20 BULLETIN 1447, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
COST OF KEEPING WORK STOCK 
The average cost of keeping work stock in 1922 on 92 farms is 
given in Table 19. | 
Of the total cost of keeping work stock on tractor farms, hay and 
roughage constituted 38.5 per cent; grain, 16.3 per cent; pasture, 
12.7 per cent; and all other costs, 32.5 per cent. On nontractor . 
farms the division of the total expense was as follows: Hay and 
roughage, 39.6 per cent; grain, 12.4 per cent; pasture, 13.5 per cent; 
and all other costs, 34.5 per cent. 
-TABLE 19.—Annual cost per head of keeping work stock on tractor and non- 
tractor farms, 1922 
20 tractor farms | 72 nontractor farms 
Item | i 
Quantity} Cost | Quantity] Cost 
Feed: Pounds | Dollars | Pounds | Dollars 
EN Say Ra eh ee IY Sag as AROS a AL ED CRSA ee Ue eG eee eee Ql 17. 42 2, 815 20. 63: 
SUS TE)  eseacaree eg lB nr aS aE pn I ee SY Spe Be 558 seth 425 . 70 
Onan Seals Fe 5 all SN Ne. Ses Se 2 Sa ee oe oe eee ene eo 5, 373 14. 50 3, 820 9. 37 
IBanley ne A BOE Ses RS Re aes Cae Pp oe eee 348 6. 45 263 4.78 
BES gre kee ek RS EAs © Shin Dee 7 Se Le eae el ee 88 1. 53 108 1. 97 
\Y\() OV eee nr aM oe eer Ne Ie Soe URS eee 2 gp GENS ee 199 3. 42 151 2. 55: 
VEIXOG CCG. Pee Se See ne tesa ieee cn hye ie Meee Sete ae 136 2.45 25 53K 
Pl Reon SE REN UNDE CSO See Se aa eer ne pede ot gee ed oe IT A ee Poe || 2 ie ee IO2h|= 3-8 ae . 39 
Grain. pasture 22.8522 2 are ee es ee oe aoe ee een YS CaaS 2 ace oe 1. 29 
Other pasture! 4. 2a 2 22 32 Lea eet ee Ng SEI EE MR Soe OE 201 Raz h eeeae 9. 18. 
MoGalsfee doe ees fe raha A ah 8 regs eh tee eee De Oe oil | eres 51. 20: 
Choreabor. bso Pe a EE og oe eS EE ay seen |e ee Pe ee SE29p) Niza, Dee 7.70 
iFarness and ibulldimgreharges see. see te a tela eee eee ee ea eee Oe 62015 |e es 6. 28: 
Weterinary SCrviCey 22a ees es OP 2S En | a Se eh eae 3D ie a GAD TESS eee . 34 
WHOL BES ee =. anlar a 5 RS i aS oe eS NPIS re ne “68; |p eo eee S101 
COG SETI ess ree eae re ee sere oe areas eee |e eens HOGU pa. es eas . 08 
IDE PKECIAtlON=> S= See ee ea ee Me gen | ee ORGOD ame mes 5. 80 
EmGerest wer ko ae Na Ses eS Nee Le eed See crane ee NUE Re eee ee 07 OOM See anes 6. 00: 
FEED 
The hay used on these farms was mostly wheat hay. On tractor 
farms the average consumption of hay and other roughage per head 
was 8,108 pounds, and on nontractor farms 7,060 pounds. The con- 
sumption of hay alone on nontractor*farms was 638 pounds per head 
greater than on tractor farms, whereas the consumption of straw and 
chaff was 1,686 pounds greater per head on tractor farms. 
The grain ration fed as grain on both tractor and nontractor 
farms was low because of the grain consumed in the grain hay. 
The consumption of grain averaged 224 pounds per head greater 
on tractor than on nontractor farms. Of the total quantity of grain 
fed on tractor farms, barley constituted 45.2 per cent; oats, 11.4 per 
cent; wheat, 25.8 per cent; and mixed feed, 17.6 per cent. Of the 
total quantity of grain fed on nontractor farms barley constituted 
48.1 per cent; wheat, 27.6 per:cent; oats, 19.7 per cent; and mixed 
feed, 4.6 per cent. ; 
The cost of feed on tractor farms varied from $25 to $96 per head. 
On 4 tractor farms the cost of feed per head was less than $45; on 6 
farms the cost was from $45 to $55 per head; and on 10 farms the 
cost was over $55 per head, On nontractor farms the cost of feed 
