COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT. 
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Thrashing, which includes (1) cash paid per bushel, (2) board for 
the part of thrashing crew furnished by the thrasherman, and (3) any 
thrashing fuel furnished by the farmer. 
Use cost of land, or land rent, which mcludes (1) uiterest on wheat 
land investment for owned farms, (2) the market value of the share 
of wheat given at thrashing time to the landlord as rent, and (3) the 
actual cash paid for cash-rented wheat land. 
Other costs, includmg (1) farm taxes and hisurance; (2) special 
crop insurance, (3) use of tractor and other farm machinery; (4) loss 
due to abandoned wheat acreage; and (5) overhead. 
Credits, mcludmg (1) straw, (2) pasture, and (3) insurance received 
for damages to the growing wheat crop. 
SUMMARY OF COSTS, BY DISTRICTS. 
In Tables VI and VII is presented a summary of average cost per 
acre and per bushel for the areas surveyed. This enables a com- 
parison of the total costs of production by districts, and the part 
of the total costs that is chargeable to labor, materials, thrashmg, use 
of land, and other costs. 
Table VI. — Summary of average cost per acre and per bushel of spring ivheat, 1919 (197 
farms) . 
Item. 
Number of records 
Total acres 
Total production (bushels) 
Average yield per acre (bushels) 
Labor (land preparation and seeding) . 
Man labor cost per acre 
Horse labor cost 
Contract labor 
Labor (harvesting, m.arketing) 
Man labor cost 
Horse labor cost 
Contract labor 
Material costs 
Seed and seed treatment 
Binder twine 
Manure and straw 
Thrashing 
Use cost of land 
other costs 
Taxes and insurance 
Special crop insurance 
Use cost of tractor 
Use cost of other farm machinery . 
Loss on abandoned acreage 
Overhead 
Total cost per acre. 
Credits 
Net cost per acre . . . 
Net cost per bushel. 
Without land rent: 
Net cost per acre . . . 
Net cost per bushel 
North Dakota. 
Grand 
Forks 
County. 
Morton 
County. 
39 
10, 060 
98, 335 
$1.24 
2.77 
.10 
1.29 
.88 
.01 
3.39 
.57 
.22 
2.78 
4.22 
.29 
.18 
.07 
1.50 
.97 
1.59 
22.07 
.19 
21.88 
2.24 
17.66 
1.81 
39 
5,840 
25,835 
4.4 
South 
Dakota.' 
Minnesota. 
Spink Clay 
County. County. 
39 
9,500 
93, 862 
$1.69 
3.34 
$1.16 
2.54 
.01 
2.20 
1.18 
.06 
2.00 
1.02 
2.98 
.02 
.29 
.43 
2.15 
2.78 
.39 
.17 
2.68 
7.58 
.21 
.21 
.19 
L.98 
.94 
19.33 
.50 
18.83 
4.26 
16.68 
3.77 
.32 
.25 
.26 
1.36 
1.31 
23.89 
23.70 
2.40 
16.12 
1.63 
Trav- 
erse 
County. 
10,376 
84,325 
8.1 
SI. 29 
2.35 
.01 
2.26 
1.36 
.02 
3.45 
.50 
.40 
1.18 
6.16 
.46 
.54 
.67 
1.30 
42 
7,071 
SI. 40 
3.17 
2.72 
1.58 
.03 
3.38 
.46 
.20 
1.13 
5.98 
.42 
.11. 
.21 
1.43 
1.54 
23.49 23.91 
.58 .30 
22. 91 23. 61 
2. 82 2. 80 
16.75 t 17.63 
2.06 i 2.09 
All 
spring 
wheat. 
197 
42,847 
362, 047 
8.4 
$1.32 
2.76 
.03 
2.04 
1.18 
.04 
3.21 
.42 
.26 
.35 
.28 
.30 
1.47 
.36 
1.51 
22.75 
.35 
22.40 
2.65 
16.96 
2.01 
Per 
cent of 
total 
cost. 
18.0 
17.1 
7.8 
23.9 
18.8 
