COST OF USING POWER ON WHEAT FARMS IN OREGON Al 
TasLE 38.—Comparative cost of harvesting and marketing bulked and sacked 
wheat when cut with tractor-drawn combines, 1922 
Bulked wheat Sacked wheat 
Amounts 
Item SSS | Eee (POR can= 
Amount Cost Amount Cost celed 
Dollars Dollars 
NGM ber Of farms ae eee eee ee 5: |S Ss ee eee 
INeressinawheat- Dele aniMe sta ee ee Se G00: |b 3S 1559) Oe eee ee mee ee 
Wield> per acres(pushels)= 2S = 22-2 = Fate 20015 |S3— aad: 205165 eS ee ee 
‘Acres cutzper 10-hour Gay: =. = sts bess Bhi (se eee 5 Sa | pees oe 
Harvesting: 
OFFS ftlsltheene ok ee RR ESS Sek a ee ee es Re eae aes cel be ce eee e 2 men. 
AVEan=NOuTS PewmACre s+ as <5 2 oe Se Te eee 13 0.81 1.69 1.18 $0. 37 
Combine-hours of use per acre____-_-..-------------- Pais oye: Dee esa tod See 20 n|bas he seo as None. 
Tractor-hours of use per acre__________--------------- Fyre al eee ee O20 ete eee None. 
SACKS SHU twat Ose rs ere ee ra el aca oa aan lbaceasaces 8.7 . 93 $0. 93 
Additional cost of sacked wheat over bulked wheat: 
DOT er Ces es a ee ee eee Sah Se oe a [oe eng 2 Ee ee $1. 30 
AP CEA I LIS Hie Lees eee ee ee ea oe | eee ee ee ee eee | See er | Pee re $0. 065 
Marketing: ; 
Average distance hauled (miles)_.-._-___--.------- D5 Ge |e 256 BS a Eee 
Bushels hauled per 10-hour day___......__-------- (002 |ce- SS 1002 |S ee ee 
Average crew— 
Ta ea ag ge ee 2215s | aes 230 | Rees see 
PL OTSCS Sete ee ee ee eee O8 R35 |e eee TOROS aan ee 
Man ROUTS Pel A Cle tse ee oe eee .79 . 43 . 66 -36 ; —$0.07 
IELOTSCAIOUTS PC AChO= So aS ee 2. 82 - 40 2. 87 Al $0. 01 
Grain wagons—hours of use per acre_____._-.-------- ~79 . 06 SiR) . 06 None. 
Total additional cost of sacked wheat over bulked 
wheat: 
PAT ACT Ot see es eae ne ee eee ee ae [Bee ee as Peso k |e cease ves | eee noes $1. 24 
BEYSY O'd OY pty GV) bese SS a ee ee ey ee eee ee 0. 062 
Value of product— 
YS POY psa ee ee ee Ee eee 18299 — |S 5-22 20. 10 $1.11 
BOTs opine eae es ee ee ee ees $945 HS == 1-15.00 0, 055 
Difference in favor of bulked wheat: 
ESE GY GE ee a Fe ee (eee ae eee $. 13 
gc EPEN EOD ES) OES | a as Eg ae a aera (ee |e 1, 006 
1 Only a very slight net saving is shown where wheat was bulked but the greater quantity of wheat 
wasted when sacked should be taken into consideration. This loss occurs while the bags are being sewed, 
. through damage to the bags in the field by mice and loss through torn and leaky bags during handling and 
hauling to the warehouse. 
Standard crew sizes were set up for the harvesting, but this could 
not be done for the marketing work, because there were not enough 
men who hauled the same distance with the same size of crew. For 
each group the same average man and horse cost rate was used for 
all man labor and horse work performed in marketing. The man- 
labor costs.for harvesting reflect the actual wages paid the harvest- 
ing crews in each group. There was a saving in the harvesting 
crew of two men where the wheat was bulked, since by this method 
no sewers or sack jiggers were required. This, together with a 
charge per acre of $0.93 for grain sacks, made an additional cost for 
harvesting of sacked wheat over bulked wheat of $1.30 per acre. 
(Fig. 12.) The cost of marketing wheat, however, was $0.06 per acre 
greater for bulked than for sacked wheat, resulting in a total addi- 
tional cost of sacked wheat over bulked wheat of $1.24 per acre. 
Sacked wheat commanded a slightly better price on the farm, so that, 
considering the greater sale value of sacked wheat, there was a net 
difference in favor of bulked wheat of only $0.13 per acre. This 
difference is slight, but the greater quantity of wheat wasted when 
