COST OF PRODUCING WINTER WHEAT IN OREGON 
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prices, that wheat growers produce their crop at a low cost per bushel. 
To do this, careful attention must be given to the expense incurred 
per acre and to the importance of obtaining good yields. 
VARIATION IN NET COST PER BUSHEL OF WINTER WHEAT 
1920 -1922 
( All Farms Regardless of Tenure ) 
NUMBER OF RECORDS 
8 16 24- 
mm«m 
mm^m 
MB, 
iliiig 
|»g» 
1921 
Fig. 11.— In 1920 the average net cost was $1.57 per bushel. Forty-three per cent of these growers 
produced at or below the average cost per bushel for this group. In 1921 the average net cost was 
$1.07 per bushel. Fifty-four per cent of these growers produced at or below the average cost per 
bushel for this group. In 1922, 50 per cent of these growers produced at or below the average 
cost, or $1.35 per bushel 
YIELD AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN DECREASING COSTS AND IN 
INCREASING PROFITS 
Yield per acre is the factor exerting the greatest influence on the 
cost per unit of product, and is a factor of great importance in deter- 
mining the profits from wheat farming. The available information 
on the yields of wheat for Sherman County is given in Table 25. 
For the years of this study the average yields of wheat for the farms 
surveyed followed closely, the average county yields. 
Table 25- 
—Annual winter wheat yields 
Year 
County 
average 
Average yields on 
farms visited 
Owned 
farms 
Rented 
farms 
1890 
Bushels 
i 12 
i 13 
U9 
2 22 
2 27 
2 18 
2 30 
2 12 
Bushete 
Bushels 
1900. 
1910 
1919 
1920 
20.9 
27.8 
17.1 
20.6 
1921 
29.5 
1922 
16.9 
1923 
1924 
1 All wheat, from census reports. 
1 Winter wheat, from reports of Bureau of Crop and Livestock Estimates, United States Department of 
Agriculture. 
