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COST OF HARVESTING WHEAT. 
cents per bushel for the six-foot, 6 cents for the seven-foot, and 53 
cents tor the eight-foot binder. Where the yield is above the aver- 
age the cost per bushel wil, of course, be reduced. 
TABLE 1V.—Repair costs on binders. 
Per cent of 
Total re- first cost | Cost of re- 
Type of binder. pairs dur- | spentfor | pairs per 
ing life. repairs acre cut. 
during life. 
RS OO re yee ero EN Ron So scl ale ot Pe ulle cts oc ce's « $25. 00 20 $0. 033 
FARE lho o SS oe co ae bt OE On gE ERE SES SE Ser COS e ee eS ne el Sar Ieee rae 33. 75 25 - 03 
SUPPER 42 Fa Santana oo REIS See eae ae a ee eee a eae o -43. 50 30 - 029 
1 Calculations based on prices given in Table III. 
The cost for shelter has been omitted in all cases because this item 
varies so greatly and in many cases is insignificant, since a great 
many binders, particularly in the West, have no shelter whatever 
except for the canvases and sickles, which usually are taken off and 
stored in a dry place during the winter. In the East binders are shel- 
tered almost universally when not in use, ordinarily in barns or other 
buildings which are used primarily for other purposes, and a legiti- 
inate charge against a binder for shelter under these conditions is prac- 
tically negligible. On the other hand, where a binder is sheltered 
in a substantial implement shed the annual cost for interest, depre- 
ciation, taxes, and repairs may amount to from $3 to $5, or even 
more, as it occupies considerable filcor space and does not permit of 
other implements being stored on top of it. 
Taste V.—Oost of cutting 1 acre of wheat with binder, calculated from data 
shown in Tables I to IV, inclusive. 
| Cost of cutting 1 acre of wheat. Cost pet 
Width of cut and number of | 7 7 Dustel 
horses. | 
Ti Man | Horse | Inter- | Depre- F : bushel 
ig | labor. | labor. | est. Sine pas pce yield. 
GOO Ss MOTSESee sd Fee yen tae | $1.113 | $0.18 $0. 33 | $0.074 | $0.16% | $0.033.| $0.33 $0. 0695 
GOOG AMOTSeS ass. 56 eee | | 1.173 5 lle - 40 - 074 163 - 033 -33 - 0733 
(EROOR, SIMON | ERE Me eee eon, -16 -29 | ~ .04 .12 - 03 233 - 0606 
(iopuyatorses.<+ o—: oan. JE. 2 ced -13 32] .04 -12 | . 03 33 . 0606 
8-foot, 4 horses... - - Bs ee eS | - 884 | -12 . 28 - 03 | QOF || . 029 .33 - 0552 
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1 Based on 3 pounds per acre, and costing 11 cents per pound (see text). 
AUXILIARY BINDER ENGINES. 
A factor in reducing the cost of harvesting with a binder under 
certain conditions is a small gasoline engine attached to the binder 
and furnishing power to operate the mechanism, which is ordinarily 
driven by power from the horses through the medium of the bull 
wheel. The use of these binder engines, as they are called, has in- 
creased considerably during the last two or three seasons, particu- 
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