The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-25
FARMERS SHOW
BETTER YEAR
Dept. of Agriculture Shows
How Profits on Major
Crops Went Up.
ALL NATION PROFITED

The average cost last year OF pro-
ducing wheat on 4,616 farms distribut-
ed fairly we'll over the country was
$1.22 per bushel, compared with an
average sale value of SLAB bushel,
the department of agriculture has an
nounced.
The average cost of the corn crop
on 7,153 farms was 81 cents bushel
compared with a sale value of $1.10
bushel, and the average cost Of oats
on $500 farms was so cents bushel
compared with a sale value of 81
cents a bushel.
Reports from 284 cotton growers
having average yields of 161 pounds
of lint per acre show an average cost
of 18 cents pound and an average
sale price of % 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
Figure All Costs.
Costs include charges for labor of
the farmer and his family, and a
charge for the use of the land on a
cash rental basis, so that where cost
just equalled the price received the
farmer was paid for his time and his
investment. The yields on the farms
reporting were generally higher than
the average yields for the states re-
ported by the division of crop and
livestock estimates of the department.
A comparison of production costs
for 1922, 1928 and 1924 shows that
there was little difference in the av-
erage cost of producing an acre Of
corn on the total farms reporting for
the three years. The cost per bushel
varied from 66 cents in 1922 to 81
cents in 1924, whereas the value per
bushel varied from 73 cents in 1922
to $1.10 in 1924.
These figures are for ear corn and
in some parts of the country unusual
ly low yields and soft corn in 1924
prevented many farmers from having
any corn for husking after filling their
silos. The crop was also so poor in
quality on some farms that it was fed
from the shock without husking. IN
der such conditions, the department
points out, the figures are likely to be
influenced to a greater extent by re-
ports form farmers who were less af-
fected by low yields and soft corn,
than those whose crops were severely
damaged.
Acereag Cost Is Basis.
The acre cost of producing wheat on
all farms reporting, varied from $19.-
68 in 1922 to $21.8s in 1924. The bush
ell cost was practically the same for
all three years, due to variations in
yields, being $1.23 in 1922, $1.24 in
1923, and $1.22 in 1924. The value
Of the wheat on these farms was Sill
per bushel in 1922, it was SO cents in
1928, and SLAB in 1924. The 1924
wheat crop was the first for, the three
years when the reported value per
acre was greater than the average
cost per acre.
The average cost of producing an
acre of oats varied from $17.40 in
1922 to 1888 in 1924. The average
cost per bushel was 53 cents in 1922, it
was 81 cents in 1929, and so cents in
1924. The value reported was 48 cents
per bushel in 1922, it was 40 cents in
1uGOt anu " GENUS III 10G4.
There were no great differences in
the 1928 and 1924 acre and bushel
costs of producing potatoes in most of
the districts classified. In the north
eastern division the 1924 average
value reported for potatoes was 81
cents less per bushel than the 1923
value. The reported values in the
early potato districts wer esomewhat
lower in 1924 than in 1928, where the
average 1924 value varied from $1.04
per bushel in the eastern district to
S1.51 in the southeastern district, as
compared with $1.15 and $164 in 1928.
Wheat.
The reports on wheat for 1924 show
an average, gross cost of S23.57 per
acre. The credit for straw was $1.6s
per acre, leaving an average net cost
of S21.s5 per acre or $1.22 per bushel,
the average yied being IS bushels per
acre. Preparation of the seed bed
planting, harvesting, threshing and
marketing cost $104S per acre; fertil-
izer and manure $2.56; seed $1.97;
land. rent $6.19, and miscellaneous
items such as sacks, Irvine, crop in
surance, use of implements and stor-
age buildings, and general overhead
$2.42.
Corn.
The average gross cost of producing
an acre of corn was $500. There
was a credit of S2.42 for slower, MAX
ing the net cost of production $23.77
per acre or 80 cents per bushel for q
yield of 38 bushels per acre. $13.61
of the total cost was for preparing the
seed bed, planting, cultivating, har-
vesting and marketing; fertilizer and
manure took 1894; seed 46 cents; land
rent $597, and miscellaneous items
such as Irvine, crop insurance, use of
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