COST OF PRODUCING WINTER WHEAT IX OREGON 
25 
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF CASH AND NONCASH COSTS 
TO OWNERS PER ACRE OF WINTER WHEAT 
1920-1922 
PERCENTAGE DISTRJBUTION OF CASH AND NONCASH COSTS 
10 20 30 10 20 30 10 20 30 40 
Man4aborand 
horse work 
Summer fallow 
bought 
Cash Costs 
P^| Noncash Costs 
Fig. 10.— For all years approximately 47 per cent of the total gross acre cost of producing winter 
wheat to owner operators was represented by money actually paid out, while the other 53 per cent 
was not an actual cash outlay 
Table 21. — Summary of the gross cash and noncash cost per acre of winter wheat to 
owners, 1920-1922 
1920 (69 farms) 
1921 (77 
farms) 
1922 (72 
farms) 
Item 
Cash costs 
Xoncash 
costs 
Cash costs 
Noncash 
costs 
Cash costs 
Noncash 
costs 
Per 
acre 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
Per 
acre 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
Per 
acre 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
Per 
acre 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
Per 
acre 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
Per 
acre 
Per 
cent 
of 
total 
Man labor 
Contract work __ 
Dolls. 
2.31 
.58 
.59 
.11 
.33 
.16 
.04 
1.56 
.32 
1.68 
.93 
.73 
1.20 
2.43 
.24 
.53 
2.15 
6.9 
1.8 
1.8 
d 
. 5 
.1 
4.7 
1.0 
5.0 
2.8 
2.2 
3.6 
7.3 
.7 
1.6 
6.5 
Dolls. 
1.37 
4.1 
Dolls. 
1.68 
. 75 
.47 
.11 
.66 
.29 
.03 
.99 
.23 
1.58 
.95 
.74 
.87 
1.79 
.21 
.98 
2.35 
5.4 
2.4 
1.5 
.4 
2.2 
.9 
.1 
3.2 
.8 
5.1 
3.1 
2.4 
2.8 
5.8 
.7 
3.1 
Dolls. 
1.38 
4.4 
Dolls. 
1.15 
.69 
.24 
.11 
.31 
.11 
.02 
. 72 
.14 
1.65 
.95 
.53 
.44 
1.10 
.20 
.69 
2.55 
4.7 
2.8 
1.0 
.4 
1.3 
.4 
.1 
2.9 
.6 
6.7 
3.9 
2.2 
1.8 
4.5 
.8 
2.8 
10.4 
Dolls. 
0.96 
3.9 
Horse work: 
Feed 
2.91 
.08 
8.8 
.2 
2.29 
.13 
7.4 
.4 
1.76 
.26 
7 2 
Other 
1 1 
Rummer fallow bought 
Materials: 
Seed 
2.26 
6.8 
2.13 
6.9 
1.07 
4.4 
Seed treatment 
Sacks, including sew- 
ing twine.. 

Other: 
Special crop insurance. . 
Taxes and insurance 
Use of tractor 
.64 
.64 
.85 
1.42 
.36 
1.9 
1.9 
2.5 
4.3 
1.1 
.61 
.63 
.76 
1.49 
.44 
2.0 
2.0 
2.5 
4.8 
1.4 
.60 
.61 
.78 
.92 
.37 
2.4 
Use of combine 
2.5 
Use of other farm ma- 
chinery 
3.2 
Overhead: 
Labor 
3.7 
Building and fence 
Other 
1.5 
Interest on land, machin- 
ery, and work stock 
6.85 
20.6 
7.6 
6.39 
20.7 
5.61 
22.8 
Total 
15.89 
47.8 
17.38 
52.2 14.68 
47.5 16.25 
52.5 
11.60 
47.3 
12.94 
52.7 
