10 
BULLETIN" 218, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
fixed cost per acre ends, which, as before stated, is when the grain is in 
the shock. Knowing that the average farm value of oats in the 
granary is 35 cents per bushel, and that it costs 5 cents per bushel to 
take it from the shock, thrash it, and put it in the granary, it is 
obvious that it would be worth 30 cents per bushel in the shock. 
This valuation of 30 cents per bushel has therefore been used as a 
basis for calculating the relative crop values, costs, and profits per 
acre of the various methods under trial. 
Table III. — Average price of oats at the farm granary for 10 years in four States of the 
Great Plains area. 
[The quotations are given in cents per bushel. Those for the year 1914 are for the date of Nov. 1; in 
other years Dec. 1 is taken as the date.] 
Year. 
North 
Dakota. 
South 
Dakota. 
Ne- 
braska. 
Kansas. 
Average. 
1905 
23 
27 
40 
42 
33 
37 
41 
22 
30 
36 
23 
25 
39 
41 
34 
30 
43 
25 
34 
38 
24 
26 
37 
41 
35 
28 
43 
30 
38 
' 39 
28 
31 
42 
45 
43 
34 
45 
35 
45 
43 
24* 
27i 
39* 
421 
1906. . . 
1907 
1908 
1909 . . 
36J 
32| 
43f 
28 
1910 
1911 
1912 . 
1913.. . 
36| 
39 
1914 
Average 
33 
33 
34 
39 
34f 
In conformity with the foregoing explanation, Table IV gives in 
detail the cost of producing oats in the shock, expressed in dollars 
and cents and in bushels per acre at 30 cents per bushel. These 
prices are used as a working basis and are not offered as being exact. 
It is fully realized that the price of any or all factors used in obtaining 
them may vary locally from the fixed price assumed. 
Table IV. — Cost per acre of producing oats in the shock in the Great Plains area, showing 
averages of data from eight stations. 
Number of operations. 
Is 
o 
1 
Cost per acre. 
Total cost of 
production. 
Method of prepara- 
tion. 
1 
c 
s 
be 
.a 
o 
B 
bi 
% 
bi 
1 
'o 
VI 
3 
1 
vi 
3 
bi 
.a 
B. 
o 
CO 
bi 
A 
bi 
a 
§ . 
v, ® 
Js 
d 
- VI . 
.ago 
(« O OT 
1.3 
1.6 
1.3 
2.3 
1.7 
9.2 
6.5 
5.8 
i 
1.2 
.5 
.9 
.9 
2.6 
2.4 
2.7 
$0.97 
1.77 
2.31 
2.78 
3.39 
6.12 
7.73 
10.73 
$0.60 
.60 
.60 
.60 
.60 
.60 
.60 
.60 
$0.40 
.40 
.40 
.40 
.40 
.40 
.40 
.40 
$0. 93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
.93 
$1.'60 
1.60 
1.60 
1.60 
1.60 
3.20 
3.20 
3.20 
4.50 
5.30 
5.84 
6.31 
€.92 
11.25 
15.0 
Listed 
1 
17.7 
Spring plowed 
Fall plowed 
1 
1 
1 
1.5 
2 
2 
19 5 
21.0 
0.5 
23.1 
37.5 
1 
1 
Green manured: 
With rye J 
With peas 2 
12.86 
15.86 
42.9 
52.9 
Average cost of 
14.36 
47.9 
i The cost of rye per acre for seed is estimated at $1. 
2 The cost of peas per acre for seed is estimated at $4. 
