.27 
1.72 
.44 
.0.2 
2.18 
.45 
.17 
.02 
.14 
.01 
2.30 
8.59 
Binder twine 
Manure and straw . . 
Green manure 
Fertilizer 
.01 
2.07 
Grasshopper poison. 
Thrashing 
.02 
2.58 
6.14 
.01 
1.18 
6.94 
2.67 
7.77 
2.83 
8.44 
3.37 
13.92 
1.45 
10.30 
1.86 
11.28 
i.98 
13.25 
1.91 
9.57 
8.0 
Use cost of land 
Other costs. 
30.0 
17.2 
Taxes and insurance 
Special crop insur- 
ance 
.13 
1.06 
.18 
.21 
.27 
.33 
1.98 
.69 
.43 
.07 
.20 
1.51 
.91 
.07 
2.19 
.24 
.10 
.19 
L77 
.06 
""2.' 48 
.36 
.06 
.47 
2.13 
"""."67 
2.17 
.18 
.63 
.14 
1.23 
.32 
.63 
.21 
.37 
1..3 
.15 
.12 
1.15 
1.39 
1.68 
.22 
.74 
.35 
1.51 
.26 
.01 
1.81 
Use cost of tractor. . 
Use cost of other 
farm machinery. . 
Loss on abandoned 
acreage . 
.12 .26 
1.15 1.32 
.24 .18 
Sack rent 
Overhead 
i.75 
1.44 
2.03 
1.57 
2.50 
1.59 
Total cost per acre. 
Credits 
25.01 
.71 
24.35 
1.29 
30.88 
.68 
37.55 
2.27 
35.78 
1.14 
34.64 
.51 
24.11 
.27 
39.88 
.34 
28.78 
.26 
28.62 
.82 
100.0 
Net cost per acre 
24.30 
L82 
23.06 
1.65 
30.20 
2.38 
35.28 
-2.17 
34.64 
1.80 
34.13 
1.74 
23.84 
2.20 
39.54 
2.19 
28.52 
L57 
27.80 
1.87 
Net cost per bushel 
Without land rent: 
Net cost per acre".... 
Net cost per bushel. 
18.16 
1.36 
15.29 
1.10 
21.76 
L71 
21.36 
1.31 
24.34 
1.26 
22.85 
1.17 
16.90 
1.56 
26.29 
1.45 
18.95 
1.05 
19.21 
1.29 
The gross costs are partially offset by credits for pasture and any 
straw utilized on the farm. The difference between the gross cost and 
the sum of these credits is the net cost of producing wh-eat. The cost 
per bushel was obtained by diyiding the total net cost by the total 
yield. The ayerage acre cost of each item of expense was computed 
on a weighted basis by diyiding the total cost of each item by the total 
wheat acreage. This method results in a relatiyely low regional cost 
per acre for items of expense that did not occur on the entire acreage. 
As an illustration, the cost of bmder twine m Morton County, N. Dak., 
where but 1 per cent of the acreage was cut with a bhider, amounted 
to but 2 cents per acre when distributed oyer the total wheat acreage. 
