The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-14

nortant crops OF country.
The average cost last year OF pro-
d,c;ng wheat on 4,6l6 farms distribut-
ID fairly well over the country was
q y per bushel, compared with an
average sale value of SLAB bushel,
,be DEPARTMENT of Agriculture has an
nounced
=, liza farms was 81 cents bushel
COMPARED with a sale value OF $l.lO a
brshel and the average cost of oats
m { 500 farms was so cents bushel
comnared with sale value OF 81 cents
bushel.
having average yields of 161 pounds
nj lint per acre show an average cost
of IS cents a pound and an average
sale price of 28 cents per pound. For
potatoes in different sections OF the
country average production costs were
below the average selling price, but
the margin was less than in 1928.
Costs include charges for labor of
the farmer and his family, and charge
for the use of the land on cash rental
basis, so that where cost has just
eoualed the price received the farmer
was paid for his time and his invest
ment. The yields on the farms report
ing were generally higher than the
average Weld for the states reported
by the division of crop and livestock
estimates of the department.
Production Costs Compared.
A comparison of production costs
for 1922 1923 and 1924 shows that
there was little difference in the aver
age cost OF producing an acre OF corn
on the total farms reporting for the
three years. The cost per bushel va
RED from 90 cents in 1922 to 81 cents
in 1924, whereas the value per bushel
varied from 70 cents in 1922 to $l.l0
in 1924.
These figures are for ear corn and
in some parts of the country UNUSUAL
h low yields and soft corn III 1924 pre-
vented many farmers from having any
corn for husking after filling their
silos The crop was also so poor IN
NAdlllS bl SOlllC ldl Ills tilOI II NRo ~
from the shock without husking.
The acre cost of producing wheat on
all farms reporting varied from $l960
in 1922 to $3.50 in 1924. The bushel
cost was practically the same for all
three years due to variations in yield,
being $123 in 1922, $124 in 1923 and
SLIP in 1924 The value OF the wheat
on these farms was Sill per bushel
in 1922, it was 90 cents in 1923 and
$l.43 in 1924
The average cost of producing an
acre OF oats varied from $17.40 in 1922
to $lS93 in 1924 The average cost per
bushel was So cents in 1922, it was 81
cents in 1923 and so cents in 1924. The
value reported was AZ cents per bushel
in 1922, it was 40 cents in 1923 and
81 cents in 1924.
There was no great differences in
the 1923 and 1924 acre and bushel
costs OF producing potatoes in most
OF the districts classified. In the north
eastern division the 1924 average val
ne reported for potatoes was 81 cents
less per bushel than the 1928 value.
The reported values in the early po-
tato districts were somewhat lower in
lyZ4 than in 1923, where the average
IVA value varied from $104 per bush
el in the eastern district to $1.5l in the
southeastern district, as compared with
Sl'I9 and $l.64 in 1923.
Cotton.
Cotton reports were received from
~ h,1+ +ha her
were from growers having yields con
slderabIy above the average. Farmers
reporting yields of l01 to $40 pounds
OF Int per acre produced cotton at an
average cost of 20 cents per pound.
Yields OF 100 pounds and less had costs
considerably above 20 cents, and high
q yields were produced at much less
man ~ cents per pound OF lint.
i he average yield of lint cotton in
IVA Was about Isl pounds per acre,
according to the division of crop and
I'VE stock estimates. OF the total re-
ports received, 284 showed yields OF
- TO $50 pounds per acre, averaging
ioI pounds The reports indicate that
FARMERS who had average yields pro-
uu'ed at an average cost OF Is cents
Per pound, the average price received
0elhg Is cents per pound.
Corn.
Inc average gross cost Of producing
On acre Of corn was 5000. There was
=, credit Of $243 for slower, making
ue net cost of production $23.H per
stie' or 81 cents per bushel for a yield
u lhrty-eight bushels per acre; $13.6l
" 'he total cost was for preparing the
seed bed planting, cultivating, har-
aesuhg and marketing; fertilizer and
MANURE took 1894 seed, 40 cents; land
enI 1877, and miscellaneous items,
uoI as Irvine, crop insurance, use OF
n.nPiements, use of storage buildings
Sau charge for general farm over
"ead expense $222.
Oats.
oats showed an average gross cost
- acre OF $2094, a credit of $2.0l for
10" and a net cost of $18.98 per
81 he average yield was twenty
90. bushels, making an average net
bos' per bushel of so cents. Man and
" labor Tor preparing the seed bed,
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