The Devils Lake world., 1922-12-20

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DURING '21, THEY
SHOW IN RECORDS
Fargo, N. D., Dec. 20.-Ninety-sev-
On out Of 126 farmers in North Dak-
eta lost money during the season Of
1921, the average net loss being $s4s,
according to bulletin made public
today by the agricultural college.
Only 20 of the farmers could show
profit. These facts together with
other interesting facts about the
farm work Of the state, are gathered
from records taken on the 1876 farms
m all sections of the state. The fig
ures were complied under the direc-
tion of Rex Willard, head of the
county agent work in the state. In
some cases more than one year is
covered in the records.
Facts brought out by the figures
include:
That only 20 of the farms made a
Profit while 81 of them lost money.
Average net loss was $848 or 2.8 per-
cent Of the investments.
Wheat produced rs per cent of the
Farm income.
Eleven year records for yield Of
wheat showed Cass and Pembina
leading with Walsh, Grand Forks and
Fraill closely following.
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The greatest proportional invest
aaent was in land of the Red River
valley and central North Dakota; a
relatively higher investment was in
stock in northwest and southwest
North Dakota. (The state was divid-
ed into these four sections for the
purpose of the survey.)
Wheat occupied 20 per cent of the
crop area Of the state with hay, oats,
corn and barley next in Importance.
Operating expenses per farm were
!s,S16. Threshing, twine, taxes, in.
terest, etc., were 20 per cent of this,
aired labor12 percent and machinery
depreciation approximately 10 per-
cent. The distribution of costs from
highest to lowest were as follows:
miscellaneous, $788; management
$o16; the farmers own labor, s494;
hired labor, $3.50; machinery depre.
citation, 1869; family labor, 1888:
taxes, $237; machinery repair, $192:
building depreciation, $151; feed
$lc8; interest personal property, $91;
dwelling depreciation, SGT.
Dairying High in Southwest
While wheat which averaged 25
percent of the income of the state on
the average, led as the income pro.
Queer it was displaced in the south.
west where it was only 4 pc,cea n
while dairy products ranked highest
there.
In general the cost per acre oil
producing crops was highest in the
Red River valley and lowest in thu
west the northwest being higher than
The southwest. The cost per unit
however, highest in the southwest
because of lower yields.
Average annual cost operating al.
tomobiles for farm use on 144 farms
was 1921.
fhe average cost of keeping work
horses was SIS per head; sheep (or
"A farms) $3.50 per eve; cattle sts
Per head, ranging from $115 in the
valley to $62 on the slope. For tn.
cattle feed was 40 percent of the cost
Report Horses Cleaner
The average work horse was uset
~ days productive work in 1921
The tractors on 20 farms were usec
- days on the average. Tractor cost
Tor plowing was $1.9S per acre ane
horse plowing cost 90 cents per acre
Farms using tractors lost $688 more
money than those not using them.
The value Of food furnished by thu
farm to the household averaged $524
per farm. The average cost of foot
eaten by the members of the farmer.
families was 1921 a month ranging
from $16.65 in small families to $1O.6l
In big ones. Food eaten represented
Is percent of the gross farm income
in 1921.
Where farmers sold enough dair,
products to make 18 percent of thi.
gross income they averaged $685.
more profit than those who sold onl,
enough dairy stuff to make up per
cent of their net income. In fiv,
years the average amount Of damag,
to wheat was Sc percent of ON,
normal crop. Of this drought causet
20 percent of the loss and rust onl,
10 percent, and hot winds 2 percent
Potato damage % percent; drough
10 per cent; potato bugs 5 percent
and hot winds only percent.
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