The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-07-01

! AMONG THE FARM nuRsars !
! = *s~$ 49, %Ss > :

showing that. after the farmer has
received interest ON MS Investment.
the average OF labor earnings on
these farms for the year was $S9S.
on the Sc farms that specialized IN
wheat, the farmers lacked nine cents
bushel OF receiving a reasonable
wage for their labor
These interpretations OF the fig
uras are made by c. {. Taylor. farm
management demonstrator OF the
University OF Idaho extension divi-
sion, The statistics were collected
by Byron Hunter. farm management
Investigator OF the university IN CO.
operation with the federal office OF
farm management.
Eighty-acre farms were the most
profitable. Mr. Taylor's analysis
showed. Wheat was most profitable
On the largest farms. ana unpronta-
BILE on the small ones The cost OF
producing wheat averaged Sl.92 a
bushel U#li0 H WIG
Some very valuable information
concerning farm profits has Just
been obtained by the farm manage
ment department OF the University
OF Idaho through the tabuiation OF
data collected last winter from 200
irrigated farms IN Twin Falls cOun-
~. - says a statement by MIR. Taylor.
THE data and conclusions will be
published In bulletin form as soon as
possible. but meanwhile the Twin
Falls county farm bureau will en-
deayor 10 have this information pre-
scented TO the farmers OF the county
through a series OF community meet
lings while the figures are stili new.
This will probably be brought about
during the coming month.
THE figures, which are scientif-
icaliy accurate, us applied 20 irrigat-
ed farms near Twin Falls in 1919.
show that the so acre IN size are the
most profitable farms In the area.
rhere were three groups smaller In
size which made smaller profits and
one group larger than SO acres which
made smaller profits on the aver
age.
Farm profits are measured by
labor earnings, being the net amount
remaining for the farmers labor aft
err deducting all expenses and per
cent interest on his Investment. IL
includes the products contributed by
the farm toward the living or the /
farmers family On the average the
labor earnings OF the goo typical
was sS9S. The farms about so acres
in size. made 81 1850, while the farms
about 40 acres In size averaged 5000. /
The above Information Is suffi- /
Client denial OF certain statements
published IN our larger cities imply
ing that the farmers are a party TO I
the profiteering which becomes so /
As further evidence, the I
data from Sc farms which specialized /
In wheat showed that the total cost I
OF producing wheat averaged s1s2 I
per bushol. The basic price which I
these farmers received was sl.s3,
or nine cents less than the actual I
cost. In other words, these farmers 4
lacked nine cents per bushel OF re-
sewing a reasonable wage for their I
labor. h
"A detailed study Of these wheat
cost figures showed a wide differ
ence on individual farms. ranging 1
from less than sl.20 20 over $500 /
per bushel Most OF the wheat was
produced al from Sl.4O 70 S2.20 per
Dushel Drawing line at Si,S3 cost
included only 43 per cent OF the
wheat farmers and as per cent OF
he production. Experience has
shown, that normally. from so 10 30
per cent OF the production of any I
product must be at q prOfif or else
production will decrease. Such q
INIT IL known as the bulk line
'ost." and In this case the line Is
'ound 10 be az s2.2O per buahol 10
include so per cent OF the produc-
ion and az $3.50 per buahel 20 In
dude 80 per cent. The price OF sl.6S
'eceived last year was considerably
,elow eiehtr one OF thes figures.
The farmers on the largest farms
rev wheat at the lowest cost. aver
ging SI.S4 per bushel. while Il cost
he farmers on the smallest farms an
.yerage OF S2.23 per bushel. Fig
lred on the acre basis, the average
ost was SCI and Ss2. respectively
Is would be expected. this was re-
locted in the farm profits OF the
rhole zoe farms The farmers on
mall farms OF about 40 ecres who
ad as much az 50 per cent OF their
rop land an wheat made only &247. |
rhlle those with less wheat averaged /
47o. But on the farms over so acres
b size those specializing In wheat
while those with less
heat averaged only s4so Evident
y the men on the small farms had /
otter let the big farmers grow the n
heat. N
"As a rule. abe Farmers who went
) the greatest expense In order 20 r. 4
eve the highest Yields produced
heat az he lowest cost per bufhel.
he wheat farms with the lowest
leids per acre only expended s52 per
ere. but the oosr per bushel was
ZIG. on the other hand. the wheat
rms with no hlxhesf yields spent
SO per acre and produced their crops
,r s1.7s per busbei. Apparently the
iditionsi expense was Justified.
The potato growers, although
hey sold at comparatively low pricc
ist fall. were By FAR the most profit
bic group IN the area surveyed. The
srmers who planted potatoes. even
1ough only 70 a limited extent. aver