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BULLETIN 1446, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 24. — Variation in net cost per bushel of winter wheat to tenant operators,. 
1920-1922 
Fa.ms in 
group 
Production J 
Variation in net cost per bushel 
Total 
Cumula- 
tive per- 
centage 
1920 
$0.91 to $1.10. 
Number 
4 
9 
14 
16 
8 
8 
3 
9 
1 
19 
23 
16 
9 
2 
2 
5 
16 
16 
19 
7 
6 
6 
Bushels 
38,292 
48,328 
80,484 
66, 399 
21, 994 
25,904 
12, 121 
25, 572 
7,139 
153, 360 
157, 141 
97,538 
32, 942 
8,804 
8,366 
26, 402 
94, 772 
64, 713 
68, 396 
28,706 
14, 312 
13, 890 
Per cent 
12 
$1.11 to $1.30 
27 1 
$1.31 to $1.50 
52 4 
$1.51 to $1.70 
73 2 
$1.71 to $1.90 
80 1 
$1.91 to $2.10 
88 2 
$2.11 to $2.30 
92 
Over $2.30 
loo a 
1921 
$0.70 and under. . . . 
1.5 
$0.71 to $0.90 
34.5 
$0.91 to $1.10 . 
68 3 
$1.11 to $1.30 
89 2 
$1.31 to $1.50 
96.3 
$1.51 to $1.70 
98.2 
$1.71 to $1.90 
100. 
1922 
$0.71 to $0.90 
8.5 
$0.91 to $1.10—- 
$1.11 to $1.30... 
38.9 
59.7 
$1.31 to $1.50 
81.7 
$1.51 to $1.70 
90.9 
$1.71 to $1.90 
95.5 
Over $1.90 — - .... ... . 
100.0 
1 Only the tenant operator's share of the production is shown in the above table. 
Variation in cost to owner operators in 1921 was from $0.71 to 
$2.47 per bushel. Average net cost was $1.10 per bushel. Approxi- 
mately 56 per cent of these operators grew 65 per cent of the harvested 
acreage and produced 70 per cent of the total yield on such farms at 
or below the average cost per bushel for this group. The variation 
in cost to tenant operators was from $0.62 to $1.90 per bushel. Aver- 
age net cost was $1.03 or 7 cents less than for owner operators. 
Fifty-four per cent of the tenants produced 60 per cent of the tenants' 
yield on such farms at or below the average cost per bushel for this 
group. 
Variation in cost to owner operators in 1922 was from $0.71 to 
$5.46 per bushel. Average net cost was $1.41 per bushel. Forty- 
four per cent of these operators grew 49 per cent of the harvested 
acreage and produced 54 per cent of the total yield on such farms 
at or below the average cost per bushel for this group. The varia- 
tion in cost to tenant operators was from $0.71 to $2.42 per bushel. 
Average net cost was $1.26 or 15 cents less than for owner operators. 
Forty-seven per cent of the tenants produced 54 per cent of the 
tenants' yield on such farms at or below the average cost per bushel 
for this group. 
All tenant and owner operated farms have been grouped together 
in Figure 1 1 to show the net cost per bushel to the men who grew the 
wheat regardless of tenure. 
The wide variation in the cost per bushel of producing winter 
wheat suggests that there must have been a similar variation in the 
profits therefrom. It is essential, especially during periods of low 
