The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-15
COST PRICE
OF WHEAT IS
$1.12 BUSHEL
Production Costs for Basic
Crops Declared Below
Market Price
NO CHANGE IN PRICES
Average Cost of Raising
Wheat Per Acre Is $12.41
for Ill Bushels Acre

Fargo, Aug. 15--Thc average cost
per bushel Of producing wheat in
North Dakota for 1925 is approxi-
mately SLIP; Of rye, 81 cents and
flax, $lS4, according to figures COM
piled by r. f. willard and T. S.
Thorfinnson Of the farm manage
ment department of the North Oa-
kota Agricultural college.
All these cost figures are below
market prices at Fargo, according
to the college estimate.
The cost of producing the wheat
crop per acre is approximately
$l2.4l. based on yield Of Ill bush
els, according to figures. The cost
of producing rye if 1897 per acre.
based on an average yield OF 9.9 bush
els and the cost Of producing flax
is Sll.l7. based on yield Of ~
bushels for 1925, it is shown.
These figures are based upon the
records from farms distributed over
the state in previous years with
price changes in cost elements en-
tering into production for the year
1925 applied to these basic figures.
Mr.. Willard reports. ''In general.
there appears to be very little diff
ference in the price Of things that
farmers had to buy in 1928 compared
to 1924.
"rhere was apparently slight in
crease in wages in 1925, compared to
1924, the average wages for spring
work being $45 per month in 1925.
compared with $44 in 1924. The av-
erage harvest wages were estimated
by more tina 100 farmers to be
1888 a day in 1925, compared to $3.50
in 1924. A correspondingly slight in
crease is estimated for tEreshing in
1925.
Groceries Mount
''The general opinion was that
there was about two per cent in
crease in the general cost of grocer
les in 1925, compared TO 1924. ".
"The thre shing Of wheat will prob
ably cost about Is cents per bushel
IL cents for 1924. Flax will cost
about 32 cents per bushel and rye
threshing about l5H cents. Both rye
and flax thrcshing figures are
slight increases over 1924.
"An increase of : cents a gallon
for gasoline is noted in the inter
views with more than lGO farmers
distributed we'll over the state, the
average price for 1925 being 22.6
cents.
Seed Wheat Jumps
"The most marked charge was in
price Of Marquis at planting time in
i925 being $i.6l compared to $l.3G
year ago. Durum wheat showed
about the same relationship, but
about 10 cents a bushel cheaper. The
price of seed flax was few cents
higher in 1925 than in 1924. Seed rye
increased from an average of 6G
\ cents per bushel in the fall of 1929
to 96 cents bushel at planting
time in 1924.
"Twine showed an increase Of 9
cents per pound, being Is cents in
1925. The price of twine varied in
different communities and also ac-
cording to the quality of the 'twine
purchased.
Reduce Taxes
"There was quite a general indica-
tion of reduction in taxes from
1928 to 1924 and from 1924 to 1925.
Correspondingly, reduction in the
charge for the use of land Gland
rent) was noted, this reduction be-
ing from $2.75 per acre to $2.57 per
acre from 1924 to 1926"
Wide variations were noted in in
terviews of farmers in all parts of
the state with regard to the yield of
wheat. Indications are that the
yield of wheat will be from one to
two bushels higher per acre in the
northern half of the state than in
the southern.
DuFum Yields Better
Durum wheat is higher in yield
this year than Hard Red Spring. Be-
cause of the wide variation in yield
from farm to farm and from county
to county. the cost Of producing
wheat in 1925 has been calculated on
the basis of the average yield and
on the basis Of low and high
yield. The following figures repre-
sent the approximate cost for vari-
Gus Yields.