COST OF USING POWER ON WHEAT FARMS IN OREGON 25 
TABLe 23.—NSize of farm, cost of man labor, cost of keeping work stock and 
total cost of man labor and motive power. All nontractor farms, 1920-1922 * 
3-year 
Item 1920 1921 | 1922 | average 
| | 
Aerio 66 Oy ce eens sees A ee ee oe me ay Oa ee oe Bae number-- 56 79 | U2 3) ees Rigene ; 
SIZE OP (an 2p ae eos oo eee ae ae ee a acres _- 1, 004 992 | 1,022 1, 006 
TT ihapletarcarpertarites avs 22 ee See Piet eee See Oe = 740 756 | 755 751 
WA GAGE artes ete a ae ee ee ee dot Saiele 4. B38 333 337 
Other crops] == I i techy SS ges as eg ee apt dot=== 48 51 49 50 
Summer fallow tse oo es eee Os 345 372 373 365. 
Months of hired-man labor per farm_________-________ number _- 10. 4 1252 9.1 10. 6. 
Months of family labor per farm__-_____________--2--_-_- do 4.7 2.5 3.4 3.4 
Cost of man labor per farm excluding operator_________ dollars__ 1, 732 1, 354 1, 008 1, 336. 
Cost of man labor per farm including operator___________ dos=* 2, 915 2, 393 1, 818 2, 334 
Tillable acres per man including operator____________- number __ 328 340 370 347 
VOLES SLOG Kae Tel al Ws see ee ees ee a eee dos VED 18.4 18. 6 18. 3: 
Value otwork-stockoper farms -20.. 26. atte a eee, eee dollars __ 2, 151 2, 034 1, 863 2, 006. 
iMalue-of:worksstock=per head: 222 es ee dors 120 111 100 109 
Cost of keeping work stock per farm____________________- does: 1751 1, 521 1, 460 1, 562 
Grain fed per head of work stock__-_____________.=_._- pounds__ 584 664 547 602. 
Hay and roughage fed per head of work stock____________ doz 6, 742 7, 896 7, 060 7, 298 
Cost per head of keeping work stock__________________- dollars__ 98 83 78 85 
Horse work per head of work stock_____________________ hours__ 791 849 695 780 
Costsper hour ot horse works 2 ee eee cents __ 12 10 11 11 
Tillable acres per head of work stocK________________- number __ 41 41 41 41 
Cost of keeping work stock per tillable acre___________- dollars __ Paey| 2.01 | 1. 93 2. 08 
Total cost of man labor and motive power per farm__-_-__- doe 4, 666 3, 914 3, 278 3, 896. 
Total cost of man labor and motive power per tillable acre_do____ 6. 30 5.18 4. 34 5.19 
1 Certain farms have been omitted from this table for various reasons, such as data incomplete with respect 
to months of man labor hired, an excessive amount of contract horse or tractor work, and other irregulari-. 
ties making them incomparable with the farms included in Tables 22 and 24. 
TABLE 24.—Size of farm, cost of man labor, cost of keeping- work stock, and. 
total cost of man labor and motive power. Nontractor farms of a size com- 
parable with the farms on which tractors were owned, 1920-1922 * 
| | | 
é | 3-year 
Item 1920 1921 1922 average 
EATS Sore egy Seen er ee ee pe number_- 30 54 37 40 
SUVA E05 05 EN os 00 Rot ene ae Si oe gE eee eee acres __ 1, 269 1, 166 1, 294 1, 230 
Villable-area:perfarm <2 3 2 as ees ee se eer dozs_. 861 966 905 
ea Sores es rae SS ee Se a ee ee doz 2 426 374 433 405 
Othenrcrops = sss ke aie a en ee ee dose 58 58 58 58 
Sumimertallowe cs) 5s eee ee ee OP dou. 425 429 475 449 
Months of hired labor per farm = ee number__ 12.8 14.0 gyal 13.4 
Months of family labor per farm) 22-22 do__- 4.9 eal 4.4 4.0. 
Cost of man labor per farm excluding operator________- dollars_- 2, 272 16522 1, 375 1, 663 
Cost of man labor per farm including operator ___________ doss= 3, 481 2, 589 2, 246 2, 705 
Tillable acres per man including operator_____________ number__ 367 355 393 369 
Wiorksstocks per tani sais ee ee ee ee doze 19.3 20. 1 22. 4 20. 6 
Value of workestock per farm — 2:2) 3 dollars_- 2, 377 2, 219 2, 182 2, 247 
Waliue, of workestocks per ead =— 2-2 ee dos=as 123 110 97 109 
Cost of keeping work stock per farm____________________- dota: 1, 9384 1, 657 1, 705 1, 741 
Grain fed per head of work stock_________________.___- pounds_-_ 541 650 559 594 
Hay and roughage per head of work stock________________ doses 7, 524 8, 158 7, 316 7,731 
Cost per head of keeping work stock________._________- dollars_- 100 82 76 85 
Horse work perhead of-work.stock=2-. 22-22. hours_- 880 876 737 830 
Cost per-houriof horseiworks let 25 sie ee cents__ 11 9 10 10 
Tillable acres per head of work stock _________________ number_-_ 47 43 43 44 
Cost of keeping work stock per tillable acre___________- dollars__ 2.13 1. 98 ITH 1. 92 
Total cost of man labor and motive power per farm-_____ doz 5, 415 4, 246 3, 951 4, 446 
Total cost of man labor and motive power per tillable acre _do___ 4 5. 96 4. 93 4. 09 4.91 
1 Certain farms have been omitted from this table for the reasons stated for Tables 22 and 23 and for 
ihe Additional reason that they were not of a size that was comparable with the tractor farms included in 
able 
The difference in average cost of motive power for the two classes 
of farms is greater than “it would have been had all farmers who 
purchased tractors disposed of the maximum number of work stock. 
The total cost of motive power is not reduced by the use of a tractor 
if used merely as an addition to the power already on the farm. 
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