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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 757 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 
R. L. ADAMS, Acting Chief 
Washington, D. C. ▼ March 25, 1919 
FARM PRACTICES IN GRAIN FARMING 
IN NORTH DAKOTA 
By 
C. M. HENNIS, Assistant Agriculturist, and 
REX E. WILLARD, Agriculturist 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Summary of Facts Brought Out . 1 
Agricultural Development of the State 2 
General Conditions Influencing Grain Farming ...... 4 
The Farm and Its Organization ......... 5 
Factors that Control Cost of Production . . . . . . . 10 
What Crews Can Do 24 
Dates of Operations . 25 
Yields 27 
Summary of Cost Factors 33 
Costs for 1917 as Compared with Pre-war Costs ...... 34 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1919 
