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rainfall, where a considerable amount of hand turning is made nec¬ 
essary because hay gets caught in the rains, the man labor cost per 
ton rises. The lowest man labor cost recorded happened in the years 
where there was the least interference during haymaking from un¬ 
toward weather conditions. 
Cost of Growing Cabbage. 
Cabbage was grown two seasons to feed to livestock. During 
these two seasons costs were kept of the different items. These are 
recorded in detail in Table No. 19. 
(See page 18.) 
Cost of Grouping Corn Silage. 
Corn silage has been grown for three years under irrigated 
conditions. The cost in man labor, horse labor and machinery 
charges, together with the value of man and horse labor at the 
standard charge prices is given in Table No. 20. In the succeed¬ 
ing detailed tables of specific items of cost are presented the acre 
and ton costs in money and labor. 
Table No. 21 gives the total yields and costs, with yield per 
acre and cost per ton of silage. The yields recorded seem to be rel¬ 
atively low. They probably represent an average of local condi¬ 
tions. Experimentally, much higher yields have been obtained. 
These, however, have not been included in the general farm costs. 
The average cost per ton to place corn silage in the silo for the 
three-year period is $4.49, counting the man labor at twenty cents 
per hour, horse labor at twelve and a half cents an hour, and the 
machinery cost after the method and in the amounts indicated in 
Table No. 20. 
TABLE No. 21. 
TOTAL YIELD AND COST, WITH YIELD PER ACRE AND COST PER TON OF 
CORN SILAGE.* 
Year 
Acres 
Total Yield 
in Tons 
Tons Per 
Acre 
Total Cost 
Cost per 
Ton 
1911 . 
9.0 
68.626 
7.65 
188.84 
2.75 
1912 . 
9.0 
67.313 
7.48 
235.71 
3.50 
1913 . 
9.0 
68.490 
7.61 
: 
269.55 
3.93 
Totals . 
27.0 
204.429 
694.10 
Average, 3 years. 
. 
7.67 
3.39 
♦NOTE: Cost computed with man labor at rate of 20 cents per hour and horse 
labor at 12% cents per hour, the standard charge. 
