UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 943 
CoBtribntion from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics 
H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
April 30, 1921 
COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT 
ON 481 FARMS IN THE STATES OF NORTH 
AND SOUTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA, KANSAS, 
NEBRASKA, AND MISSOURI, FOR THE CROP 
YEAR 1919 
By 
M. R. COOPER and R. S. WASHBURN 
Assistant Farm Economists 
CONTENTS 
A Problem Often Misunderstood ... 1 
Application of Cost Data to Farm Organiza- 
tion 3 
Summary of Results 3 
Basic Factors and Cost Estimates . . 4 
Method, Scope, and Purpose of Present 
Study 4 
Geography of Production 6 
Comparative Wheat Yields . .... 11 
Requirements of Production 12 
Page 
Summary of Costs, by Districts ... 13 
Range in Cost per Acre, by Counties . 16 
Net Cost per Bushel 21 
Analysis of Items of Cost 25 
Array of Farms According to Cost per 
Bushel, by Counties 47 
Cumulative Per Cent of Acreage Grown at 
Various Costs per Bushel 49 
Cumulative Per Cent of Total Production 51 
Individual Costs per Acre 54 
^ WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1921 
WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRlNTiNQ OFFICE i 1821 
