SELECTED LIST O^F REFERENCES ON COST OF CROP PRODUCTION U^S.D-A, c. / New York State College of Agriculture At Cornell University Ithaca, N. Y. Library 5075.U5Ur" """"''"' ■"""'^ Se|ected list of references on tfie cost 3 1924 014 529 089 MAR 6 1345 PEi>T. OF fKGHiC. ECOM. Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924014529089 October 9. 1919. U. S. DopartLiont of Agriculturo Office of jfarni Managomont SELEQIED LIST OF EEFEREHCES QM THE COST OF B-AHLEY PRODUCTION ■\ (/s By Cora L. Foldlc-unp, Library Assistant. "7 ^ A "/ S /y^^ U 1906 ^_, (1) Hays, Willoj M. , and Parker, Edward C. The cost of producing farm products, Mothods of investigation. Cost of grovang Minnesota field crops, I902 , I903 > 190^. U. S. Dapt. Agr. . Bur. Statis. Bui. 1+Si I906; 90p. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui, 97; 1906; S6p. "Cost of producing barley - spring plowing" , p.Ul. Data obtained by cost account mathods, 190s (2) ITowell, Herbert T. Irrigation of barley. Wyoming Agr. Escp. Sta. Bui. 77- I9O8. 20p. Estif^tes vdth labor in hours of cost and profit of grow-ing browing barley. Detailed statement on cost of preparing land for irrigation, • 1909 (3) Parker I E. D. , and Ooopor . T. P. The cost of producing Minnesota farn; products , I902-I907 . Minnesota Agr. Exp, Sta. Bui. 117; I9IO; SQp. U. S. Dopt. Agr, Bur. Statis. Bui. 73* I909J 69P. "Cost of producing barley - fall plov;ed" , p. 24. (Bur Statis. Bui, 73, p,30) Data obtained by cost accounting c:athod. 1911 (U) Cost of producing barley in important barljy states, U, S. Dept. Agr. . Bur. Statis,, Crop reporter, v. 13, no. lO, J».''8G. Oct'. I91I. Averages of ostinatos of 200 correspond- ents of cost of producing barley in I909' in U. S. , l\. Y. , V7is. , Minn. , Iowa, N. D. , S,D. , Hob. , and Cal. , Itcraizod tables. C^/ ^ "5 P 3" ; Cr ; - 2 - 1909 (5) Parkor. E. C, and Coopoi--, I. P, . • ; • !I!he cost of prloduiS'iiig'liiniiosota' ftafnfibrbducts, 190^ U.S. Dcpt. Agr, $ur. Statifei-B-o].. 73i'-lQ09'; Sgp.'-'-Hinhcsota'Agr. Esp. Sta. Bui. 117 J I9i0i 69p.' "Cost of producing oats ~ fall plowed", p. U6, k-J. (Minn. Bui. p.4o-4l) Tata obtained by the cost accounting :.iutliod. 1911 (6) Cost of producing oats ifi 31909. U, S. Dep't. Agrieulturo> Crop raportor* • v.l3i 130,6. p. ^7. "June,' 1911. Esti;:^:ates fron about 5>000 crop corres- pondents give cost of producing oats in the different states. Money values only, (7) Pugsley, C. W. '--^ ■•- ■•■■•; " ' '" Cost of growing; I C'Sbps. in Ifdbraska, llebraslsa Agr. Expi. Sta. Bui. 12a. 1911. X2p, ' ; ''Ces^t of grbiving oats", p. 10. Data obtaina'd ■ , . . • by uioatts of CLUOstionnairo. Results for years 1909 and 1910 reported in aonsy values only. ■■- 1912 (S) Oats and poos; ■ H&wl'Jersoy Agr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 1912j p. 1S0-1S4. Detail'oii. delta on 'the cost' of grov,i.ng' oat-s and poas on a six and a nine acre field. (9) Porter, W. R. ' ' •■'" ' Cost of produQtng fara crops. Hbrth Dakota Agr. Esp. Sta, Bui. 104, 59-li7i); 1913. ' ... .:, 'Results of records and osti-iatos on cost ■ Of producing oats.csaidapwaasjii-nd oats' on the deraonstr^tion far us in ITorth Dakota. Results in uonoy values for I906-I912. 1914 (10) Cost of grain production in Canada, I9I3. Canada Dept. Trade and Corjmerco, Census and Statis. Off. Census and stat istics ...onthly* v.7» p. 295-306. Dec. 1914. EigTJTus for I9IJ compared with results for 1911. Money values. - J) - (11) Kkjysor I Alvinj Fjxli costs on th.G Color u,do ogricult-ural collago farm, Colorado Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. e03. 19 li^, 5bp. Cost of groiving oats» p. 23-27. Dotailed data for yoars 1910-19131 obtained by tho cost acco-onting i..cthod, (12) Pock, F. W. The cost of producing Mimaasota far..: products, 1908-191'^. liinnosota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 145. 191^. USp. "Cost of producing oats - fall plov/iid", p. 36. Figures obtained by cost account- ing ...othod on cost of producing oats in Rico, Lyon, and Horiiian Co-ontius. 1915 (13) Chilcott, E.C, ColJ, JjS., and Burr. W. W. Oats in tiw Groat Plains u-roaj relation of cultural lUothods of j)i"Od.iic- tinn. U. W, Dopt, Agr. Bui, 213. I9I5. 42p. Cost of growing oats, p. 8-10. Data on thu cost of growing one acre of oats coi.ipilcd froiii the records of eight representative stations for an average period of 5-l/2 years Man and horse labor* in days. (14) Cook, Herbert E. Getting most out of crops. A..erican agriculturist, v. 95' no. 14, p. 7. April 3, 1915. Itemized cost of producing one acre of oats for tho years 1909-1912 inclusive. Money values only. (15) Report frou the Division of field husbandry. Canada Exp. Ear;.iS Rpt. 1 1915, v.l, p. 175-35^. Cost of producing oats at various experi- uental farms. Labor in hours. (16) Johnson, 0. R. , and Eoard, W. E. The'^cost of produc,tion on Missouri far;..3. Missouri Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 1^5. 1915. 2S5-3l6p. Cost data on faru operation. Labor requiro..ients for oats production in hours; table of cost of producing oats on 160 acres. Based on detailed cost records. October l6, I9I5. U. S, DEPAR1MEIW OF AGEI CULTURE Office of Farm Management SELECTED LIST OF REFEREITCES OH THE COST OF CORN PRODUCTION By Cora L. Feldkampi Litrary Assistant and J. S. Ball) Assistant in Farm Accounting, 1270 1. Cost of growing corn in Illinois. U, S, Dept. Agr , Rpt, 1S70> p. 450, Data on cost of growing twenty acres of corn. Time reported for the various operations, 187 1 -, Cost of raising corn in Indiar,a,> Ohioi and Pennsylvania, U. S, Dept. Agr. Rpt. 1S71. p, 229 -a 30. Data on cost of growing corn in Indiana Time reported for mast of the operations. 1877 3, Sturtevanti E. Lewis. Culture of Indian corn. Maine Dept. Agr. Ann, Rpt, 1877) p, 294-302. . Cost of productioni p, 301-302. Labor account (hours of man labor and horse labor) is given for a field of 9 l/2 acres of corn, 1880 4. Sturtevant) E, Lewis. The growing of corn, Massachusetts state Bd. Agr,) 2Sth Ann. Rpt. 1880, PJ7-I3O. Cost of production, p. 94-^7) 115'^llb. Cost for fields varying in size from 2.8 to 17.43 acres; yield 78 1/2 to 99.6 bushels per acre. Cost per acre $42,19 $l6»17> and $32.37 respectively. In one case hours of horse labor and man labor are given for each operation, * Acknowledgement is due to Miss Mary G, Lacy who contirbuted numerous references included in this list. _ 2 _ ISSS 5. Moody, Silas. How to make the farm pay. Michigan State Bd. Agr. , 27th Ann. Rpt. ISSS, p. 441 -1+44. Coet of growinc corn, p. 443-444. Data for a field of 10 acres. Cost is $16.22 per acre. ISQO 6. Cost of growing wheatj corn and cattle in Kansas as estimated hj correspond- ents of the hoard, April IS90. Kansas State i3d. Agr,, Rpt. quarter ending March 3I, IS90, p. 5-12. 1292- 7. Kent, D. A. Crop report of the farm .department, Iowa A-^r. Exp. Sta. B-ul. 16, p. 303 -305. IS92. Labor cost in detail of producing corn on two fields of 21 1/4 and l4, 55 acres yield- ing 75 a-ii'i S6.5 bushels per acre, on the state experimental farm in IS9I, IS93 2. Ingersoll, C. L. , and Perin, S, V/. Cost of farm crops, Nebraska Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 29. IS93, 42p, A brief discussion of the factors of crop costs, Tabular statement of the cost in money values only, of corn on three fields aggregating 73 acres on the station farm IS92. IS94 9. Expense of raising wheat and corn.' U. S, Dept. of 'Agr,, Div, of Statis. , n.s. Ept. no. 113, p.lOo-lll. I894. Estimated cost of the principal items and total cost in the production of wheat and corn by states and sections per acre for IS93. Compiled from returns from over 4000 experts. Data in money values only. Cost of wheat $11.69 Pe^" acre, and of coi-n $11,71- -o - 1S95 1 10. Pl-uiub, diaries S. „ , , „ .r^.. ph-. Indian corn culvoxe. Chicaso, Breeder's Gaz. ,10^,5. d^^ JCost of ^grojving _a oS°S'Il.'<:^?-!^ iL ar for Oliio crop. IS96 11. Allen, S.M. OTDsei-vations ty a most Qi:tonsiwe grower and feeder, Kansas state Bv-. Acr. , lOtii Bian. Rpt., IS35-IS96, p. 63-69, Cost of ^rowing corn in Hebraslca discussed. Cost of iT£i,rvesting by liand compared with cost of harvesting by ^lachinery. Results in money values only, 12. Butler County corn-raising. Kansas state Ed. Agr. , 10th Bi en, Ept. il395- IS96, p.40-i^-l, Coct of raising corn in ICansas given by J. Vf. Robison who raises annually from 1,500 to 1,500 acres. Total cost per acre is 06.95. IS97 13. Snow, B.W. Cost of growing Eorn actxnally determined. Results, of records kept for American agriculturist by corn grov/ers of eight great states. Aiueri- can agriculturist, (middle ed.) v.6o, p. 52, 53, 76, 100, 1^4, IM-S, 172, 157, 21s, 242, 243. July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14,, 21, 28, Sept. 4, 11, 1397. Results of an extensive q.ue3tionnaira covering states of Ky. , Ohio, Ind. , 111., Iowa, Mo., Kans., and iTebr. , Money values only. 14. Voorhees, E.E. , and Lane, C.B. The cost and feeding value of the di^y matter of dried corn f odder ■ anc of silage. iTew Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui. 122, 1S97.' 16 p. Cost per acre of liarvestir^, cuttir^ and storing' of fodder and silage. Results in money values only. Total cost of silage $11.22 per acre, Cost of Gorii !,:.10.31 per acre. 15. Ueston, IT. A. . j.^ < v, nunois in ISqS. Illinois The cost of production of corn and oats in Illinois m loy Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui, 50. IS9S. 53-7bp. -•.JQata obtained throiiGh circu,.lar letters and reported in detail by counties, Ivlan labor and horse labor given. IS99 16. Holmes J George K, Pro^^ress of agriculture in the United States. ■ U.S. Dept. of Jt^^ri. ,Io. book IS99, P.307(~33^. Ua.n labor regoired to produce an acre of corn, p. 331 I3OQ' 17 » Siiow, B.'.7. Cost of growing corn. Results of exact records covering 40^1 acres, in 21 states, Aaier lean agriculturist, (middle ed.) v. 65, p^ ^39) 7,40. 76^; v,66o, p^4, 22,52, and 76.. .June 23, 3C, Jvly J, 14, 21, 2a, 1900. Data from an extensive ciuestionnaire covering 21 states. Results given in money values only. 1503 IS, Myriclc, Herbert, and other a. The book of corn. Hew York, Orange Judd Co. I903 3q^P« "Cost of grovang corn", p.>;o3-311. Data co;:"ipiled from other sources on cost of growirg corn in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Nebraska*. Labor requirements discussed at some length, 1904 19. Mcorei R. A., and Stone, A.L. Expex-iments with grain and forage plants, 1904. \m3c0nsin A^r. oi^p, Sta. Rpt. 190^, P.2S9-316. Cost of grovvir^) harvestiir; and cribbing IS 1/2 acres of corn, p.31t>. Time re-gm-ired for the various operations. Cost per bushel (72 l/Z) iiushels per acre) 27 con. 3^ Data for .ya^- 190*+, - 5 - IJ05 -C. Cost of prodiocing a bushel of corn. Iowa State Dept. Agr., 6th. year book, 1905, p. 71M16. ^s^feiia^te-s^, . ^Qo si.t.|. T3er acf e ^subiBlt t.^.Q^ by two difi^eroht farwors are v'iO.30 arA C'S'^^- 21. Expense of raising co:.-n in I^nsas, as stated by the raisers. Kansas st^te Bd. Agr., 15th Bien. Rpt. , l905-06, l>.310-jZQ, Cost of growing corn in 5^ couaties. He suits in monej' values, 22, Hays, V/illet IvI. , and Parker, Edvirard C. Ihe cost of producing farra products; methods of investigation; cost of growing Mi^iiiesota. field crops, 19C2, I903, igO^. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bur^ Statis. Btti. k&.i iQCS; SCro, Minnesota Agr. Exp, Sta. Bui, 97; I90S; 9OP. Cost of producing corn , pj^-l-^^, 46, hj. Data obtained by cost account methods, 1507 23, Moore» E» A., and Stone, A. L, E::periments with grain and forage plants, I907. Wisco-nsin Agr. Exp. Sta. Ept. 1307, p. 336-^00 \ Cost of gi.-o,\dng corn, P«39S-399« Cost of grovdng 13 acres of corn. Approjcimate cost per bushel (63.S bushels per acre( is 29.5 cents. Data is for igO^j'^ar^d i-ia almost the -ioune as reported in l',dsconsin Agr, Exp. Sta,) Rpt. 1904, p. 316. 190a 24. 3owriH,n, M,L, , and Crossley, B.W. Corn; growing, judgiiTg, breeding, feedingui marketii-ig. Des i^foines, Iowa, ..ienyon print. & mfg. co,, I9OS 479~l4 p. "Ihe co,3t of growing corn", p. 212 -228. A repri'ut of chax^ter on "Cost of growing corn" loi-'Zkx in Tne book of corn by Myrick, with additional estimates submitted by some farmers frcna lorra. who reported labor re- c^uired in days. - b - 25. Brooks, William P, The cost of a bushel of corn. Ifessachusetts Agr. Exp. Sta, , 21st Ann. Rpt. igoa. pt, 1., p. 12-17. Labor cost for 1 acre of corn laid out in plots. Total cost is $20,02 per acre , Data given only in money values, d(\>. Cost of an acre of corn. Breeder's Gaz. , v. 53» P«952» 953. April 22, 190s.. Average figm-es for 3 years on the cost of growing an a.cre of corn in Illinois. Money values only. 27;'. Cost of producing crops in the Hawkesbtiry district. Agr. Gaz. of Hev/ South lYaleSi v.lg, P,732-73U. Sept. 2»190S, Estiroatos by the staff at the Hawkesbury agricultural college on the cost of grow- ing corn and wheat. 1909 2S. Parker, Edward G. , and Cooper, Thomas P, The cost of produc-i.ng Mimiesota farm products, I902-I907. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bur, Static,, 3ul. 73; I9O9; Sgp. Minnesota Agr. Esp. Sta, B-ol. 117; 1910; o9p. "Cost of producing fodder corn planted thick xor forags", p.4l. Itemized tables, 1910 29. Johnston; J. Field crops at the Kabati experiment farm, I909-IO. British East Africa, Dept. Agr., Ann. Rpt. I909-IO, p. 119-14-3. Ail itemized sti|tement of the cost per acr© of maize grown in British East Africa. 30. Pearl, Raymond, Opportunities for corn breeding in Maine. Maine state Bd. Agr, , 9th Aiin. Rpt. 1910, p. 256-262, EigTtres on the cost of growing corn in ITew Hampshire and Minnesota. Estimates for J/laine. 'Cost of growing corn in Nev/ Hampshire is $22. 4o, in Minnesota $10,265, ani Maine. 922,00 per acre. Results in money values .. 7 - 1 19 11 Cost of producing corn in I909, U.S. Dept, Agrim CrCp^reporter, v,13» nD.14, p. 30)31. April 1911. ResvuLts of r;_u©3tiomiair© to crop correspond- ents all ovor th.e co-antry covering crop of 1909. Monej'- valuos only, Peacock, K. T/, SocoixL aiinual report of the demonstration area Bathurst experiment farm. Agr. Gag. of Hew South IVales, v. 22, p. 9^9-960. I9II. Detailed tables on the cost of producing wheat, alfalfa, corn and fodder crops of rape and biurley. P-cigsley, C. W. Cost of growing crops in ITehraska. -lebraska Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui, 122. 1911. I2p. lahulated, results in money val-ues o:ily of a questionnaire sent to farmers in I9O9 and I9IO. Average ox y-i-'t replies tabulated. 1912 liinns, Edward R. Further e^qieriments on the economic value of root crops for Hew York, Hew lork Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui. 31?. 191^. S^S-S^^OP- A. comparative study of corn and mangels as to yields and cost of production. Figures covering a period of 4- years give tlm aver- aga cost of growing an acre of corn as $40.77, 2able showing the cost per acre reported by other state experiment stations, J/tumford, Herbert V!. Business methods of wheat raisirg on an Illinois farm, Hew York tri- bune farmer, v.ll, no.SGS, p.l, 20. Sept. 19,1912, Figures on the cost of growing an acre of wheat arid corn. Total cost per acre far wheat $lU,2S, and for corn $16,13. 1913 36, Godd^rd, L, H. , and Els er, i7.L. Labor cost of producing corn in Ohio. Ohio Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 2.66. 1913. 12 Up. M exhaustive, study of the subject by means pf detailed cost records on 23 farms and covering lOS fields harvested for grain, 17 hogged off, 16 siloed, and 36 fields where contract labor was used. In all I77 fields. Gives the factors of the costs in iulI detail and discusses., the cost, in rela- tion to region of state, size of fields, and tillage practice followed, 37. Porter, IV. R. Cost of producing farm crops. Ilorth Dakota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul.l04, 1913. 59 -177p. Results of records and estimates on the demonstration farms in North Dakota. Results in money values for years 1906-1912. 1914 3S. Peck, F. W. The cost of producing Minnesota fanm products, I9OS-I912. MiniESOta Agr, Exp. Sta. Bui. 1^5. igiU. i+Sp. Tabulated costs, in money valties only, of producing corn under seven different methods of handLii^g the crop. Data sectired by route cost accounting methods from areas aggregating several hundred thousand acres. ^9, Report of the department of farm crops, ilew Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta, Ept.l91^» p. 201 -2 06.'' Cost of silage corn afad ear corn, p.2?05» 2o6» . Gives result of cost records on 24 and. 6 acres silage and 6 acres, corn fpr graxn on t:ie station farm. Labor m hours. 1915. 40. Chilcott, E. C. , Cole, J.S., and Burr, W.W. Corn in the Great Plains area; relation of cultural methods to produc- tion. U.S. Dept. Agr. Bul.219. I915. 31p. Comparative cost per acre of producing corn by different methods at the field stations, Plat experiments. - 9 - 41, Graham> V/.L, , and others. Division of field husbandry; suimary of results. .. igi4, Canada Exp. farms Bui. S3, I915. 55p. Cost of production oi field crops* p. 11. Total cost per acre lor corni oatsi hay (first year') I hay (second yeai), ana tur- nips for year I9l4, Results in money values only. 42, Johnson, 0. R. , and Foard, 17. E. The cost of production on Missouri farms. Missouri A^r, ELcp. Sta. Bui. 125, 1915, 2S7-3l6p. Cost data on farm opercttions. Labor req.uirements for corn production ex- pressed in houi.-s, and a tabular state- ment of the money cost of producing corn on 357 acres. Bascjd on detailed cost records, 43, Leavens, George D, Corn: the foundation of profitable farmirij-, Nciw Yoi-k, Coe-Mor timer CO. , 1915. SOp. A compilation of data obtained from other sources, ^^^■, i\JcHenry, Norris. The cost of producing corn. Breeder's Gaz. , v. 67, 'g,^OZ. March lli 1915. Itemized detailed results of cost record on 5 acres of corn in Bartholomew Countyi Indiana, in 19l4, Cost per acre 021.22. Cost per bushel 19* S cents. Labor in houi^s, 45 . Muncas ter , John E. The cost of one corn crop. Southern planter , v.'jS, p,l40i l4l, Iferch, 1915. Results of a farmer's record- in Mont- gomery County, Md. > on ko acres in 19l4. Cost is a fraction less than 12 cents per bushel. Labor reported in days. 1916 46. Copper^ T. P.» Peck, F. W, , and Boss, Andrew. Labci:,rba^rein6h1;^6cf cr*jgj.-.production. Minnesota A-r. Exp. Sta. Bui. 157. 1916, 55p, Corn, p,23--32. Detailed report of .man labor and horse labor req.uired for producing corn, corn f odaer , anu. corv^ silage. - 10 - ^7- Cost of crowing corn. Orance Jiidd farmer, v.60, no, 22. p. 6, May 2? i I9I' Data are the results of five-acre corn con- tests conducted by the Purdue Ext. Dept. in 1915, Hecords obtained from koS contestants in 23 counties. Total cost per acre vl3'27' 4S. Johnson, 0. M, , and Dadisman, A, J, Amount and cost of labor reCiUired for growing crops in West Virginia. Vfest Virgima A^r. Si:p. Sta. Bui. 163. I916, lip, '^Amount and cost of man and horse labor req.uired to grow an acre of corn", p.5-7» Labor reported in hours. Uq, Ladd, C. E, Cost accounts on some New York farms. Hew York Cornell Agr. Exp. .Sta. Bui. 377, 1916, 796-315P. Data olDtained by cost accounting methods, 0?able3 show hciju-s of labor required for each opex-ation, also dis tribution'by months . 50, Potter. Harry B, Raising king corn. Farm and fireside, v.39» no.l6, p.3i 21, May 6, 1916. Figures on the cost of growiiig corn on the .farm ovmed by Fred McCullocki Iowa. Cost per bushel $,35« Data in money values only. 51, Report from the Division of field husbandry,, Cana.da Exp. Farms Rpt, , I916; v.l, P.1S7-3S2. Cost of producing corn at various experi- mental fairms. Labor reported in hours. 52, Smalley, H. R. Management of muck-land fajrms in northern, Indiana and southern Michi- gan, U. S. Dept, Agr., Farmers' Bui, 761. I916. 26p. Results of a survey of lUo muck -land, f airms. Labor in days, 53, Thompson, A. L, The cost of crop production. Hew York Dept. of Agr, , Bui. So, p. 2251-2257, 1916... Data for I9I3 and 1914 obtained from farms located in different sections of the state, Ifen and horse labor. - 11 - 1517 5'+. Atkinson; Alfred) Stephens, J. Ivi. , and Morgan) G-. \1, Bry farm crop rotations and cultural methods, Montana Agr, Exp, Sta, Bui. 11 6, 1917, 5i4p:; Cost per acre of producin^^ vviieat* oats» barleyi flaxj and corn crovira in a series of rotations. Mostly money valu.es, ■i5v Billings, G-eor^e A, Seasonal distribution of farm labor in Chester County* Pa, U. S. Dept, A^r, Bui. 52s. 1917. 29p. Survey figures on the d\ity of r^chinery iii cultivating and harvesting corn; also hours of man labor and horse labor required to srow an acre, j6. rPxiat does it cost to grow an acre of corni Southwestern stockraan-faxmer > V.32. p. 7^5. Jan, 30, 1917. Data siibmitted by a Gila County farmer. Results for 3»S acres, Moiiey values only. Cost per acre $22.23, Cost of harvesting not given. 57- Vftiat the reoordsahowed, Oklahoma farmer -stockmanj V.3O1 p. 272, March 25 ; 1917. Figures submitted by a faa-mer In Pottawatomie County, Oklalioma, on cost of growing I5 acres of corn and 20 acres of cotton. Results in money V£;.lues. 1913 5s, Benton, A. H, Farm tenancy and leases. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. I7S, I9I8. 33p. Table 9, Cost 01 producing corn husked from standing stalks. Table 11, Cost of producing corn. ..cut, shocked, and stacked. Division of expense between landlord and tenant. 59 , Thorns, C. E. Ilie cost of crop production in Ohio, Ohio Agr. Ez:p. Sta. Mo, Bui. v.^ p. 337 -34s. iiov., 191s. Total cost of producing corn, wheat, oats, and Imy on the average Ohio farm for the 10 years, I906-I9I5, and for I9I0, Discussion of the factors to be considered in cost studies. - la - oO. Zapoleon, L. B, Geographical phases of farm prices; corn. U. S, Dept. Agr. Bui. 696. 191s. 53p. Data on cost do not include all items usually considered; but costs in different regions are compared. 1919 ii . Garey, L. 5". Cost of corn production in two irrigated areas; factors affecting yield per acre Toiider Colorado conditions, Vfestern farm life) v. 21, no. 9! p. 6. May 1, 1919, iv!an and horse labor required for growing an acre of corn in two irrigated districts in Colorado. AUTHOR imEX Alien. E. M, c _ _ - n Atkinson, Alfred -----..____«___ 5L). Senton, A. H. 53 Billings, GeorgQ A.- 55 Bovwnan, M. L. -.----..------_-_- _ 24 Boss, Andrew U6 Brooks, Win, P. 35 Burr. W, r;. I+q Ghilcott, E. C, ko Cole, J. S. kO Cooper, T. P. 23, U6 Crossley. B. W. Zk Dadisman, A. J, --_-__-_-___ _ k$ Elser, TiT. L. 36 Foard, IT, E. , 1+2 Carey, L. F. ----_ _________ 61 Goddard, L. H. _-___---_-__-__ 3G GrahaLi, VJ. L, - _ ~ _ ~ ----__-__- -. 41 Hays, nillet M, 22 Holmes, G-eorce E. __________ 16 Incersoll, C, L. S Johnson, 0. M. _---_-_________ l+s Johnson, 0. E. 42 Johnston, J, ________________ 2g Kent, D. A, 7 Ladd, C. E, Uq Lano, C. B. 14 Leavens, Georco B, ------------- k], McHonry, Horris- --____--______ 44 Mirms, Edward E. _--_-_--__-__- 34 Moody. Silas ____ _ __ 5 Moore, E,A, -_ I9, 23 Morcan, G, W, 54 M-umford, Herbert M, ------------- 35 Muncaster, John E. -_-_--_--_--- 45 Myrick, Herbert IS Parjrer, Edward C, 22, 28' Peacock, R. IV. , 32 Pearl, Eayniond ----___-_______ 30 Peck, P. 17. 3S, JKJS AUTHOR IITDEX continned Perin, S. U, g PlTjmbi Charles S. — 10 Porter, V/, H. ,- __«. -j-j Potter, Harry B. 50 Pucsley, C. XI, 33 Smalley, H. R, 52 Snow, B.W. 13, 17 3f:*;i>on3, J. M, - 54 Stone, A. L, I9, 23 Sturtevanti E. Lewis ------------- 3» ^ Thompson, A. L, -*._- 53 Thorne, C. E. 59 Voorhees, E. B. 14 ITeston, 11. A. I5 Zapoleon, L. B,---- _--_--_____, 60 September db, igig. U. S. DEPAREvIENT OF AGRICULTUTlE Office of Farm Mana:^dm>-jnt SELECTED LIST OF REFE'r.BHCES Ol'T THE COS T OF CQ TTQH PHODUGTIQL' Ly Cora L. Feldlcamp, Librai-y AssiGtant, 1399 1. Hyde, John, and Watkins, J. L. The cost of cotton production. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. of Statis.j Bill. 16. 1399. 99p. Estimate :i from 3, '+46 planters for year I096, Tables for cotton producinc states 3ivo:,avera2e cost of producing an acre of cotton on farms showing a profit* by cotinties. Money values, I91U 2 . Murray, K . C, , Cosjt of producin:^ cotton. U.S. Dept, A^^r ,, Farmer s' Bui. Ski, p.l2- Data based on estimateSw from Sbc^ crop reporters for I9IO, Money values. 1917 3. Dixon, H. M. , and Hawthorne, H, \7. An economic study of farming in Sumter County, Georgia, U. S. Dept. A::r. Bui. M92. 1917. bUp. "Cost of producinG cotton", ji,^S-Sk, Results from 53^ survey records taken ir, 191^+. 1912 !+, Bachman, H. F. , & Co. The cost of cotton production, season I917-I3, New York, I9IG. 27p. Ee^iiiB-tes obtained from over c:,COO county correspondents. Money values. - 2 - 5. Tlie cost of cotton rjroduction vfith av^ira.^',c yioids this year's crop vvilli on an averarjuj cost pro'oably ^^j to 2'[ cents por pound. Progressivo f armor) v.33i ■g.l^'l. Jimo 22, igiS. Tqc lares it is iiiipossible to ascertain avoraGu cost of cotton production "by the ordinary cost accountin'-j methods". Average cost in tho past eq-oallod the avera~o price received over a, tcriu of years, TalciiiG average price (ll.ojt) for 1907-lb. as baois coiiiparison is made with both \'fhoat and corn assuixdng that costs had (I9I0) increased by 2, 2-1/4 and 2-1/2 times, 6. ilaskell, E, S, A i-arm-iiianajcTiant sui-vey in Lrooks Countyj Georgia, U, S, Dept. Air. Lul. 648. 131s, 59p. Detailed data on cost of producing cotton obtained by tho survey method for the year l'jJ-4, 7. Packard) Walter E. Cotton culture, California state coujnission of horticulture. Monthly bulletin v.7» p. 181-137. April, I9I0. "Cp&t of production", p.lo5-lG7. A table gives the cost of raising cotton under irrigation in California, Money values. S, Smith, A. G. A farm-management study in ^Inderson Countyi South Carolina, U.S. Dept. Agr. 3ul. ■651. 1913. 32p. Survey study for year 19l4 givin£; data on cost of producing cotton. 9. Texas. Department of Agriculture* Cost of producing the I9IS cotton crop. igid. 4p, A one-man (2 Lmle.) farm of 40 acres with j),0 acres in cotton is as3ui;ned. The costs are estirfiated under 14 headings, said to be based on returns from blanks placed in the hands of several hundred farmers by _ the Texas' Dept. of Agriculture, Money values only. The methods of arriving at most of the costs are not clearly explained. In these calculations it is assumed that the costs per pound vary exactly, though inversely, with the yield of lint. The cost per pound for lint is estimated at 0,36'+ on a yield of 160 pounds per acre, or 40 cents for the predicted yield of 145 pounds.. - J) - 10. Vfennainakcr ( L. J. Cost of cotton 3rown by tenants, Pro[,Tossive farmerj vo3' p.S^'^' July 27, I9I0. - Detailed estiuiate for I9I0 on cost of jrowin- a pound, of cotton when labor costs O30O ^-^•■ir daj-. Cost of cotton por pound 30-'9 <"'ents. 11, Willaxd, R(jz E. A iar.a r;iana~ouoaat study of cotton far-as of Sllis County, Texas. U. S. Dcpt. A-r. 3ul. 659. I9IG. 54p. Data obtained by survey method for I91U on llU farais in Elli.s County, Texas, Febr-'ja.ry 28, I920. U. S. lEPAHTMEMT OF AGillCUlTURE Office of Parrn Maruigciment SELECTED LIST OF REgERaNiCSS ON TliE COST OF PRODUCING FIELD CB OPS. . By Cora L. Feldkarapi Library Assistant, » BEiiNS Bvirritt. M. C. Is bean growing profitable? It all depends on soil climate ani markets. Pt. II. Rm-dl New-Yorker, v.yU, p. SyU. May S, I915. Ta.ble showing acre cost 01 growing beans in each year 1909-191^1 and average on aggregate of nearly 100 acres. Money values oiily. Also per bushel, Hendryi G. W. Bean culture in California. Calif orMa Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 294. 191s. 285 - 3^7P. "Cost of growing beansV p. 33S-339' Itemised taole comparing costs of t^iree systems! dry farming I sub -irrigation, and surface irrigation, Mostly money values, Horse beans. Canada Exp. -farms Rpt. l$^k, p. 99. Detailed statement on the cost of labor for growing 4,18 acres of norse beans and putting the crop into the silos. Labor in days. Labor req.uirem«nt for beans. Michigan farmer. Vfl53, p.UoS. Oct. 4, I9I9. Figures collected hy Michigan Agr, Col. from 52 fj,rmers give average of 43*8 man hours and 57.5 horse ho\irs of labor for one acre of beans. Labor is 50«-6o % of the total cost. Ladd, C. E. Cost accounts on some New York farms. New York Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui 377. iSif^- 769 - si5p. Data obtained by cost accconting methods on cost of producing beans. Tables ..show hours of labor req,uired for each operation; also distrioution by months. Lathrop, F. W. Bean growing in western New York; results of a bean srTvey of Ontario County made in I915. Cornell countryman, v.13, p.582-591. April. 1916. Cost of production figures for I914 crop. Labor reported in hours. - 2 - BEtlNS - Contin-uued Lee, Ora, Jr. Is the tenant getting a fair share of the farm income? Tribune faormer. v. 12, no,5S0) p. 6-7. Dec. 12, 1Q12. Detailed data showing cost • to projn-icitor and tenant of raising 19.'+ acres of beans. Steinel, A. T. Pinto bean growRns are not getting a fair price; revie.v of tne season and estimates of cost of production. Vi/estern farm life> V.I9. no, 23, p,3, 13. Dec. 1, l^lj, n^n-iras kept by a grower in northeastern Colo- rado for 1700 acres show cost cf production a"ari-'j.:?ti)r\^ to -12^,20 per acre; this includes neither interest on land nor interest and depreciation on work stock and macninery eq.uipment . Vfnat ten acres of beans will do in Cohise County. Southwestern stock- man-f a-rmer , v,33> P.^5- April 15 , I917. A report from a successful farmer in Cohise County. , Arizona, recorded 'oy the agricultural agent Paschall. Total cost of growing one acre, $11. 60. BUCKWH EAT Johnson, 0. M. > and Dadisuian, A. J, Amount and cost of labor re;iuired for growing crops in West Virgirda. West Virgiroia Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 163. ISlb. lip, "Amount and cost of man and horse labor re^^uired to grow an acre of buckwheat . . . average yield . . . 24,8 bushels per acre", p, 10, Ladd, C. E. Cost accounts on some New York farms. New York Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 377. 19J-6- 769 - S15p. Data obtained by cost accouxLting methou.K on cost of producing buckwhea,t. Tables show hours of labor required for each ope-ration. also distribution by months. Thompson, A. L. The cost of crop production. New York Dept, Ajr. , Bui. S6, p.2251- 2257. 1916. Data for I9I3 and I914 obtained from farms located in different seccions of the state, man and horse labor. - J) COTiFEAS Cost and yield of soilirg crops. New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. ISOfji p. 351. Data on cose of growiiTg covirpeas. Money values. Johnson) 0. E. , and Foard, W. E. The cost of production on Missouri farms, Missouri Ajr, ISbcp. Sta. Bui. 125. 1915. 2S5~31&p. Cost data on f jrm operation. Labor requirements for cowpea production exijressed in hours, and a tabvdar statemeiit of tl~e money cost of producing cowpeas on 12 acres. Based on detailed cost records. FIAX Atkinson, Alfrea, Step..:ens , J. M, , and Morgan', G. \1. Dry farm crop rotations and cult-oral Aiethods. Montana A-r, Exp. Sta. Bui. lib. 1917. 54p. Cost per acre of producing flax in tlie shock. Mostly money values. Cooper, T. P., Peck, E, Vif, , and Boss, Andrev.', Labor requirements of crop production. • Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui. 157, 1916. 55p. "Labor requirements for producing flax", p. 36. Table showing iiours of mc*n labor and horse labor required for each operation in flax production. Cost of produ.cirg flax. Canada Exp. fari.is, Rpt,, igib, v,l, p. 226, 276. Cost of producing flax at various experimental farms. Labor reported in hours. Hennis, C. M. , and V/illard, E. E. Farm practices in grain farmirg in Nort.: Dakota. U. S, Dept. Agr., Bui 757. 191s. 35p- Detailed noney costs for producing flax. Hays, W. M. , and Parker , E. C. The cost of producirg farm products; metnod of investigation; cost of growing Minnesota field crops, I902 , 3903) I90U, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. . Bul. 4S, I9O0; 90p. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 97; 1906; S6p. Cost of producirjg flax, p. 44-46. Data obtained by cost of account methods. - u - Peck, F. W. Tl-.e cosu of prodracino Miniiesota farm products. 1908-1912. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 1^5. iglU. I|-3p. "Cost of producing flax", p.3S)39. Data obtained ay cost accounting rnetliods. Peck, P. 17. Tlie cost of producing Minnesota field crops, I913-I7. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 179. 10 IS. U2p. Tab, ])l. Cost of producing flax, fall plowisd, in Colcato Co. Flaa-seed, Parker, E. C,, and Cooper, T. P. The cost of producing Minnesota farm products, I902-I907 . U. S. Dept, Agr., B-or. Statis. Bui. 73; I909; ^p. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. , Bui. 117; 19 10; 64p. ''Cost of producing flaxseed", p.3S-40 (p. 32-54 in the Minnesota oulietin) Itemized tahles. HEMP Cooper, T. P., Peclr., F, "V. , and Boss, Andrevir, Labor rs:iu:'.rements of crop production, Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 157. 1916. 55p. .. ''Labor req.^\irements for producing hemp", p. 44, Table showing hours of man labor a.nd horse labor req.uired for each operation in hemp production, ParLser, E. C., and CooxDer, T. P. The cost of producirg Miimesota farm products, I902-I907. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur, Statis, 3ul, 73; I9O9; 6^p. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 117; 19 10; 64p. ''Cost of producing herrrp" , p,45 (p. 39 ^.n the Minnesota 'oulietin) Itemized tables. ISPS. Myrick, Herbert, The hep, its culture and cure, marketin;;; and manafacture. New York, Orange J^iad Co., IS99. "Expenses and profits of hop ciilture", p. 249- ^59. A compilation of data on tr.e cost of growing hops. A number of tables report tne items of cost in detail in N. Y. , Ohio, Pacific Coast, and the Northwest. - 5 - HOPS - continaed. Scovill, J. V. H. The hop crop. Country gentlerna.n. v. 35, p, SO^. Dec. 22, 1€I70. Figiires on cost of .:arvestin(2 hops grown in Oneida and Madison Go-anti3S» N. Y. MII.LST Cost and yield of soiling crops. New Jersey A-r. Exp. Sta. Ept. 1505» p. 351. Detailed data on co,st of growi'iig barnya;rd millet. Money values, Cooper » T, P., Peck, F. W. , and Boss, Andrew. Lahor req.uire.ments of crop production, Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui. 157- 19-0. 55p. '■'Labor requirements for producing millet", p.. ^3« Ta'oie s-..ov/ing lio-ors of man and horse lahor rti^iuired for each operation in millet production Hays J IT. M. , and Parker, E. C. The cost of prod-acin:- farm products; methods of investigation; cost of growir- MiruT-^sota field crops, I902, I9031 1904. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Stat:,K, 3ul. 4&; I906; 90p. Minnesota Agr . Exp. Sta. Bui. 97; 1906; g6p. The cost of producing millet hay, p.'+S. I^ta o'ctained by cost account methods. Peck, F. W. The cost of producing Minnesota farm products 1 I9OS-I912, Minnesota A-r. Exp. Sta. Dul, 1^5. 191^- ^Sp. "Cost 01 producing hay - millet", p. ^3' Data obtained by cost accountirg methods. Peck, F. W. The cost of producing Miiinesota f ield $jtop3. • I913-I7. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 179- 191S. 42p» Tab. 34, Cost of producii3g millet hay in Hals tad Co* Millet seed. Hays, W. M. , and Parker , E, C, The cost of producirg farm products; method of investigation; cost of growing Minnesota field crops, I902, I9O3, 1904. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. s'^atis. Bui. 4S; I906; gOp. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 97; 1906; S6p. Cost of producing millet seed, p. 50. Data obtained by cost account methods. -6i - RICE Cotteell, H. M, Raising rice in Arkansas. Southwest trail, v.35» iio.J) p.2-5) 7- July, 1915. Detailed estimate of the cost per acre of a fifty hushel an acre yield. Total cost per acre, $22, 06. Schof f elmayer , V. H. One-man rice irrigation plants make moneyi small farmers of Grand Prairie near Stuttgart and Hazen, Ark. » harvest yields of 60 to SO bushels an acre at low cost of only $6 an acre* SoutkWgst trail, v.35» no,7» p. 9. July I915. Plowing) planting and raising rice req.uired ahout 21 days, at an average cost of $8,00 a day for labor. Oil and labor for about 90 days of irrigation cost $90i making a total expense of only $270 for tne season, or $6.00 an acre for ^5 acres. SIMFLOWERS Cost of labour for growing sunflower heads for fodder. Canada Exp. farms Rpt. , I894. p. 100, Detailed statement of the cost of labor for growing 4 acres of sunflowers and putting the heads into the silos. Labor reported in days, A Missouri sunflower crop. Riaral New-Yorker, v, 73, p. 351- ^a^- 7» 13'^^' Figures on tne cost of growing 11 acres of sunflowers. Labor reported in days. SOYBEANS Barlow, F- F. Some interesting experieace.' _v.'ith the soy bean crop in New Jersey; soy beans still an experimental crop in the northern states; how one '' farmer produced them, and what it cost; the immediate factors to be considered in thrashirg. Tribune farmer, v. 12, no.SlO, p.l. July 10. 1913- Detailed data on the cost of growirg soybeans. - 7 - SOYEExUiTS - continued. Harvey f T, 17. Pays net ret-urn of $^3, 17 per '3,cre; soybean crop makes a neat profit for the Indiana farmer; special method cult-ure. Farm Life, v,3^» no. 2, p. 9. Ang., I5I5. Excict record of season's expenses. Total cost per acre) $13.3311 and cost per bushel, $.73. Johnson, 0.. R. , and Foard, ?^. E, The, co3t„of production on Missouri farms. Missouri Agr. Exp. Sta; Bui. 125^^ iqi^. 2S5-3l6p. Oost data on farm operations. Labor require- . ments for soybean production expressed in hours, and a tabular statement of the money cost of producing soybeans on 55 acres. Bs-sed on detailed cost records, Phillips, T, D. Soybeans in rotation. Ohio farmer, v.l37> p.455. Mar, 25, 1916, Labor cost of growirg 15.4 acres of soybeans at the Ohio state -university fai-m in I915. 2,217.5 '^'^'^ hours, and 1»192 horse hours. Man labor cost 20 cents an hour, and horse labor 15 cents. Rye straw and soybeans. New Jersey Agr , Exp. Sta. Rpt. igiM-, p. 204-5. Detailed data on cost of producirjg 6 acres of rye straw d,nd soybeans. See also tne following • entry . Soybean Seed. Soybeans. New Jersey Aj;r . E:ip. Sta, Rpt, 1913> p-401 - 5. Detailed cost data for 3 l/'^ acres of rye followed by soybeans, and I3 seres of soybeans grown for seed. Labor reported in hours. TOBACCO Arnold, J. H.,and Montgomery, Frank. Farming in the bluegrass region; a study of the organization and management of 178 farms in central Kentucky, U, S. Dep'c. Agr., Bui. 4S2, 29p. Labor distribution for tobacco* and cost of produccion per pound. - s - TOBACCO - continued. Battle, H, B., et al. Tobacco -CTiring by the leaf cure on wire and the stalk processes. North Carolina Agr. Exp. Sta, , Bui. S6. IS92. 30p. Cost of curing by leaf -cure method and by stalk-cure method, Labor reported in hours. Blackford, Itanic. Cost of growing tobacco. Ohio farmer. v.l4U, p.162-163. Aug. I61 1919. Items of cost in growing an acre of tobacco in Miami Valley, mostly in money values. Total cost of growing an acre, $129.75, or about 16 1/3 cents per pound. Floyd, M. L. Cultivctiion of cigar-leaf tobacco in Florida, U. S. Dept. Agr. ; Ept. 62. 1399, 31p. "Cost of growii^g tobacco in Florida" , p. 23-25. Eq,uipment and capital required for a 5OO acre farm are given. Average cost of tobacco on this farm is IS l/2 cents per pound. Detailed figures not given. Frear, William, and Hibshrnan, E. K. Cost of production of Lancaster County filler tobaccos. Pennsylvania Agr. Exp. Sta,, Ept. I9O9, P.IS5-I93. Table of estimates of cost and profit of tobacco culture, 1379 > ^™- table of total cost of tobacco production . ">•;.- or 2i„ 6 cents per po^md. Time required for the various opex-ations. McHess, G, T, 1 and Mass ey, G. B, Tobacco inv'^stigations in Ohio, U, S. Dept. Agr, > Bur. Soils, Bal. 23. I^j05. 33p. "Ooit of produ-Ction" ) p.25» 26, Pigr.res on cost are given in money valites ordy. This bulle- tin is a continuation of the Vv'ox'ilr reported in U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Soils i Bui. 27. See preceding entry. iVbrch 3, 1920. U. S. DEPimE'/EKT OF AGRICULTUES Office of Faxm Ma-x,ap,e,;.e-ut SEUGTED LIST OF .REFERBIICS S OW THH: COST OF PEOSUGING- MY. By Coi'a L. Feldlcampi Liorary Assistant. Benton, A. H. Farm tenancy and leases. Minnesota Agr. Exp, Sta. Bui. I7S. 191s. 33p. Tab, 10 > Cost of producins tame hay and division of expense between landlord and tenant. Cooper. T. P., Peck, F. W. , and Boss, Andrew. Labor reqrJrements of crop production. Minnesota Agr. Exp, Sta. Eul. 157. 1916. 55p. Tables showing hours of inan labor and horse labor required for each operation in production of tarns and wild hay, p,59' ^!"Q» Cost of producing hay, Canada Exp. farms Rpt. 1915> v.l, p. 173 -355 » 1516, y,l, p,lS7-3S2. Batailed data on the cost of growing hay at various experiment farms. Labor reported in hours. Graham, W. L. . and others. Summary of results of field husbandry, I91U, Canada Exp. farms, Bui. S3. 1915. 55P- Cost of production of field crops, p. 11. Total cost per acre for first and for second year hay in 1914. Pies-jlts in money values only. Hays, \7. M, , and Parker; E, C. The cost of produciiTg farm products; method of investigation; cost of growing Minnesota field crops, I902, I903, 1904. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Bui. kS; I906; 90 p. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui. 97; I9O0; S6p. Cost of produciiTg wild grass hay, p.4S-9. Data obtained by cost account methods. Ingersoll* C. L,, and Perin* S, W. The cost of farm crops. Nebraska Agr. Exp, Sta, Bui. 29. I093. 35 - U2p. Cost and profit in growirg hay on the station farm in IS92, Money values only. - 2 Johnsonj 0. M», and DadiSuian. A. J. Amount and cost of iaoor raquirod for growing crops in West Virginia West Virginia A£;r. Exp, Sta, 3ul. 1S3. I916. lip. "Amotmt and cost of man and horse labor req.uired to harvest an acre of loay , , . average yield ... I.27 tons per acre"» p.9- McCl-ure, H, B. Farm practice in tlie production of hay in Steuben County > N. Y.j and V/ashington County) Pa. U. S. Dept, Agr., Bui. 6U1. I5IS. lop. "A detailed study of the amount of labor required per acre per ton for each operation) and the machinery gharges per acre and per ton." Mixed Hay. New Jersey A;];r. Exp. Sta., Ept. 19l4, p, 202-3. Detailed data on cost of prodv.cing ik l/2 acres of mixed hay. Peck, P. W. The cost of producing Minnesota farm products* I9OS-I912. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 1U5. I914. 4Sp. "5ost of producirig bay — wild", p.'+2. Data obtained by cost accounting methods. Peck* F. U. The cost of producing Minnesota field crops, I913-I7. Minnesota Agri Exp. Sta. Bui. 179. 191s. 42p. Tab, 35 » Detailed figures on cost of producing wild hay in Hals tad County. Pugsley. C. W, Cost of growing crops in Nebraska. Neb)raska Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 122 1911. 12p. Cost of growing wild hay in I909 reported in money values only. Data obtained oj means of a questionnaire. fiotheriberger. V/. H. What production cost records show. Pennsylvania farmer, v. 39, p.136, 13s. Feb. 5, 1916. Data on cost per acre of producing 60 acres of hay in Pennsylvania. Man labor and horse labor reported in hours. Smalley, H. R. Ifenagement of mack-land farms in northern Indiam and southern Michigan. U. S, Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 761. I916. 26p. Labor reported in hours. Survey of l40 farms. - 3 - Thompson) A. L. The cost of crop production. New York Dept. A^r., Bui. 06, p,2251- 2257, 1916. Data on hay obtained from farms located in different sections of the State. Han labor and horse labor. Thorne, C. E. The Cost of crop production in Ohio. Ohio Ajr. Exp. Sta. , Mo. Bui, V.3, no,ll» p037-3^3. Nov., 1913. Total cost of producing hay on the average Ohio farm for the ten years I9O0-I51 and for I9I8. Discussion .of the factors that must be considered in cost studies. Time of cuttirg grass for hay, etc. Country gentleman, v.23, p. 362)363. June 9, 1S64. Estimates for cuttiing 50 acres. Labor reported in days. What farm accounts show. Eruit belt) v.l^) no. 6) p. 11, June I9IS. Records of farmer near Buncetoni Mo, » show "Cost of producing one ton of hayj includirg labor and interest at 5 p^r cent) about Oo per ton" . ALFALFA Alfalfa hay) New Jersey Agr. Eicp. Sta., Ept. I913, p, 392-6, HoS- 5 ; , UlO-12; 1914, p. 203-4. Ept. 1913> p. 392-6, UO0-9 . detailed data on the cost of gtowing a 9 and a I9 acre field of alfalfa .-.a;^. p.4l0-2, detailed data on cost of seeding a ten acre field of alfalfa; labor reported in hours, Hpt. 1914, detailed data on cost of producing alfalfa on a 9 acre and a 27 acre field. See also entry under Cost and yield of soilirg crops, BilliBgs, G, A. Seasonal distribution of farm labor in Chester County, Pa. U. S. Dept, Agr, Bui. 52s. 1917- 29p. Survey figures on duty of machinery in seeding and harvesting alfalfa, also man labor and norse labor req.uired to grow an acre. Cost and yield of soiling crops. New Jersey Agr. Exp, Sta,,, Ept. 1905» p.351> Data on cost of growing alfalfa (first) third, and fourth cuttir^gs). Money values. See also entry under Alfalfa hay. -k - ALFALFA - contirtiied, Cost of producing alfalfa hay. Canada Sxp. f arras Rpt. i 1915' v.l p. 244, 252-3. 336J 191b, v.l, p. 27s, 352-3. Cost of producing alfalfa at various experi- mental farms, Laoor reported in hours. Farm department. Ontario Agr. Col. Exp. farm, 42d iinn. Rpt., 1916, p.21-29. Figures obtained by the cost accounting method on the cost of producing alfalfa on the college farm in 1915- Method of computing horse labor and method of computing cost of machinery dis- cussed. Money values only. Keyser, Alvin. Farm cost on the Colorado agricultural college farm, Colorado Agr. Exp. Sta. Dul. 203. 1914. 56p. Cost of growing alfalfa > p, IS-iy, Data obtained by the cost accoTint method. Ladd, C. E. Cost accounts on some Nevv York farms. New York Cornell A3r. Exp. Sta., Bui. 377. 1916. 769-SI5P. Data obtained 'oy cost accouiiting methods on cost 'Of producing alfalfa. lables show hours of labor re^^uired for each operation, also distribution by months. , Peck, F. W. The cost of producing Minnesota field crops, I913 - 17 • Minnesota Agr, Exp. Sta. Bui. 179. 191s, 42p. Tab, 33 > Detailed figures on the cost of producing alfalfa hay, Pijgsley, C. W. Cost of growing crops in Nebraska. Nebraslca Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui. 122, 1911. 12p. Cost of growirg alfalfa in I9O9. Data obtained by means of a questionnaire and reported in money values only. Rothenberger, W. H, What production cost records show, Pennsylvania farmer, v.39> P.136> 13s. Feb. 5, 1916. Data on cost per acre of producing i l/2 acres of alfalfa in Pennsylvania. Man labor and horse labor reported in hours. - 5 - CLOVER . Cost of production of hay. Caixida Exp. farms Ept.) 1915» v,l, p. 17S» 214-15; I9l6» v.l, p. 194, 230-1^ 245, 253, 274. Detailed data on the cost of growing various acreages of clover iiay in a series of rotations, Farm department. Ontaric A;;r. Col, Exp. farm) 42d Ann, Ept. 1 1916) p,21-29. Jigxires c^bt.'.ined by the cost accounting method on the cost of producing clover on the college fj-rm in i'-_,'15. Metihod of computing horse lalj'cr and method of com- putirg ccst of machinery discussed. Money values only. Johnson. 0, E. , and Foard, W. E. The cost of production on Missouri farms. Missouri Agr. Exp. Sta, > 3ul. 125, 1$15. 235-3l6p. Cost data on farm operations. Tahular statement of the money cost of producing clover on 6b, 5 acres. Based on detailed cost records. Porter, W. R. Cost of producing farm crops. North rDakota Agr. Exp. Sta,, I3ul. 104, 1913. 59 - 117P. Results of records and estimates on cost of producing clover on the demonstration farms in Worth Dakota. Results reported in money values for years I906-I912, Pugsleyi C. W. Cos-t" of growing crops in Nebraska. Nebraslca Agr, Exp. Sta. » 3ul. 122, ■ 1911. 12p. Cost of growing clover in I9O9. Data obtained by means of a questionnaire. Money values only. Clover Seed, Cooper, T, P. > Peck, E, W. , and Boss, Andrew, Labor requirements of crop production, Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 157. 1916 • 55P. "Labor requirements for producing clover seed", p. 42. Table showing hours of man labor and horse labor req,-dired for each operation in clover seed production. - 6 - Clover Seed - continaed, Parker, E. C and Cooper, T. P. . The cost of producing Minnesota farm products. I302-1907. U, S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Bui. 73j I909; bgp, Minnesota Agr. Exp, Sta. Bui. 117; I9IO; 6ij-p. "Cost of producing clover — cut for seed", p. 31 (P'^:; in the Minn. Bui.) Itemized cost in Northfield, Rice County. Peck, F. W. The cost of producing Minnesota fa^m products, I9OS-I912. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 145. 191^. "^-Sp. "Cost of producing clover — cut for seed". p.U2. Data obtained by cost accounting methods. Peck, F. W. The cost of producing Minnesota field crops> 1913-17- Minnesota Ag;:. Exp. Sta. Bui. 179. IQIS. 42p. Tab, 37' Cost of producirig clover cut for seed in Hals tad Co, Taylor, F. E. Cost of growing clover seed. \Yallaces' Farmer,- v.4o, p. 1342. Oct. S 1915. Costs in two fields with respective yields of 1.17 and 3«51 bushels per acre in Warren Co., Ill, TIMOTHY Barlow* F. S. The cost of producing timothy hay on a New Jersey farm; the details of the cost of growing 509 V^ tons of hay on 223 acres in 3 successive years (I9IO, I9II, I912) ... Average cost of $13.53 a ton and $31.32 an acre large. Tribtine farmer, v. 12, no. 5SS, p. 5, 1, Feb. 6,1913 Labor reported in days, Farm department. Ontario Agr. Col. Exp. farm, kZi Ann. Ept. , I916, p,21-29. Figures obtained hy the cost accounting method on the cost of prodvicing timothy on the college farm in 1915» Method of computing horse labor and method of com- puting cost of machinery discussed. Money values only. Hays, W, M, , and Parker. E. C. The cost of producing farm products; method of investigation; cost of growing Minnesota field crops, I902, I903, 1904. U. S. Dept; Agr., Bur. Statis, Bui, 4S; 1906; 90p. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 97; 1906; S6p. Cost of producing timothy hay, p. 49. Data obtained by cost account methods. - 7 - TIMOTHI - continued Parkeri E. C. ,and Coopor, T. P, ' The cost of prod-uciiqg Minnesota farm products* I902-I907. U. S, Dept, Agr.. B-ur, Statis. Bui. 73; igOJi ^p. Minnesota Igr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 117, 19 10 J 64p. "Cost of .producing hay — timothy") p*44, (p. 3s in Minn, Bui.) Itemized tables, Timothy hay. New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta.) Ept, I912, p,176-177; 19l4, p. 202, Detailed data on the cost of producing timothy hay. Labor reported in detail. Timothy Seed. Cooper) T. P.) Peck, F, W, , and Boss, Andrew, Lahor requirements of crox^ production. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 157. 1916. 55p. "Lalsor requirements for producing timotl:^ seed", p.4l. Table showing hours of man labor and horse, labor required for each operation in production of timothy seed, Kays, W. M, , and Parker. E, C. The cost of producing farm products; method of investigation; cost of growing Mitonesota field crops, I902, I903, I90I+. U, S, Dept, Agn, Bur. Statis. Bul. 4S; I906; 90p. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 97; 1906; S6p. . Cost of producing timothy seed, p.53-^- Data obtained by cost account method, Parker I E. C, and Cooper » T. P. The cost of producing Minnesota farm jJroducts I902-I907 . U. 5. Dept, Agr., Bur, Statis. Bul. 73; I9G9; ^p. Minnesota Agr, Exp, -Sta. Bul. 117; I9IO} S^P* "Cost. of producing timothy — out for seed"i P. ^ (p. 4^ in Minn. Bul) Itemized table. Peck, F. V/, ^ r. ,. The cost of prodr.cing Minnesota farm products I905-I912, Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 1^5, iglU, kSp, "Cost of producing timothy, cut for seed — shock-threshed") p.'+l. Data obtained by cost accounting methods. . , Peck) F. W, The cost of producing Minnesota field crops, I913-I7. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 179- 191s. 42p. Tab. 36, Cost of producing timothy cut for seed in Hals tad Co. - s J TIMOTHY AND CLO^rER Billings, G. A, Seasonal distribution of farm labor in Chester Countyi Pa, U. S. Dspt. Agr. Bui. 523. 1917. 29p, Sm-vey figures on duty of inachinery in seed- ing and harvesting timothy and clover; also man lator and norse labor rcq,uired to grow an acre. Cost of seeding timothy and clover meadow, .New Jersey Agr, Exp, Sta, » Rpt, 1913, p. 399-^00. Detailed data for a 1^1-1/2 acre field. Labor reported in b.oiurs. Hays, W. M, , and Parker > E. G, The cost of producing farm products; method of investigation; cost of growing Minnesota field crops, 1902,1903)190^. U. S, Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis, Bui. 4S; I906; 90?.. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui. 975 1906; S6p,. Cost of producing hay (timothy and clovtr) p. 47, ^3. Data obtained by cost account methods. Ladd, C. E. Cost accou.nts on some New York farms. New York Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 377. 1916. 79b-315p. Data obtained by cost accounting methods on cost of producing timothy and clover hay, Tables show hours of labor req.uired for each operation, also distribution by months. Parker, E. C, and Cooper. T, P, The cost of producing Minnesota farm products, I902-I907. U, 'S. Dept, Agr,, Bur, Statis. Bui. 73; I909; 69P. Minnesota Ap:. Exp, Sta, Bui. 117; 1910; b4p. "Cost of .producirg hay — timothy and clover", p. H2 (p. 3 6 in Minn, Bui.) Peck, F. W. The cost of producing Minnesota farm products, 1903-1912, Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. IU5, 191^, 43p, "Cost of producing hay — timothy and clover", p,4l. Data obtained by cost accounting methods. Peck, F. W. The cost of producing Minnesota field crops, I913-I7. Minnesota Agr, Exp. Sta. Bui. 179. 191s. 42p, Tab, 32 > Detailed figures on the cost of produc- ing timothy and clover hay in Hals tad and Cokato counties, See also references under MILLET in list for FIELD CROPS. U. S. DEP.mfi.xElTT OF AGEICULTUHE Office of Farm Management SELECTED LIST OF REFERENCES Oi'I TEE COST OF lYiILK Pl-^ODUCTIOH . Ly Cora L, Feldi p.37^-377J 190^' p.i+07-4iO; 190 p. 293-302; 1907, P.79-S2; 1909, p.7:?-76; 1910» p. 0^-67; 1912, p. 194-199; 1913, P.314-31S; 1914, p. 149-155, 15S-16SJ 1915, p.130- 134, 13s. Data for the station herd. Cost data is not complete in all respects but is valuable because it covers a series of years. 2, Pearson, H, A. The value of milk. Now York State Agr. Soc. 57th Ann, Hpt. IS97 , p. 393-401. Problem of producing cheaper milk. IS9S 3, Cost of producing milk. NdW Jersey Agr. Exp, Sta. Ann. Rpt, I09S, p.215- 217. See also entry no. 1. IS99 4, Cost of producing milk. New Jersey Agr, Exp. Sta. Ann. Rpt. IS99. p.c57- 260. See also entry no, 1. 5, Lane, Clarence 3, Dairy expariments: the yield, composition, and cost of milk; expori monts with different rations. New Jersey Agr. Exp, Sta, 3ui. 137. IS99, 24p. Feeding exxjerimcnta with a herd of grade cows for a period of 3 years. Average:, cost of production (feed and labor only) for 3 years, p. 7 and S. Good data on cost of feed for different rations. ci - 1900 6, Cost of producing milk. Hew Jjrsoy A^r. Eicp. Sta, Ann. Hpt. I9OO, p.295- 29s. Siio also ontry no. 1, 1901 7. Cost of producins milk. ITow Jorsoy A^r. Exp, Std. Ann. Pipt. 1901» -g.^ol- 290. Soo also i^ntry no. 1. 3, Dairy herd records. Canada Exp. farms Ept. I9OI, p. 266-277; ' I902, p.6>-72i 1903, p. 61-67; 1904, p. 49-61; 1905. p. 51-61; 1906, p,.54-65; 190S; P.5J-6I; 1910.. p. 66-71; 1911, p, 0I-65; 1913, p, 5^3-3*33. Milk production and cost of fead, 1902 9, Cost of prodtLCin^ milk. How Jersey A^r. Exp, Sta, Ann. iiptj I902, p.312- 315. See also ontrs*-, no. 1. 10« Dairy herd rocorda.-' Canada Exp. farms Rpt. 1902> p. 63-72. See -also entry no. S. < , ' 1903 11. Cost of producing milk. Hew Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. Ann. Spt. I903 . p.374- 377. See also entry no, 1. 12. Dairy herd records. Canada Exp. farms Ept. 1903> P.6I-67. See also entry no. S, 1904 13 Cost of producing milk. Hew Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. Ann. Pipt, 1904, p.407- 410. See also entry jao. 1. 14. Dairy herd records. Canada Exp. farms Rpt. 1904> p.49-bl. See also entry no. S, J - 1905 15. Dairy hard records. Cana-da Exp. far..:s Hpt. I905, p.51-bl, Sdij also ontry no.' S. 1906 16. Cost of producinj uilk. How Jersey A^r. Exp. Sta, Ann. Ilpt. I906, p, p, 79- See also entry no, 1. I9O8 19. Dairy herd records, Canada Exp. faruis lipt. 190^» p.5o-6l See also entry no. S. 20. Elint) Paul il. » and Doruiani J. E. , Cooperative dairy investigations, G-eor^ia A^r. Exp. Sta. -Bui. S0« p. 14:^-172. 19 Oo. Production and feed cost records from 4 herds for 1 year, This study corresponds to cow testing association work in the northern states. Value of calf and uianure was esti- :.iated to offset cost of labor; other items of expenses omitted, 21. Voorhees, E. J, The cost of produciiig a ^.-aart of milk. Address "Ideal dairying" jiven beforu the Hew Jersey sanitary association. Hoard's dairy- man* v.jo, p.1252-1253. Jan. 10. I9O0. Figures on cost of milk to j classes of producers; 1, Producer of certified milk. 2. Producer of clean out not certified milk. 3- Careless producer representing large class* Investment and annual running expenses of 100 acre farm in money values. Labor not reported in hours. - k * 1909 aZ, Cost of producinc ailk. How Jersey Acr. Jikp. Sta. Ann. ilpt* 1909, '9>lj-l^> Sjw also ontry no. 1, 23. 'Jintor .ni Ik production. Ireland) Dopt. Ajr, > Jour, v.91 p.o65-69''+i v,10i p. 14-^4. July, 1909; Oct., 1909. Fi.jurjs fro.u ordinary far:ns. Comparison, of the receipts and oxpxnditures of win- tor and sui/iuor milk production, 1910 24. Cost of producinc rnilk, ITow Jursoy A^r. Exp. Sta. Ann. Rpt. 1910» p. 64-67. StiQ also entry no, 1. 25. Dairy herd records, Canada Sxp, farms Spt. I9IO1 p, 06-7I. See also entry no. S, 26. Heineinann, Paul G-, , Can clean milk be produced at small costi Hoard's dairyman, v. 41, p. 1223 -1224. ITov. 13, 1910, Description of dairy barn owned \ij 1). D. ■Tilliajns, near Wa-ulcesha, ITisconsinj cost of oiiuipment for tiie production of cer- tified millc. This barn has 29 stalls, 27. Ii^kintosh» James, First report on the cost of food in the production of milk in the counties of Kent ajid Sm-rey, ITye, Kunt, Jour, of the South -East A^r, Col. no. I9, i^,35-5^« 1910, .3rd report, 1914, S2p,, and 4th report* 1915, 95p,, by Garrad, Detailed records on cost of feeds, together with milk production records for each cow, 4th report ^ives brief smnmary of the records of the past three years. 4th re^jort abstracted in Int. Inst, A^r. Mo, 3ul. A^t. Intel, and plant Dis. , v,7, p, 425-426, March, I916. Eirst report in 'Tye, Kent> Jour. South- East Acr. Col. no. I9, p. ^5-34, I9IO. Second report in '.Tye, Kent. Joux, South- East Agr, Col. no. 22, P.19-7S. Third report in V/ye, Kent. Jour. South- East A^r, Col. no. 22, p,79-l6o. 2d, 3^-1 and 4th reports also printed separately. t - 5 - 2S. Poi.tor, 3. 17. Estiiaatin:^ the cost oi' millc. Country ■^.jntloman) v.75» IP-jlS-JoO, April 14, 1910. ilrtlclo on esti.natiiic cost of ordinary and CGi'tii.ied ■-lilh. 29, Spillman, '7. J. Is dairy larmirjg ■ji-ofitable? Hoard' o dairyiiian, v. 41, p.404, 405^ April 15, 1910," FiGures i'or I'd typos of dairy farms ua-ih havin- an acroaga of oO aci-'js, 30, uhitak^ri Goorco M, Iliiflections on some rocont dairy oviints, i.'Iaincj Dept. A^r. 9th Ann. r.pt. 1910, p, 190-203. Addross' ojioro the State dairy conference and iviaine dairy-aen* s association.. I9IO, A valtiable review ana discussion of data on cost of uilk production appearin; In official repiort-j fro;a other institutibns, IQll 31, Cooper, llhomas P. The cost of Minnesota dairy products, I904-I909, Minnesota A^r. Exp. Sta. 3ul. 124; igil; ISSp. U.S. Dept. Agr', , 2vr, Statis, Dul.SS; 1911; S4p. A dotailea study on the cost of producing nilk in thi'S's typical dairy districts. Data ob'oained liy cost accounting methods, 32, Cost of market milk. U. S, Dept. A^r. Farzuers' 3ul. 469. Exp. Sta, work, LXVI, p. 10-16. 1911. A coiiTpilation oi station and department literature, and also articles apxjearing in the agricultural press. 33, Dairy herd records. Canada Exp. farms Hpt. , 1911> p. 61-65. S-o also entry no, 3, 34, Dans tan. Cost of winte*' feeding in mill, prodaccion. Ei_;hland and Agr. Soc, of Scotland, Transactions, ser.5) v,2j), p. 141-147. I9II. Abo tract of reports issued by Hye South I'astern agricultural college on cost of food in the production of milk. See also entry no. 27. > 35. Monrad, J, II. ThG cost of uill: production; various ustt^iatos made during a period of tvvonty-fivo years; arc our dairy fanacrs Wv;ll paid? ITi^w York produce Eov. and Amer. creaii.ory. v. 33' 110 • 1» p,46,4oj50, Oct. 25, 1911. A digest of available data on cost of milk production. 1912 36, Cost of producinG milk. Uow Jersey ^lr;r. Eip . Sta. Ann. Rpt. 1912, x).l<^h- 199. See also entry no. 1. 37- Manning » Albert. Cost of milk production. New York State Dopt.Aj;;r. Hul. _,^ , p. 1043- 1047. 1912. Address by lA". J.fe,nnini-j, a farr-ier. jiving data on his own herd of 20 cows. 3S. ThonpQon, E. II, V/hat docs one hundred pounds of uilk cost the dairyman? Tribune farmer, v. 11, no.555» p.l^ June 20, I912, "Some facts glsaned fran a Delaware County (iT.Y. ) cow testing association report (ITuw York State Dept, Ar^r. Dul, ^0, Dec, 1911) show it cost v9C«73 to k^ep cow one year. 5»^75 pounds of milk at Ol.SO a hundredweight reciuired to pay expanses. 39, Trueman, J. M. Records of a dairy herd for five j^oars. Connecticut Storrs A^r. Eicp. Sta. 3ul. 7^, p.l25-l4s. 1912. Cost of feed for I9O0-I9II reported in detail, but labor cost, deijrcciation » bedding, etc. , not it^^mized. 1913 40. Cost of producing milk. Hew Jersey Agr. Exp, Sta. Ann. Rpt. lyl^ , p.3l4- ^IS. Suo also untrjr no. 1, kl. Crowther, Charles, and Rust on, Arthur G. Cost of food in the production of .:dlk. , Univ. Lueds and Yorkshii-e council for Agr. Educ. no. 06, 1;;13> 27p; £S, 1S13> ,^p; 51. 1914, 40p; 93, 1915. .7p. "Data ai"" _jj.v^:i o^j. :hd production of milk in the herds undex- study, the value of the milk, the x -ed consumed the cost of feeding, aiK. the milk-fat jercentagQ." 7 - 42. Dairy herd records, Canada Exp, $itfi...s rpt. 1913> p.54-^-56;>, Soo also ontry no, o. ^;). Erf, Oscar - Cost of uiilk production. Intcrnat. Assoc, of dairy and milk inspec- tors, 2d ann-ual Ept. I913, p.119-126. Fifjuros frOiii difforjnt sources, chiefly cow to s tine associations and advanced registry records iro..i all parts of Ohio. Cost of kocpin^; a cow ono year $197 -50' Monoy values only, kk, Garrad, G.II, , and Jfeckintosh, Jauos, Second report on the cost of food in the production of uilk in the counties of Kent and Surrey, I912. 1913- ^OP' See- also entry no. 27. 45. Graybill, J. L. Urin^inr; the dairy herd to account. Hoard's dairyiaan, v.U6, p.4S0) 496. Nov. 21, 1913. Detailed study on cost 01 ;;iili- production in Dalti-iiOre County, Maryland, for 10 herds. Average cost per gallon is 0.179^* 46. Lcavitt, J, H, Cost of producing high class iiiilk in 0klaho:.ia. Hoard's dairyLian, V.45, p. 31 k, March 21, I913. Figurei:. on cost of producing certified milk on a dairy farm located four miles • from a city of 70(000. Total cost per pound 3o4 cents or 7-1/2 cents per quart. 47. Lindsoy, J. 3, Record of the station dairy herd and the cost of milk production. Massachusetts Agr. Exp. Sta. 3ul. 145, I9I3. 31 P« "A record of the a.mount and cost of the food consiBied and of the milk produced by each cow in the station herd from I09S thro-u^h 1911. The estimated cost of housing and car in ^ for the cow and her product is also stated which added to the food cost) shows a total average yearly cost of vl46,04 per cow." ko. Now York state food investigating couimission. Pioport of the coi-iiuittee on production, April 15, 1913» Albany, J. 3, Lyon Co. . 191^. 31 P» "Milk production in Delaware County for the year I9II-I2", p.22-2G. Figures by J/Ir- A. L, Thompson from 155 dairy farms. '^. Hasraussonj Frod. Cost of ;.iili: production, ilov/ IlaiapsMro Col, and Exp. Sta. Ext. 2ul. 2. 1913. 20p. Eo suits of a year's woxv: ',/ith Lyndoboro covif tost association comprising 2b herds ard 326 cows, Thu dvorajc yiold was 'o,kb]).6 lbs, of iiiilk and 243.6 lbs. of Mili:: fatj tha avara^o pcirccnta^vj 01 fat j.lS; tho avorago cost of food 2.U cents ;^jor cj_uart; tho rut"arns por cow por yoar above food v^3'77j ^^^o- thu returns for each dollar's worth of feed consumed vl.59' 50, Thoijpson, A. L. The cost of producing milk. Ainer. farm iVL^t. Assoc, 4th ann. Proc. 1913, p. 62-55. Data published later in Hew York Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. 3ul. 364, I915. See also entry no. 67. 1914 51. Cost of producinc milk. Hew Jersey A^r. Exp. Sta. Ann, Ept. 19l4, p.l^g- 155, 153-163. See also entry no, 1. 5a. Crowthcr, Charles, and Huston, Arthur G-. Cost of food in the production of milk. Univ. L^eds and Yorkshire council for Ar;r. Educ. no. 9I. 1914. 4Qp. See also entrj'' no. 4l. 53. Eckles, C. H. Factors affcctin_, economical milk production. Massachusetts state Bd. A^r. Ann. , Rpt. 19l4. p.9l-ll4. Address iiicludinc ficurcs on feed consumed cost of feed and milk, yield of 3 Holstein cows with an avera,^!-: iDroduction of S426 pounds of milL, and of .3 Holstein cows with an aver ace production of 57^9 pounds of milk in Missouri. Ite,ta is also quoted from Hew Hamj) shire bulletin. 54. Garrad, G. II. Third report on the cost of food in the counties of Lent and Surrey, 17ye4 iCenti Jour. South-East A'jr. Col. no. 22, p.y^-lbC. Also published separately, 19l4, 32p, See also entry no, 27, - 9 - 55» Ilarwood) P. i/I. V/hat it costs to jjroauco .iiilk in ilovv Eriijland. I'/iassaclmsotts state Bd. A.-r. Giro, 9, I914. Cs-ipilaticn of data pv.blished by Connec- ticut StorrS) Huvv Ilanp shire ) and Massachu- sotts cxperiiiient stations. 56. Kolly, Ernest. Factors influencin{3 the cost of riil.i to the consui'nor. Hoard's dairyman, v.kj, p. 431-43;). April dk, 1914, Disc-asses at length factors to be considered when fi urin^ the cost of iiiilk production, •57 • Pottsi lioy C. Annual report of a ..xar^^ut uill: larui. Hoard's dairyiiiani v.4J) p,l4l, Sopt. 4, 1914, An accouni; ior 19^3 Qi" ■^ ^00 acre aairy farn with a herd of bo cows. Farm known as the I'olle Isle dairy near Oklahoma City. Itemized table shovvinj tho total exp^jnso per cow as ^^^29, 32. Total receipts not itoiiiized. 1915 55, Boston chamber of co.-Ti'iierco, Investigation and analysis of the productioni transportation) inspec- tioni and distribution of milk and creai'a in iTow En~land. I915. Cost of productioni p.lO-lo. Figures from three producers show the net cost of ii-oepinj a cow as follows.' ^"0.9^) v7l«91i and $142,00. 59, The cost of milk production. Hoard's dairyaian> v, 4o> p.obg, byo. Jan. 1, 1915. Tables showing;,' the cost of producing a quart of milk inMaJs.i Conii. , N. J. j Md. j II. H,, 111, > ana Miiin. » ana cost when cows vary in a.nount of milx'. produced, 60, Cost of producin:^ milk. New Jersey A^r. Exp. Sta. Ann. iipt. 1915) p.ljO- 134, 133. See also entry no, 1. 61, Crowthor ) Cliarlcs, and Plus ton, Arthur G. Cost of food in ohe production of milk^ Univ. L-^eds-and Yorkshire council for A^r. Educ. , no. 90. 1915' 37 P- See also entry no. 4l. 10 62. Garrad, G. II, Fo-urth report on tho cost of food in the production of uilk in the counties of Kent and Surrey. \Iyc, Kent, South-Sast A^r, Col., Rpt. cost food Prod, hliliz 4. 1^15. 95p. Gives brief su^.uary of records of past 3 years. Abstracted in Int. Inst, A^r.j Mo. Ziul. A:;r, Intel, and Plant Dis. v.], p.425-i|26, March I916. See also entry no. 27- 63. Griff en, Almond. A study of dairy costs, Michigan farmer, v. 144, p.lCy. Feb. I3, 1915. Pieport of stxidies conducted hy the Michigan A,;;;r. Exp. Sta. 64. Hopper, H.A. , ana Hobertson, F.E; The cost of uilh ^jroduction. ilevv York Cornell A:;;r, Exp. Sta. 3ul, 357 > p. 133-162. 1915. Data based on records of Jefferson Co-anty, New York, cov/ testing] association for period April I, 1913> to March 3I, '1914. 65. Linl'ulater, IT, A. ...Cost of milk, I7estern '7ashin;.;ton A,~r, Exp. Sta. Mo, ]3ul, v. 2. no, 10, p. 13. Jan., I915. 66. Stevens, F, E, ■ Cost of producin; milk, Pennsylvania farraer, v, 37, p.l39-l4o. Feb. 13, 1915. Dasod on reports and bulletins of Huw Hampshire, New York State, Massachusetts, and New Jersey A^r, Exp. Stas. , and Illinois and Jefferson cow testing associations. 67. Thompson, A. L. Cost of producing mil.:; on 174 farms in Delaware County, New York, Hew York Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. 3ul. 3b4. p.lll-loO, I9I5, Detailed data obtained oj .the survey method. 11 - igib 6G. Andorson, A. C., and iliddcill, P. T. Studies in the co;:,t of kiarj.':c± niilk production. Michi;_,an A^r. E;:p, Sta. 3ul. 277. 1916, 3Jp. Dctailod rocords froui ^5 fSbnAOVi, Nut cost of production jijT jallon s'«159 ^^'^ first yoar and C.1539 the socond year. 09, Britain studyin- milk production costs. J^jrsjy bulletin and dairy world. v.35« p.i^ji7-^3". I'oTa. 1D> ISlb. A digest of results published by the •.■' University of Leeds and the Yorkshire council for agricultural education. 70. Cost of Cleveland's milk, Kimball's dairy fax-merj v. 14, p. 571, ofb. Oct. 15, 1916. Detailed fiGUros furnished by the Ohio State Univ. for I915 on the cost of produciiij and distributing a gallon of milk in nortliern Ohio, 71. Cost of keeping cow for milk production. Holstein-Friesian re -ister ,v.34, p.22c;7. Doc. 1, 1916. Detailed estimate made by the Ohio State Univ, 72. Che cost of milk. Michigan fanuor, v. 147, p.34G,352. Oct, 14, I9I0, "Editorial in reply to criticism raised by a correspondunt in rui;5ard to Preston article that appeared in the issue of Sept, 30> 191^* Results of investigations of several state experiment stations are listed in this article," 73. Cost of milk, iTationai stoclaiian and fai-mer, v.39> p.l'^J)?. 'S'^'b. I9, I9ID- A statement of an individiial iarm prepared oy C, A. Spencer in charge of Alleiiheny Co., Pennsylvania "poor farm". Figures are given for the IIolsi;cin herd v¥hich averaged 32 cows in milk during the j^oar, 74. The dairy herd. Oatario Agr. Col, Etp. farm, 4c:d ami, ipt, , I916. p,c5-2', . Table showing the cost of producing milk oy the dairy herd (3^ cows). Amount and cost of feed reported in detail, but items such as labor and • depreciation are not considered, 75. Eckles, C. H. , and ITarren, G. F, Dairy farming. New York, i\lacmillan Co., 191b, "Cost of production and methods of marketing", by G. F. 'Uarren, p. 246-257. Compilation of data from other soxu-'ces. - 12 T6. Farm cost of a callon of milk. California state .v.ariHJt director, 1st am. iipt. 1916. p. 20. I916, Itenized data frou six loadin{: dairymen for Julyi 191b, Data on cost of delivering a ;jallon of milk in San Francisco. Hesults in money values only. 77. Garrad, G. H, Cost of svuAiier feeding in mi Ir.: production. Great Britain) Jourl 3d. Agr., V.23, p. 321-332. July, 1916. Data compiled from V/ye, Kent County, Keports on the "Cost of food in the production of milk," 7G. GruhlD, H. A. Cost of milk i3roduction. Hational s tocxcraan ana. farmer, v.39> P* 123s. Feb. 19, 1916. Summary of the annual cost of production per cow on a dairy farm with herd of 20 cows, 79. Larson, Carl 17., Milk production cost accounts, principlco and aiethods. New Yor/,: Columbia Univ, press, I9I0. • bOp, Detailed discussion of 'che various items to be considered in a cost accountin,] st'ody on milk production, GO. Lindseyj J. 3. The cost of milk production. Massachusetts A.~r . Col. Ext. 3ui.l. 1916. 3rief svuiruary ,of Massachusetts Exp. Sta. 3ul, 145. 31. MackintODh, J. The cost of milk production. Great 3ritain Jour. Ed. Agr. Supl, , no. lb, p. 53-71' Sept. , I916. Detailea account of the milk production in England unaer pre-war conditions. S2. Preston, C. F. Authentic figures on the cost of milk. Michigan fai-mer, v. 14-7, p.2J9,29'5.' Sept. jjO, 1916. Data conipiled from figures in iviassachu- sutts Agr, Exp. Sta. 3ul. 145, Connecti- cut Storrs Agr. Exp. Sta. 3ul, 73 > ^'^'^w Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta, 31st Ann. Ept. I9IO, » and U.S.Dept. Agr. Dul. 50I. 13 - S3. willidmsoiii Francis. Cost of producing milk. Ponnsylvaiiia lariuorj v. 40, p.4bS-4b9. Dad. 23, 131S, RoGord of tho cost of producing milk as rij^jortcd to thtj Governor's tri-statc railk coramission by Rrancis V/illiamson. 1917. oh. An actual cow record. Oran:;e Judd farmori v. 63, no. lb, p,5, Oct. 20, If FiGures from records 01 dairy larm in ■Dnol^iSjjJL- Co, , Iilinois> :ivj cost of cow producing UgSS.b pounds of milk for yoar jndin3 J-uno 1, 191? 'is >j>155»20. No itjia for invostimunt in land is ^jivon as this is includvid in cost ofjgrain. 25. App, Frank. Cost of milk production: portin-nt problems' in th^^ pr^sunt milk aitu tion, Pennsylvania farmer, v. 42, no, 3' Po3>37» JvHy 21, IJIT- Tablo showing the cost of milk production for loO herds (3jS6o cows), Sussex County, ITcw Jersey, Data obtained by the survey mwthod, S6. App, Frank, Form .-.profits and factors influencing farm profits on 4b0 dairy farms in Sussex County, rl.J. ITew Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. Dul. 3^0. 1917. lOSp. Data obtained by survey method. Figures on cost of milk production for 160 hurds of j),Sbb cows for 1914 and May, ISI7. Sy, Boston cliambcr of cora-iaorco. The milk question. in iTow England; a.a investigation of the cost of producing milk in Hew En-;land and its distribution in Boston. Dec 31. 1917. V Continuation of studios of I915. Average cost per quart for IJI7 deter- mined by thw standard m.-thod submitted oj the various states. 14 SS. Cloland, S. 3. Grottin- a price of milk, Kiiaoull'a dairy f-r..i-r i v.l5» p.4b2, July 1. 1917. Fijoros obtained by cost a.ccountin;j lu^thods for a period 01 j yuJ-rc (I914-I9I0) on tlio cost of produciris railk at ilorthfiuld, Minno- aota, Rwcords ...opt for 200 co\vs. Avora^u coot per :jallon ic 14. b cants. Man and horse labor in hours, 59, Coopjr, Morton 0., Dc.nrnjtt, C. M. , and Chiorch, L.M. Coot of producin;; ail:L on four dairy farms Iccatod in Wisconsin, Miclii- _;an, Pennsylvania and Horth Carolina. U.S. Dcpt. A-r. 3ul. 501« -'• 1917. 35p. Data obtain-d oy cost accounting methods covcrinj' ^ period of four to s-ven years, 90. Cost, of milk production, Dakota iormor, v. 37, p.lj4^. . ITov. 1, I917. App r oxi .iU te i temi zed cost in- Dako ta p jr cow puir yjor is s'151olj P^^r quart, 5 cents; per quart for delivery, 3-6 cents, 91. Cost of milk production. Cost accounts ahov; expenses for vwals, calves, heifers ana cows. Ohio A;;r. Exp. Sta. i/Io. 3ul, v. 2, p. 193-197 • June, 1917. Results of cooperativ- oxp:>:rifflonts with dairjonen in various parta of tho state coverin;- period I9IO-I9ID. AVera-^- ficur^s "ivwn. '-^ • 92. Deneea, 17. H. Cost of producing inil^v, Wisconsin larmi-r, v. 4b, p, 1024, Oct. 11, 1917. Approxiuiwi,tw figui-es on cost of prouucin^ 100 potinds of milk per day from b iEows, the avora^^vj cow ,;jrcduciiij b^^tw-un 5OOO and oOOO pounds of milk p^r y^ar. 93. Erf. 0. , , , The cost of milk production. Ohio termor, v.l4b, p,lbo-lb9, Sj-ot, li 1917. Itemized statements of the various yearly costs of k-.^-pin:■J a cow in a wull mana^^d hv;rd, under sanitary conditions. - 15 9"+. J-adkins, H. F. \7ho ~uts thu monoy? Hoard's d.airyman, v. 54, p.lil. Atig. 24, I917. Data on thj cost of producing and dis- trilDuting a q.uart of milk corapilcd from publications of Connecticut and Massachu- sotts a.^ricultijiral colleges, and th^ "nicks cOiimiotciu iuarings, Doston. 95. Kelly, Milton. How much milk should an aero of land yield? Michigan farmer, v.l4g, p. 57, 67. Jan, 20, I917. Factors to bo considered when figuring the cost of milk. 96. Larson, C. TiT, Cost of milk production. National stocliman and farmer , v.40, p. 1021. Jan. o, 1917, Criticisms of article "cost of milk produc- tion in Pennsylvania Dept, Agr. We^ikly press 3ul, )V.r, no. 42, Oct. 2b, 1916, 97. McKee, J, M. The cost of milk; what it costs to produce milk in nineteen ITashington County herds. ITational stocianan ana farmer 'i v. 41) p. 5^7 -5^3. Sept. 1, 1917. Figur-s lor ■ohe third year's worxi ox the Charter's cow-testing association. Records kept by George Chel.j^uist, the milxu testor. Hours of labor; q.uantities of feed used. 98. Iiilaryland Council of Defense. Milk cost survey for the week Hovcmber 26 to December ci 1917« Maryland stat- colloge and Public service coim-dssion co-operating, lialtimorc, I9I7. '^2p, Accurate cost production records kept by owners for ten tj^pical herds in each of the ten counties. Cost of distribution figures obtained from 10 milk plants in Baltimore and from dealirn in Gu.no -:.r land, Hag^-r.stown> Frederick, Annapolis, Salisbiiryi Easton, and Chester town. IhoncY values. 99. M^ad, El wood, Progress r-port on the production and distribution of mixk, Califor- nia Agr. Exp. Sta. Circ. I75. I917. li^P' Data obtained by questionnaire method Cost of production figures r-porte-J. by ;)6 producers I and cost of distrior.- tion by 10 distributors in Oaiiland ^v:.._ Berkelej'-. - lb 100, MuGsorj K. 3,, and othurs. Studies from the Lsurvjy on tho cost of aurkct milk production. Connecticut A^r. Col. Ext. S^rv. Dul, 7. I917. 2Sp. 100, He Is 09, G. M. Tho cost of milk and fat ijroduction in Vermont in I9II and igic^, V-rmont iV-r. Exp. Sta. 3ul. 'd02, p. 25-39, I917. Dotailud coat data from association records for 71 hurds in Addisoni Caledonia. Chitt^n- duni Franiclin, Orlwans. Oranju ana Rutland counties. 102, New York (City) mayor's milk commission. Export of thw mayor's conuiittoj on mills:, city of New York, New York) 1917. S5p. Data obtained by public hcaririi^Si cost accountin;3.mothods 1 and special investi- gations on cost of production and dis- tribution of milk. lOj). New York (State) l^c^islaturo. Preliminary report of the joint l^rjislatiVe comiiiitt-e on dairy products, livw stock and poultry. Transmit.ted to iiie le;_;islaturw Eeb. 15, 1917. Albany, J.B.Lyon Co. , Printers, I917. 892p. Contains testimony of county agents and others in iLw York state jivinj detailed cost of milk production and distribution, 104, Parker > Horatio Newton. City milk s-upply. N^w York, McGraw-Hill Book Co. , 1917» Compilations of previously published dataon cost of producing milk. 105. Pennsylvania milk commission. A r-port on the milk sitioation in the Pittsburgh district to the consiuners of milk in Pi ttsburgh. 1917* 15P- A condensed report oi testimony on production and distribution costs at a laublic hearing in Pittsburgh on Aug. 23, 1917' Cost figures from records of cow-testing associations, from dairy- men, and from Prof. Oscar Erf, . 17 - lOo. Report 01 the Governors' tri-stat- milk couuiiiiaion. Pennsylvania Dopt. Asr. Bui. 287. 1917. 7Qp. Data on the cost of j_.rod-acin" uil^i- in Maryland, Delaware) and Pennsylvania, compiled frora quoationnaire s^nt in oy i^26 fs-^ruiiirc and dairymen, Sviiixirj of studies by various ^xp^^riinent stations. Cost of shippin- and distributing milk. 107. Scott, John M. Feed and labor cost of milk production. J'lorida grovVwr. V.I5, no. p. 19. March 24, 1917, Since July 1» 1916, th- exact cost of f..wds consuined by th- dairy hwrd (I9 cows) has bo-n kv-pt at th« Florida' experiment station, F-ed cost of ;jallon of i.iilk is 12 1/2 cents ) and labor cost of samv^ is 7-9 coii'&S) mi^kin- a total of 20.4 cents, 102, Story, G. F.E., and Tubbs, W. J. The cost of producinj market milk in I9I0TI7 on 212 Vermont larms, Vermont A-^r. Exp. Sta. 3ul. 209; 191?; 24p. Vermont Col. ilgr. Ext. Circ. 7, So^jt. ., I917 (same) Ev-sults of records obtained by ttiu sux- , vey method on 212. farms representing 4) 650 cows, 109. V/ilsont Jamv-s, Th- coat of producing, milk, Ireland Dopt. Ajr. aud Tech. Instr. . Jour. v. 17, p. 213-224. Jan,, I9I7. A presentation of data obtain.-d by Messrs. Growther and Euston, Leeds University. 191s. 110. ^ronson, Wosley H, The cost of milk production in Massachusetts. Massachusetts A;:;r. Col. Ext. 3ul. 19, 191s. 20p. Eesults of a surv-y -..one at the r^^uost of the Boston chamber of comir.orco in May) 1917. Data obtained from o7 dairy- men who kept records. - IS ~ 111, Thj cost of producins milk. Hoard's dairymani v. 56, p. 512, 5IS. Nov. S, 191s. A roport of thu exhibits on tho cost of producing milk shown at tho National dairy show^ Data pr^s-ntod on cost of milk in Indiana and Michigan. Pearson and Warren formulas discussed. 112, Cost of producing milk on Oxford County farms durinj th^ year ending Feb. 28. 191s. Ontario Agr, Col. Dopt. fari.i Mgt. Spcrveys. n.d. 4p. Survey of 153 dairy farms. 113, Fairvicvv farm milk production costs, Jersey bulletin and dairy worl'd, v.37i p. 590. 61s. April 17, 191s. An itemized rupcr t by ivir. R. L. Pikc> president of the Fairviow Farm Co, » for the yuar I917. Farin operated undor threo dopar tiaunt s J dairy, live 3tock» and general farming. 114, Ferguson, G. A. The cost of production of milk. Scottish Jour, of Agr. , v.l. no.l, p. 29-3:;. Jan. 191s. Sample accounts for a dairy farmer with explanation of how cost of milk production can be ascertained from thum. 115, Grwcn, E. M. , Wood, B.C., and Ragsdalc, A. C. Milk production costj and milk prices. Missouri Agr, Exp. Sta. Lul. 156. 191s. ^6p. neGords for I9I7 obtained by specialists from 49 roprosentative milk producors in the vicinity of St. Louis. Nearly all cost figures reported in terms of q^iantity of feed and labor as well as in money values, 116, Hopkins, John A. , Jr., The relation of .size of dairy to economy of milk production, Dela- ware Agr. Exp, Sta. 3ul. IIS. I9IS. 50p. Results from S7 dairies in northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania with herds having from 10 to 100 cows. Tables of general data, incomes, and expenses for different sized dairies. All items in money terms except labor and quarts of milk produced. - 19 - Uy. How to dctcrmino thu cost of milk. Ohio Agr. ibcp. Sta. Mo. Lul. v. 3, p. 363-366, and V. if, p. 17 -21. Due. I913, and Jan. , I9I9, Dotailod diroctions for obtaining data with sample record, lis. Johnson, 0. R. , and Grocn, R. M, Profits from milk cow.v on goncral cornbult farms. Missouri Aqt, Exp. Sta. Dul. 159, I9I8. SQp. Data from dotailod farm records on 5 farms during I912 and I913, 14 farm;:, during I9I4, and I7 farxus during I915. 41 different records on 158 cows showod average annxLal cost of i.eup for I9I2-I5 s;45,91« Avurago annual production was aiDproximatuly jlSf pounds tjesidos thu whole milk the calf received. 119. Linklater, IV. A. Iniport-vnt factors in milk production, r/cjstern Washington Agr. Exp. Sta. Mo. I!ul. V.6, p. 7s, 79. Supt. I9I0. TahlcG compiled from s-ummary in l?v.*stcrn Washington Agr. Exp. Sta., Mo.Bul. for August, p,b8 and 69 shov/ing the average annual milk production p-r cow of two groups of dairies, 120. Milk cost3. national stocinnanana farmer , v.4a, -pAd], Aug. y, I9IS, Fig-urcs submitted by county agent llorman S. Grubbs showing production f-cd cost record and labor record of 25 herds in the Montour Valley cow-testing Assoc, lor first six months of 191S« 121. More about milk cost. Wisconsin farmer, v,47> i^.445, March 21, I9IS. Figures by cow tester of the Wolf River association give 2_;)1 1/2 hours of labor per aionth for herd of 15 cows; costs p^r month b-sidos labor and f v^ed bills are O33.2O. 122. Peck, F. 17. , and Doss, Andrew. The cost of milk production. Minnesota Agr . Exp, Sta. Dul, I73, 191s. 36p. Factors ^nt^^ring into th.^ cost of producing milk. Minnesota Col. Agr. Ext. Div. , Spec. Dul. I9 is a jjopular udition. - 20 - 123. Eador. Floyd V;, Invusti~:ition of tho cost oi' milk proauction in w-storn lYashii-gton. T/usturn u'ashiujton A~r. Exp. Sta. > Mp, I3ul. v. 6, no.5, > p. 0^-69. Au3. , 191s. Rosults obtained throuah cow-icstinc associations iroin S9 farms rv-pr-s^ntin^ HjO'^S cows, Tho av>jra;5w annual pro..uc- tion por cow was nearly 7>000 poiinds of milk. Money valuv-s. 124. Taylor, Charlwo A. Report 01 committwo on cost of milk _^^r o due ti on. Hew York stat^ DoptI 1 arras and markets, Bui. IO9 1 p. 00-69. I9I8, Rocoain-ndations made as to feeding, and discussion of production j_jwr cow, sizw of herd, season of production, labor.- and mi^thod of calculatirc cost of milk. 125 . Wylli- , Jame s . The autermination of th- cost of production of 1 arm livu stock and dairy produce. Scottish Jour, of Agr,, v,l, no.l, p.15-29, Jan. , 191s. Discussion a:; len6,ch oi th- items in the cost of production of liv>,stock, Tables of items to b.- consid-r-d in th- cost of production of b-^ef and oi milk. 1919. 126. Grady, R. I., andBugby, M. 0,, Dairy prod-action in Ohio, Ohio A/^r, Exp. Sta, Bui. Jj4, . I919. Detailed data on cost of production compiled from S4 yearly summaries obtainwd from thirty-three Ohio hurds (1,124 cows). 127. Hill, Fondle. Cost of milk production. Scottish fanner, v. 27, p,172. March!, 19i:>. Discusses labor.- cost, -specially figuros that appear under "current topics", 12s, Miller, John D. Milk and tho hij^h cost of living. Hoard's dairyxoan, v,5S> p.42S, Oct. ji 1919. Costs v4,lb to produce 100 pounds of milk. Tables of percentages wiiv^reby the cost in each month can b- determined from the average for the year* - 21 - 129. Pearson, T. A, The cost of milk production compu.t*jd on thv yoar basic, Illinois Acr. Exp, Sta. Bui. 2l6. I9I9. 243-364p. Data on cost of producing; *holu milk for city consura^jtion with '^b pur cunt of tho total produced during the winter months. Data showing far.u cost lor I9II-I2 obtain^u from 530 typical dairy I amis in Kane and HcII-nry counties, H^^rd cost data for I914-I5, I915-I5. from 36 farais in the fluid milk district tributary to Chicago. Cow cost data for y^ars 1914-15 and 1915 -lb secured frou lb farms from which herd cost was obtain^^d, 130. S-ttin- the price of milk. Huw England homestead, v.79i no. 14, p.O, Oct. 4, 1919. Results of a questionnaire s^nt by the N.E.M.P.A, to 15,000 dairymen. Table of avora^e cost of producing a 4uart of milk in Juni,, July» and Sjpt ember? 1919 in Me. , IT.H. , Vt., , Mass. , and Conn. Table of cost of milk production in IT.H., S-pt. , 1919. Money values. 131. 17yllie, Jaai-s. Costs of milk production. Scottish farmer, v. 27, p. 128, 152, and 17^. Feb. 15, Fob, 22, and ilb-vch 1, I919. Little cJata; but much discussion AUTHOR IlIDEX Andorson. A. C. — -_ — ----_______ __1 bS App, IVank S5, S6 ■Bcnnott> CM. — §9 Boss I Andr-jw ------____ ^ _ _ _ 122 Boston chamber of coiTmoroo ---_ gs> 87 Bronson, IVosluy H. --- — HO BuGby, M.O. 126 Churchi L.M. -----___________ _ __ gg Clciand) S.B. 3C Coopor. Morton 0. 35 Coopor. Thomas P. -- -_--__-____________ ji Crowthori Charles Ul- §2, bl Dunoon, I?. H. ___________ — __ 52 Dormani J. E. ------__--_____ — 20 Duns tan --___- — ____________________ ^4 Ecklus, C. H. ----- — — ______ — ____ — -53>75 Erf, Oscar --- — ___ ____4j,, 53 Ecrgusoni G. A. _ __ ______ __ h^ Elint, Pa-ul 17. ___ _ ___ dO' G-arrad, G. H. 2J ,kk, 54, S2, 77 Grady, R. I, ___- ____ 126 Gcaybill, J. L, 45 Grjon, R. M. 115,112 Griffon, Almond, -------- ___-_-_ ___ — _ — _.. bj Grubb, H. A. 7S Harwood, P. ill. - — _________ — ___^______> 55 Hoinonunn, Paiil G. _______ — — ___________ 26 Hill, Pondlo 127 Hopkins, John A. , Jr. ---------------------. II6 Hoppor. H, A. 64 Johnson, 0. R. --: 112 Judkins, I. E. $4 Kolly, Ern>-st 56 Kolly, Milton 95 Lano, Clarence B. -.---------------------- 5 Larson, C. W. 1-3' 3^ Loavitt, J. H, 4b Lindsoy, J. B. --47, SO Liniclator, W, A. ' fe5'119 McKoo, J. M, 97 ■Mackintosh, Jainos - — ____ — __ — _ 27^ 44, 81 Manningj Albert 37 Maryland cotmcil of dofonse 98 AUTHOR IlIDEX continued Muad» Elvvood ------_--_-___-__-_ „_ go Millar, John D. - — .,_______ ____ i2S Monradi J. H. -___-___-__^__________ 35 Muss^iP) K. B, _______________ — _____ 100 Nelson, G. M. _____ — _ 101 Hww York (city) mayor's milk cOiuiaission -__----_- 102 ITuw York statw food invosti -a,tin2 coumission ------- 43 Now York (statu) Icr^islaturo _-- 10^ Parker, Horatio ITowton -___ ___ 10I+ Puarson, F. A. __ ___ I2g P-arson, E. A, __ _____ 2 Pock, F. n. ' 122 Pennsylvania milk commission --------------- 105 Pottor, B. XL 2S Potts, Roy C. 57 Preston, C. F. 32 Radcr, Floyd \7. . - l':^3 . Ragsdalo, A. C. _--__ 115 Rasmus soni Fred _--____--_----------- ^9 Eiddoll, F, T, bS Robertson, F. E. -__ 6k Ruston, Arthiir G. _____ 41, 52, bi- Scott, John M. 107 Spillman, W, J. 29 Stcv'-ns, F, R. b6 Story, G, F, E. lOS Taylor, Charlos A. 1^4 Thompson, A. L. §0, 07 Thompson, E. H, ^^ Truoman, J, M. — ____ ____ — __ j,9 Tubbs, \'!. J. ^?S Voorh-os, E. B. 21 V/arr-n, G. F. 75 V/hitak^r, Goorgo M. _-_ 30 V/illiamson, Francis _-__--- -- -- S3 \7ilson, James 109 V/oodj- D. C. ______ _ 115 W-^llio, Jamos ^25, I3I Scptwiiber 2U, I9I9. U. S. DEPMEvEHT OF AGRJ CULTURE Off ico of Faru llarsagcuont SEI^CTED LIST OF REFEREITCES OH THE COST OF PRODUCING OATS By Cora L. Foldkarjp, Library Assistant. 1S97 (1) Tablo shov/ing by countios tho cos,t of producing an aero of ^aich of tho various agriOTiltural prodiicts of tho state* and tho avorage yield por aero of thoso crops in aach county » as estimated by the corrospondents of tho b-uraa'u, Kentucky, Biir. of Agr.i Labor, and Statis. , 12th Bion. Rpt, , IS97. p. 31^-317. Crops listod; corn» whoat) oats» tiaothyi hay I olovor hay, burley tobacco, dark tobacco » barloyj and hisiop. IS9S (2) Weston. Ha than A, , Tho cost of production of corn and oats in Illinois in IS96. Illinois Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 50. IS99. jGp. Data obtained thro-ugh circular letters and reported in detail by counties. Ivlan and horse labor by days, 1905 (3) Cost and yield of soiling crops. ITew Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. Ept..l905. P.351* Detailed data on cost of growing, oats and peas and oats and vetch, ^ 1906 (k) Hays, Willot M. , and Parker, Edward C. The cost of producing far^ii products, Methods of investigation. Cost of grovdng Minnesota field crops, I902, I903, 1904. U. S. DepV tAgRi Bur . Statis. Bui. 4Si I906J 90p. Hinnesota Agr, Exp Sta. Bui. 97; I906; S6p. "Cost of producing oats", p,51-52. Data obtained by cost accounting methods. - 2 - 1913 (5) Portur, W, R,, Cost of producing fan.i crops. North Dakota Agr. Exp. Sto,. Bui. 104. 1913. 59-117P. Results of ro cords and osti-uatos on tho doinonstration farus in North Dakota. Results in luonoy values for I906-I912, I9II+ (6) Cost of grain production in Canada, I913. Canada Dopt. of trade and conji.ijrca. Census and Statis, Off. Census and statistics i.-.onthly, V. 7, p. 299-306. Doc. 19l4. Figures for I913 compared vath resvilts for 1911. Money values. (7) Peck, F. W. The cost of producing ttLnncsota faru products, I9OS-I912. llinnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. l45, I91U, 4Sp. "Codt of producing barley - fall plowed" , p. 37- Data obtained by cost accounting liwthods. 1915 (S) Chilcott, E. C. , and others. Barley in the Groat Plains oreai relation of cultural Liothods to production. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bul. 222. I915. 32p, Cost ofproduction per acre at several substations, (9) Report, froa the Division of field husbandry. Canada Ex jJ 4 Farms Rpt. , 1915, V 1, p. 175-35^. Cost of producing barley at various oxperiKiont fanas. Labor reported in hours, 1916. (10) Cooper, T. P., Pack, F, W. , and Boss, Androv?. Labor requirements of crop production. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta, Bul. 157. 1916. 55P. "Labor requiretients for producing barley", p, 34. Table of hours of a-^xn labor and horse labor for each operation. • - 3 - (11) rarru Cost acco-unting, Ontaxio Agr. Col. Exp. Fwiri.is , k'dncL Arm, Ept. » 1916. p. ^1 - 29. Fig-uros obtcdnod by tho cost accounting uiothod on thij collogo foru in I915. lionoy values , (12) Liidd, C. E. . • Cost accounts on soi.:o ITciv York Forius, i'Tcvv York Corntjll Agr. Esp. Su^ Bui. 377. 1916. 769-SI5P. Data obtainisd by cost accounting uothods. TafeloG show hours of labor rcq.uir^d for oach oporation. also distribution by /.lonths « (13) Raport froi.. tho Division of fiuld husbandry, Canada Exp. jFari.:s Ept. 191^1 > V. 1, p. 137-382. Cost of producing barley at various cxpori- uontal far,..G. Labor in hours. 1917 (14) Atkinson, Alfred, StophonB» J. LI., and Morgan, G-. ?if. Dry forr.; crop rotations and cultural K.cthods. LI on tana Agr, Exp. Sta. Bui. 116. 1917. 54p. Cost por aero of producing i.hOw-t, oats, barley, flax , and corn in a series of rotations. Mostly uionoy values, 191s (15) Benton, A. H. Fariii ten:vnoy and leases. Llinnosota Agr. E:ip, Sta. Bui. I78. I9IS. 33p. Table S, "Co4t of producing barley and division of expense between landlord and tenant. Fall-ploivod and stock- throshod. " 1919 (16) Hemiis, C. LI. , and P/illard, Rex E, Far..: ^jroctioos in grain far-iing in ilorth Dakota, U. S. Dept , Agr. Bui. 757- 1919- 35p. Survey figures fro... over 350 records on cost of growing barley in I912 , I913 , and 19 1^. (17) Report of the dopojrt-iont of fara crops. iTuv-- Jersey Agr. Ex . Sta, 25tli Am. Rpt. , 1914. p.c:01-206. Do tailed data on cost of producing oat and poa huy on i6 acrjs. p. 204 (IS) loylor, Fred E. Cost of Oats in Tforren CoTinty, Illinois, Wallacos' i'arii.jr > v.40> p. 1320. OctolDor g, 1915, Cost acccianting figures for a I9 aero field gron-n in 1914, u,nd a 3I.S acre field grovna in 1915. Hotirs of labor. 1916 (19) Cooper, T. P., Peck, F, W. , and Boss, Andrew, Labor req.uiro.Monts of crop production. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui. 157. 1916. 55p. "Oats", p. 32, 33. Detailed r^sport of iuan and horse labor roq.uired for produc- ing oats. (20) Farru cost accounting* OntiuEio Agr* Col. Exp. Faras. 42nd Ann. Ept. I916. p. 21^9. Figures obtained by the cost accounting iiiethod on the college fan.; in 1915* (21) Fergus, Hugh. Cost of raising oats; Pennsylvania faroerA v.40, p.151. Sept. 2, 1916. Detailed data on cost of 9 acres of oats grow-n in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Total cost for raising 4l7 bushels, $135. 66. (22) Johnson, O.M. , and Dadisi-i^n, A. J. Araount and cost of labor required for growing crops in Yuat Virginia. West Virginia Agr. Exp. Sta^ Bui. I63. iJov. I916. lip. "Air^ount and cost of :aan and horse labor required to grow an ucro of oats," p.S" "Average yield 31«6 bushels per acre", (23) Ladd, 0. E. Cost accounts on sa.ie I'iov'ir York farius. lle\; York Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 377. 769-SI5P. 1916. Tables sho\r hours of labor required for each operation, also distribution "hy :.!onths. - 5 - (2U) Report frou. the Division of field husbandry. Canada Exp. Farras Ept. > 1916, v.l. , P.187-3S2, Cost of producing cats at various oxpuri- :.icntal forus. Labor in hours. (25) Rothcriicrgor, W. H. V^fha.t production cost records show. Ponnsylvania farnspi v.39> p. 136, 138. Fob. 5, 1916. Data on cost per aero for I3-I/2 acres of oats, Han and horse labor in hours, (26) a.ialloy. H. R. Management of r.iuck-land faxus in northern Indiana and southern Michigan U. S. Dcpt. Agr. Farmers* Bui. 76I. I916. 26p. Results of a survey of l40 :i.uck land farms, labor in days, (27) Thon;pson, A. L. The cost of crop production. New York Dept. of Agr. Bui, S6. p,2251- 2257. 1916. Data for I913 and 19l4 obtained from farr.-.s in different sections of the state, Man and horse labor, 1917 (2S) Atkinson, Alfred, Stephens, J, M. , and Mdjrgan, G.l/V* Dry farm crop rotations and cultural ..lethods, Montana Agr. Exp, Sta, Bui. 116. 1917. 54p. Cost of producing wheat, oats, barlcy> flax, and corn in a series of rotations. Mostly money values. (29) Billings, George A. Seasonal distribution of farm labor in Chester County, Pa. U.S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 528. I917. 29p. Labor in hours for seeding and harvesting oats, p. 15, IS, I9I8 (30) Benton, A. H. Farm tenancy and leases. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. I78. I9I8. 33p. Table 7> Cost of producing oats, and division of expense between landlord and tenant, Fall-plo\:Gd and stack- threshed. - 6 - (31) HaskGll, E. S. A fam-i..:arugociont survjy in Brooks Covuity, G-jorgioi. U. S. Dopt. Agr. Bui. 64s. igiiS. bOp. FigMTus froiii 49 rucord.3 on cost per aero for oats ( thrashed) and f roi.. 31 records on cost of producing oats (fod in tho shuaf) (32) Pock, F. W. Tho cost of producing Minnosota Fiuld»crops > 1913-I917. iiinnosota Agr. acp. Sta. Bxd. I73. I9IS. 42p. A continuation of cost studios ruportod in i/Iinnosota Agr. Ikp. Sta. BuL. ik^) (S^c entry no. Id) "Cost of producing oats - fall plou-jd" > p.2S. (33) Thome, C. E. Tho cost of crop production in Ohio, Ohio Agr, Exp. Sta, Mo, Bui. v. 3 no. 11, p. 3^7 -34s. Hov, 1913. Total cost of producing com». uhoati oats» and hay on thi^ avorago Ohio fara for the 10 years I906-I915 and for I9I8. v\lth a discussion of the factors that Jaust bo considerod in cost studies. (34) Hennis, C. H. , and Willard, Hex E. Eariii practice in grain faruing in Horth Dakota. U. S. Dept. Agr, Bui. 757. 1919. 35p. Survey figures fron over 350 records on cost of groiving oats in 1912) 1913? and 1914, (35) Zapolconi L. B, Geographical phases of faru prices: oats. U. S. Dcpt, Agr. Bui. 755. 1919. 2Sp. Eata on cost do not include all ite..iQ usually considered; but costs in different regions are coiiipared. March 2, I92O. U. S, DEPAEriffiNT OF AGRICULTURE Office of Farm Management SELECTED LIST OF REFERSHGES ON THE COST OF POTATO FRODUCTIOM By Cora L. Feldkanip» Library Assistant, 1905 1. Macoiin. \7. T. The potato and its culture with lists of varieties found most useful. Canada Cent. Exp. farm Bui. M^. I905. USp. "Cost of growing and marketing one acre of potatoes", p. 4l-42. Labor reported in hours. 1906 2. Hays> V/illet M, , and Parker. Edward C. The cost of producing farm products; methods of investigation; cost of grovdng Minnesota field crops, I902, I903, I90U. U. S, Dept. A^r-, Bur. Statis. Bul. 4S, I906. 90p. Cost of producing potatoes, p. 52-53- Data obtained by cost account methods. 1909 3 . Parker 1 Edward C . , and Cooper . Thomas P . The cost of producing Minnesota farm products I902-I907 . ^. S, Dept. Agr,, Bur. Statis. Bul. 73; I9O9; 69p. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta, Bul. 117) 1910; 6^p. Cost of producing potatoes on fertilized and unfertilized land, p. k^J-kS (p. kl-hZ in the Minn, Bul.) Itemized tables. 1911 4. Burritt, M, C. -^ . , , A. successful New York farm. U, S. Dept. Agr. > Farmers' Bul. 454 "1911. 32p. "Cost per acre and per bushel of growing potatoes on the farm . I9OI - 1909" » p. 20. Results in money values. - 2 - 1912 5i Leei Ora, Is the tenant getting alfair share of the farm income? Tribune farmer, v. 12 , no. 5S0. p. 6, 7. 'Dec, 12, I312. Dc'-tail ed d.ata shov>fing proprietor's and t3narit.''s shares in tho cost cf raising 20 i/2 acres of potatoes, 6» Nichols . A. E, Cost of producing potatoes. New York state Dept. Agr. , Bui. 35' p. 1003-1012. 1912. Estimates covering a period of ten jrears give $4-9.00 the average cost of grov;ing an acre of potatoes when pota- toes yield 200 bushels per acre. Same article in American agriculturist* V.9O) p. 539' Dec. 7, I912, under title 6ost and profit in growing potatoes. 1915 . 7, New York state food investigating commission. Report of the comrDlttee on production. 1913. 31P' "Cost of production and profit or 'loss on potatoes", p,17-lS. Table showing the a.vera.ge acreage) average yield, average income) average cost of pro- duction per acrO) average lossi and average profit for the five years previous to 1913> I91U. S, Cnrni) C. U. ) and others, Cost of producing potatoes. Michigan farmer, v. 142 and 143, I9I4. A series of articles by Michigan farmers, v.lHS, p. 466. The true cost of a crop. v.l'''2, p, 5^5T6Some opinions on "The cost of a crop". v.l''-^2, p. 522. Further opinions on the "Cost of a crop". v.1'42, p, 617 -61s, Why a farm cost system is desirable. v.l43> P» 2. Analyzing labor costs. y^llj.3, P-.159. The author's defense of "The cost of a crop". ^ _> - 9. Pack, F. W. The cost of producing Miimosota farm products 190S-igi2. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui. ik^. igiU. 4Sp. Data obtained by the cost accounting method. Cost of producing potatoes on unfertilized land> p.39~^0' 1915 10. Allen, F. W. G-ood profits with low prices; this farmer had to overcome a dry season and low prices, but he nude potatoes pay. Fruit- grower and farmer, v,26, p. 264. April I5, I915. Data on cost of growing y^- acres of potatoes in Vfashington in I91U. Money values given- separately for horse labor and man labor for the various operations, Man labor allowed 25 cents per hour and owners of horses $1.00 per day . 11. Report from the Division of field husbandry, Canada Exp. farms Ept. 1915. v.l, p. 173-355- Detailed data on the cost of growing potatoes in a series of rotations. 12. Soheirer, Daniel E. Potato profits $12 an acre, American agriculturist v.95» no. 18, p. 17, May 1, 1915. Figures for 191*+ on the cost of producing seven acres of potatoes in Berks County, Pa, Total cost #300. Labor for part of operations reported in days. 13. Wilson, Charles A. Cost of producing 260O bushels of potatoes in 1914. Pennsylvania farmer, v. 37. P.I5O-I5I. Feb. 20, I915. Detailed data on cost of growing 12 l/4 acres of potatoes on clay loam soil in. York Co., Pa. Cost per bushel a fraction over $. 23. ,'. fitfT - u - 1916 14. App, Prank. Farm profits ana factors influencing profits on 370 potato .farms in Moniiouth County* New Jersey, New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 294. 1916. 10 3p. Data obtained by the survey method 15. Cooper. T. P., Peels;) F, \7, , and Boss. Andrew. Labor requirements of crop production. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 157. 1916. 55p. "Labor requirements for producing potatoes") p. 37' Table showii:ig hours of man la,boF and horse labor per acre • for each operation. 16. Cost of producing an acre of potatoes. Canada Exp. farms Rpt. 191'^» V.2, p. 765-766, 7S3, 903. Detailed data with labor reported in hov)rs for 1915* 17. Johnson. 0. M. . and Dadisman. A, J. Amount and cost of labor req,uired for growing crops in West Vir- ginia. West Virginia Agr, Exp. Sta. Bui. I63, I916. lip, "Amount and cost of man and horse labor requ-ired to grow an acre of potatoes,., average yield... 15^.6 bushels per acre". p. 9-iO. Ig. Ladd, C. E. Cost accounts on some New York farms. New York Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 377. 1916- 769-S15P- Data for I9I2 and I913 obtained by cost accounting methods. Table on "Distribu- tion of man labor per acre on potatoes by operations and by -ton-day periods. Six farms, 108. 5 acres, I9I3" . 19 Report from the Division of field husbandry. Canada Exp. farms Hpt.i 1916, v.l. P.1S7-3S2. 1917. Cost of producing potatoes at various experimental farms. LaboB reported in hours. 20. Smalley, H, H. Mana-^ement of muck-land farms in nortnern Indiana and southern Michigan. U. S, D^^pt, Agr, . Farmers' Bui. 761. I916. 2bp. Results of a survey of l4o muck land farms. Labor reported in hours. - 5 - dl. Thompson* A, L, * The cost of orog production. New York Dept. Agr. Btil, Sd» p,2251" 2257. 1916. Data from fd,rms in different sections of the state, 22. Wilkinson, A. E. ■ iThe cost of growing an acre of potatoes. Pennsylvania farmer. v.4o. p. 240. Oct. 7, I916. Detailed estima,tes by group of successful farmers in Steuben Co., K. Y, > give lowest cost in I915 as $36,955 per acre) and highest cost $43,735 • Farmer in Oswego Co. gives record of $75 '05 P^^ ^acre; but his yield is so much larger that the costs per bushel are about eq.ual. 1917 23. Billings, George A. , ■*» Seasonal distribution of farm labor in Chester County, Pa, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 523, I917. 29p. Survey figures on the duty of machinery in planting, cultivating* and harvesting potatoes; also hours of man labor and horse labor required to grow an acre. 24. Gilbert, Arthur W, The potato. Ncsw York, Macmillan Co. , I917 . 3lSp. "Cost of growing potatoes", p.2S7-313, A compilation of data from other sources, 25; Gilmore, J. W. Potatoes in California. Calii ornia Agr , Exp, Sta. Circ. Ibl. 1917. Sp. Cost of production, p.S, Average Cost per acre. Money values. 191s, 26. The cost of Ifew Jersey potatoes. Rural New-Yorker, v.77 , p. 1064, Sept. 14, 191s, Estimates of a successful grower in Monmoiith Co. with up-to-date methods place cost of production at $278.47 per acre including owner's salary of $2,400 for growing 100 acres. De- tailed figures. - 6 - 27. Peck I F. 17. The cost of producing Minnesota field crops, 1913-1917. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta, Bui, I79, I9IS. ^2p. A continaation of cost stildies reported in Minnesota Agr, Exp. Sta. Bui. ik^. "Cost of producing potatoes" , p,33-3^. 1919 2S. Fox, D. S. An analysis of the cost of grovfing potatoes. New York Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta, Memoir 22, I9I9. 527-627P. Detailed study by spirvey and cost accounting methods made in I913 on cost of producing potatoes in various parts of New York state, notably Steuben, Suffolk, Nassau, Clinton, and Franklin Counties. MTEOR IKDEX. Allen, F, 17. _ ^ 10 App, Tranlc. — ]_4 Billings, Gsorge A, ______________ 21 Bc33, Andrew. --_----__________ 15 Biirritt. ivl. C, _________________ 4 Cooper ^ Thomas P, ---_-----_____ -3, 15 Criam, C, W._ _ g Daciisma.nj A. J, ________________ ]_y Fox, D. S,-_ 2S Gilbert, Arthur W. 24 Gilifior&f J, YL ~ ---_-____-_____ 25 Hays, Willet M.- 2 Johnson, 0(M, - -------________ ly Laid, C. E, _ -__ IS Lee , Ora - - - --__--______„__ 5 Ma.ccmn, W^T. _ _ 1 Nev7 York State food investigating commission- - 7 Nichols, A, E. ._- 6 Pat'ksr , Edward G. ' 2, 3 Peel:, F. M. - .9^15,27 Scheirer, Daniel 2. 12 Smalley, H. R. 20 Thonrpson, A. L. --------------- - 21 Wilkinson, A. E. ■- 22 V/iison, Charles A. --: 13 Octo^oer 9» I919, U. S. DSVJ?.TwIEKT 0? AGPTrj.ILIT.TRE Office of Farm Management SELECTED LIST OF REFERENCES 01/ THE COS? 0? RY E FRODUCTIOH 3y Cora L. Feldkarap, Library Assistant. IS5U (1) Eye. Massachusetts state Bd. of Agr., 2d Ann. Rpt. 18'^k, p.lS5-lS7. Data on cost of growing rye for exhibition piorposes. Money values only. IS93 (2) Ingersoll, C. L. » and Perin» S. W, The cost of farm crops, Nebraska Agr. Ebcp. Sta. Bui. 29. 35 -^2p, IS93. Cost and profit in growing rye) oats> wheat > corn» and hay on tha station farm in IS92. Data in money values only, 1905. (3) Cost and yield of soiling crops. Hew Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. I9051 p. 351* Detailed data on cost of growing various crops. 1906. (4) Hays, Willet M. , and Parker > Edward C. The cost of producing farm products. Methods of investigation. Cost of growing Minnesota field crops, I902, I9C3, igo^. U. S. Dept. Agr.» Bvir. Statis, Bui. 4g; I906; gOp, Minneso ta Agr . Exp. Sta. Bul..-.>:._97i 1906; S6p. "Cost of producing rye> - p:ing sown". p. 53* ISata obtained by cost account methods. - 2 - 1913 (5) Porter, W. R. Cost of producing farm crops. North Dakota Agr. Exp, Sta. Bui. 104. 1913. 59 -117P. Results of records and estimates on the demonstration farms in North Dakota, Results reported in money values for years I906-I912, (6) RepB^lt of the Department of farm crops. New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. 26th Ann. Ept. 1913, p. 391-417. "Rye and vetch" I p.4oO-4oij "Eye straw and soy beans", p. 401-^2, Detailed cost data, for 6 acres of rye and vetch* and 3 1/2 acres of rye. Labor in hours. 1914 (7) Peck, P. W. 'The coat of producing Minnesota farm products. I908-I9I2, Minne- sota Agr. Exp, Sta. Bui. 1^5. I9I4, kSp. "Cost of producing rye - fall plowed"* p. 37. Data obtained by cost accounting methods. (S) Report of the Department of farm crops. New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. 27th Ann. Rpt, . 1914, p.201-206. Detailed data on cost of producing rye straw and soy beans on 6 acres, p.2o5. 1916 (9) Cooper, I. P., Pedk, F. W. , and Boss, Andrew. Labor req.uirements of crop production. Minnesota Agr, Exp. Sta. Bui. 157. 1916- 55p. "Labor r6q,uirem6nts for producing, fall rye", Pi35» Table showing hours of nan labor and horse labor required for each operation in rye production. (10) Rothenberger, W. H. TVhat production cost records show, Pennsylvania farmer. vo9i p. 136, 13s. Feb. 5. 1916, Data on cost per acre of producing 17 acres of rye in Pennsylvania, Man and horse labor reported in hours. - 3 - (11) Smalley, H, E. Management of muck- land farms in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, U. S. Dept, Agr. Farmers' Bui. 761. I916. 26p. Results of a survey of l4o muck land ''*' farms. Labor reported in days. 191s (12) Haskell, E. S. A farm-management survey in Brooks County, Georgia. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui, 6US. 191s. 53P' Figures from 12 recofds on cost of pro- ducing i-ye yielding 7 '9 T^ushels per acre, (13) Peck, F, W. The cost of producing Minnesota field crops, I9I3-I917, Minn- esota Agr, Exp. Sta. Bui. I79. 1913, U2p. A continuation of cost studies reported in Minnesota Agr, Exp, Sta. Bui, ik^, "Cost of producing rye - fall plov/ed", p. 29. September 23, I9I9. U. S, DEPlfiTMElTT Off AGRICULTURE Office of Farm Management SELECTED LIST OF REFEREHCES ON THE COST OF SILAGE PRODUCTION By ■ Cora L, Feldkamp* Library Assistant. IS9I+ (1) Cost of silage. Canada Exp. Farms Rpt. ISgU, p.93-101. Cost of growing I7.I acres of Indian corn and putting the crop into silos. Labor : .i- reported in days. p. 98. Same for 4 acres of sunflowers^ p. 101. See also the fol- lowing Carsida Ejcp. Farms Rpts: Entry no, I7. Rpt, I9I5. v.li p,177. " " 23. " 1916, v,li p. 193. 195. 227. 1904 (2) Soulei Andrew M, > and Fain 1 John R. Crops for the silo. Tennessee Agr. Exp, Sta, Bui, v. XVI I, no.l. 1904. Zkg, Cost of growing sorghum) corn> and soy beans used for silage. Results in money values only. 1905 (3) Fraser, Wilber jJ. Crops for the silo> cost of filling, and effect of silage on the flavor of milk. Illinois Agr. Exp, Sta, Bui. 101. I9O5. 629-61+4p. ^ ^ "Cost of filling", p.b3S-64U, Results of accurate records kept by representa- tives from the experiment station on cost of filling silos on I9 farms. Cost ranged from 40 to 7 6 cents per ton. 1907 (4) Carrior* Lyman, Cost of filling silos, U. S. Dept. Agr, Farniers' Sul, 292, I907, 15p, Detailed data collected in I905 and I906 from 31 farms in Jefferson and Fond du Lac counties, Tvlsconsini and Branch and Lenawee counties» Michi£;an. Depreciation of machinery and cost of boajrding help not considered. - E - igos (5) Cost of silage. New Jersey Agr, Exp. Sta. Rpt, I90S, p. 37i 3S, Data on the cost of growing 23 acres of corn silage. Time reported in days given on cost of cutting and filling the silo. Money values. See also the following New Jersey Agr. Exp, Sta, Rpts.: Entry no. S. Ept. I912, p.lgJ-igS, I. « Q r • - ■ II 11 2.1^, ' 1913. p.l*l2-»+15. I91S+, p.205-206. 1911 (6) Haecker» A. L. The value of the silo. Hoard's dairyman, v.^, p.632., J-une 9i I9II. Data on cost of silage compiled from reports of silo users in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Wisconsin. Money values. (7) Piogsley. C, W. Filling thd silo and the cost of silage. Hoard's dairyman, V.42, p. 85s. Aug, 11, 1911. Ecophasizes the use of proper machinery. Costs vary, but variation in estimates will not be great if figixred on the basis of the bushels of corn produced per acre at market value. 1912 (S) Corn silage and ear corn. New Jersey Agr- Exp. -Sta. Ept. I9I2, p.185-192, Detailed data on cost of growing 23 l/2 acres of i silage corn and 7-^ and 2 acre fields of ear corn. See also entry nol5' 1913 (9) Silage corn. New Jersey Agr. Exp.'Sta. Ept. I9I3, p, 412-415. Detailed data with labor reported in hours on cost of growing one 24 acre and one 6 acre field of silage corn. Average cost per acre $29.36, See also entry no. 5* (10) Spurway, C. H. A corn crop for silage. Country gentlemen, v,7S, p. 530. April 5, 1913. Detailed data with labor reported in days on cost of growing and putting 35 acres of corn in the silo. Total cost $563.14. - J- 1914 (11) Cha66> L. IV., and Woods Ivan D. Handling silage. iTebrasJsa Agr . Exp. Sta. Bui. ik^. ^ "Ccet of silage", p. 21-23. Data collected by Ndbraska Dept. of Agr, Engineering in I9II from I6 farms on c v,52> no. 2, p.l4*-15. A compilation by Prof. H. L, Kent of fig-ures from a number of different sources on the cost of producing silage under different conditions. (13) K©ysor» Alvin, Farm costs on the Colorado agricultural college farm. Agr. Exp» Sta. Bui. 203. I9l4. 56p. Cost of prodacing 9 afcres of corn silage under irrigated conditions, p.l7> 19-22. Data obtained by the cost account method for years I9II-I9I3 inclusine. (14) Peck, P. ¥, Ihe coat of producing Minnesota farta pr6dtictS» I908l-Al9l2i ta Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 1U5. 19l4, 4Sp. "Cost of produciJig corn ensilage", p. 35* Results of cost accounting studies. Jan. 10, 1914. Colorado A:e. MinnosOo (15) Silage corn. New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta, Rpt. 19l4, p. 205-206* Detailed data on cost of producing a 24 acre and a 6 acre field of silage corn. See also entry no. 5» (16) Spillman, W. J. The ailo as an investment, Nebraska corn improvers' association, 5th Ann. Rpt. 1914, p.S4-g9. Cost account figures for years I909 and 1910 on cost of silage, produced on an Iowa farm. Cost per ton was $3.42 in 1909 and $3»71 1/2 in I9IO. 1915 (17) Cost of producing ensilage corn, Canada Exp. Farms Rpt. I915, v.l, p.177. Detailed data on the cost of 32 acres of ensilage corn grown in l9l4 in a three year rotation of corn, grain, and clover hay. Cost per acre $20,85. See also entry.no, 1« . 4 - (18) Filley, H. C. The silo in farm management; cost and valtis of silage, Nebraska farmer, v. 57, p.813, 81H. Aug* 25, 1915. A discussion and comparison of the cost of silage corn in iTebraska with those in other states where cost accounting methods are used. Feeding values of hay and silage compared. (19) Taylor, Fred E. Cost of corn silage. V/allaces' farmer, v. Uo, p.1636. Dec. 10,igi5. Detailed figures per acre on cost of growing and putting into silo. Data from ■ Warren Co, , Illinois, for year 1915, Total cost per acre $22,63 (20) Warren, G. F, Silage in relation to farm management. Nebraska corn improvers' association, 6th Ann. Ept,, > 1915, p.gU-lOS. "Cost of silage", p. 97 -102. Gives cost accoimt data on grov.dng and putting corn in silo on S 11. Y, farms in I912 and on 21 farms in 1913- Total cost per ton in I9I2 $1,27 ci,nd in I9I3 $1,54. Tables also given showing cost of silage in Iowa and Minnesota. 1916 (21) Amos, Arth-ur, and Older shaw, A. W. A preliminary enquiry into the cost of production of silage in East Anglia. Great Britain, Journal of the Bd. of Agr, , v. 23, p. 333-3^. Jiilyi 1916. Detailed discussion of cost of producing oats andt vetch silage, (22) Cooper, T. P., Peck, F. W. , and Boss, Andrew. Labor req.uirements of crop production. Minnesota Agr. Exp, Sta. Bui. 157. 1916- 55p. Silage, p. 31, 51 » 52. Gives hours of man labor and horse labor per acre. Tables show the distribtition of labor by months, (23) Cost of production of ensilage corn, Canada exp. Farms Ept. I916, v, 1, p. 193. 195. 227. Detailed data on the cost of growing 32.3 acres of ensilage corn in I915 in a three year rotation. See also entry no. 1. ^ - 5 - (2U) Farm cost aaco-unting. Ontario Agr. Col, ibcp. Farm, U2d Ann, Rpt. I9I61 ^* " ■'* Figures obtained by the cost accounting method on the cost of producing corn silage on the college farm in I9I5. Money values orfi;/, (25) Jaques, G. Silage as food for stock. Great Brit, Jour, Bd. Agr. , v,22, p.1249. 1252. March, I916. Data in money values on cost of growing one acre of .silage in I915. Detailed figures on cost Of filling silo l6x39 feet, capa- city 200 tons, (26) Thompson, A, L, The cost of crop production. New York State Dept, Agr. Bui, S6, p. 2251-2257, 1916. "Cost of producing silage corn", p. 2253, An itemized statement on cost of growing an acre 6f silage on 21 farms in I913 ^.nd IS farms in 19l5, I913 crop cost $32,59 per acre and 191^ crop $33«37 P^r acre, Man and horse labor in hours. 1917 (27) Nixon, L, E, Cost of growing silage corn. New England homestead, V.75 > nOi5,p,l, Aug, 4, 1917. Data obtained by survey method from I9 farms in New Hasiip shire during summer of 1916, 12,425 acres of silage corn raised* with an average yield of 10.5 'to^s per acre. The average cost per acre was $53 with a range from $3S to $93. Money values, 191s (2S) Benton, A, H. Farm tenancy and leases, Minnesota Agr, Exp, Sta. Bui, I7S. 191s. 33P. Table 12, "Cost of producing corn silage, and division of expense between landlord and tenant," March 2, 1920. U. S. DEPIETMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of Farm Management SELECTSD LIST OF REFERENCES ON THE COST OF SUGA R BEET P RODUCT ION. By Cora L, Feldkamp i Library Assistant 1911 1. U. S. Congress. House. Special committer on the investigation of the AiTierican sugar refining co. and others. Hearir-gs hdld before the special committee on the investigation of the American stigar refining co. and others. . .House of Represent- atives nos. 1-36. June 12 - Aug. 11. I9II > 62iid Congress. 1st. session, and nos. 37 -^S,. Dec. 5-9, 1911, Jan 9-I6, I912, 62nd CoiigriSss, 2nd session. Testimony by sugar beet companies on the cost of manij.fact-ojring sugar, and by beet growers on the cost of growing '.s-agar beets. 1912 2. Blalcey, Roy G. The United States sugar-beet industry and the tariff. Columbia Univ., Studies in Hist, .-Econ. , and Pub. law, v.Uj, no. 2. I9I2. 286p. "Cost of growing beets in the United States", p. 113-140. A valuable study on the sugar beet industry. 5. Does the beet crop pay? Amer. sugar industry and beet s-ugar gazette, v.l': no. 2, p. 67. Feb. I912. Acreage, yie,ld per acre, and gross receipts are given for each of the 4l grov/ers who sold their I9II crop to the Scottsbluff sugar co. Estimated cost of raising and delivering beets from 1 acre. Labor reported in days. Total cost per acre of raising and delivering a l6.2 ton crop of beets is $U2.52. 1914 4-. Keyscr, Alvin. Farm costs on the Colorado agricultural college farm. Colorado Agr. Er.p. Sta. Bui. 203- 19 1-+. 56p. "Cost cf grov/ing sugar beets", p. 29, Data obtained by the cost accounting, method for 2 acr.3s grown in I9IO and 1 3/^ acres in I9II. - 2 - 1916 5. Connor. L. G. Labor costs and seasonal distribution of labor on irrigated crops in Utah Valley. UtahAgr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 165. I9IS. 24p. Tab. XI, Labor req,uiremdnts per acre for sugar beets (I3 typical growers) yield, 20 tons par acre. Tab. XIa, Labor re- quirements for sugar beets (Three areas embracing 173 records) 6. Peck, P. W, The cost of producing sr.gar beets. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 154 1916. 35P. Survey in I915 of the beet-producing districts in Minnesota^ Copy of the blanlcs used. 1917 7. Compare your costs with these. Utah farmer. V.I3, p.57S. April 21, I917 FigTjres submitted by Heber Austin of Idaho Palls, Idaho, on the cost of growing oats, sugar beets, and vAieat. Results in money values only. 191s. g. Moorlaouss , L, A. , Washburn, R. S, , S-uiisflers, T. H. , and Nuckols, S. B. Farm practice in growing sugar beets for trxee districts in Colorado 1914-15. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 726. I9IS, 6ap. Cost of loroductton figures obtained by ^ survey method from 371 farms located in Otero, Morgan, Larimer, and Weld counties. 9. Moorhouse, L, A,, Surmiers, T, H. , Washburn, R. S, , and Jones, J. W, Farm practice in growing sugar beets for three districts in Utah and Idaho, 1914-15. U, S. Dept. Agr. Bui, 693. I9IS. 44p. Detailed cost of production fig^jres obtained, by survey method from 173 farms in Utah and Idaho . 10, Nuckols, S. B,, and C-arrier, E, L. Farm practice in growing sugar beets in the Billings region of Montana.. U. S, Lept, Agr. Bui. 735. I9IS. 40p. Cost data for 3O5 farms representing SS49 acres for I915 obtained by survey method. - 3 - 1919. 11. Moorhouse, L. A. An enterprise study in fom- sugar beet areas. 3ugar» v.21> p.3^- 372. July. 1919. Discussion of data found inu. B, Dept. Agr. Buls. nos. 693, 726, 735. 748, and 760, Table compiled from lO-r^i) records giving labor requirements in producing Sugar beets. 12. Moorhouse, L. A., and Syrariiers. T. H. Some important factors in a study of the costs of producing sugar beets (Prepared for iimerican association of sugar beet agricultur- ists) Sugar. V.21, no. 2, p. S3-S7 , Feb., I919. Detailed data on cost of growing sugar beets in California. Colorado, Michigan, and Utaii. 13. Summers, T. H. , Moorlaou.se, L. A., V/ashburn. E. S. , and Townsend, C. 0. Farm practice in growing sugar beets in three California districts. U. S. Dept. Agr, 3ul. 760, I919. USp. Data based on 165 farm records in Los Angeles, Orange. Ventura, and Monterey counties. 14-. Vifashburn. E, S. , Moorhouse, L. A., Siammers , T. H. , and Townsend, C. 0. Farm practice in growing sugar beets in Michigan ana Ohio. U, S, Dept. Agr. Bui. 7^+3. I9I9. 45p. Detailed data by survey method on cost of growing sxigar beets in igi^ and I915 o^a 320 farms in Michigan and Ohio. r;I, Mjtrcli 2, 1920. U. S, DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUHE Office of Farm Management SELECTED LIST OF EEFERENCER ON THE COST OF SUGA R BEET PRODUCTION. By Cora L. Feldkarap » Library Assistant 1911 1, U. S, Congress, House, Special conmittee ya the investigation of the Aj-nerican sugar refining co. and others. Hearings held before- the special committee on the investigation of the American siogar t-efining co. and others. . .House of Rei^resent- atives nos. l~yS , 62nd Congress, 1st. session, and nos. 37 -4S, Dec< 5-91 1911* Jan 9-I6, I9I2 , 62nd Congress , 2nd session. Testimony by sugar beet companies on the cost of manuxactujring sugar, and by beet growers on the cost of growing '.s-asar beets. 1912 2, Blaicey. Roy G. The United States sugar-beet industry and the tariff. Columbia Univ. , Studies in Hist. ,Econ. , and Pub . law, v.Uy, no. 2. I912. 226p. "Cost of growing beets in the United States", p, 113-140. A valuable study on the sugar beet inaustry. 1 3. Does the beet crop pay? Amer. sugar industry and beet sugar gazette, v-l*-:- no. ?-, p. 67. Feb. I912. Acreage, yield per acre, a.nd gross receipts are given for each of the kl growers who sold their 1911 crop to the Scottsbluff sugar co. Estimated cost of raising and delivering beets from 1 acre. Labor reported in days. Total cost per acre of raising and delivering a l6.2 ton crop of beets is $42,52. 1914 4. Keyser, Alvin. Farm costs on the Colorado agricultural college farm. Colorado Agr. kp. Sta. Bui. 203. 1914'^ 56p. "Cost of grov7ing sugar beets", p. 29. Data obtained by the cost accounting method for 2 acres grown in I9IO and 1 }Jk acres in I9II. - 2 - 1916 5. Connor, L. G. Labor costs and seasonal distribution of labor on irrigated crops in Utah Valley. UtahAgr, Exp. Sta. Bvl. 165. I9I8. 24p. Tab. XI, Labor reci.uirements per acre for sngar beets (I3 typical growers) yield. 20 tons per acre. Tab. XIa, Labor re- quircinents for s-ogar beets (Three areas embracing 173 records) 6. Peck, F. W. The cost 01 producing sr^ar beets. Minnesota Agr. Exu. Sta. Bui. l^k 1916. 35p. Survey in I9I5 of the bee c-pr educing districts in Minnesota^ Copy of the; blanlcs us^d. 1917 7. Compare your costs with these. Utah farmer, V.I3, p.57S. April 21, I9I,. Figures submitted by Heber Austin of Idaho Falls, Idaho, on the cost of groWing oats, sugar beets, and wheat. Results in money values only. 191s. S. Mooriibu3« , L, A. , Washburn, R. S. , SuiBflers, T, H, , and Nuckols, S. B. Farm practice in growing sugar beets for tliree districts in Colorado 1914-15. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 726. I9IS. 60p. Cost of production figures obtained by survey method from 371 farms located in Otero, Morgan, Larimer, and Weld counties. 9. Moorhouse, L. A., Summers, T. H., Washburn, E, S, , and Jones, J. W. Farm practice in growing sugar beets for three districts in Utah and Idaho, I91I+-I5. U, S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 693, I9IS. UUp. Detailed cost of production figures obtained by survey method from I73 farms in Utah and Idaho . 10. Nuckols , 3. B,, and C-orrier, E. L. Farm practice in growing sugar beets in the Billings region of Montana. U. S. Lept. Agr. Bui. 735. I9IS. 40p. Cost data for 305 farms representing SS49 acres for I915 obtained l>j s-jrvey method. - 3 - 1919. 11. Moorhoiisei L. A. An enterprise study in lom" sugar beet areas. S-ugari v. 21, p.369- 372. July. 1519, Discussion of data found in J. S, Dept. Agr. Buls. nos. 693, 726, 73> 7U8, and 760, Table compiled from lOd'j records giving labor requirements in producing Sugar beets. 12. Moorhouse, L. A. , and Sumrflers, T. H. Some important factors in a study of the costs of producing sugar beets (Prepared for American association of sugar beet agricultur- ists) Sugar. V.21, no. 2, p,S3-S7. Feb., I9I9. I)e tailed data on cost of growing sugar beets in California, Colorado > Micliigan, and Utali. 13. Sumaiers, T. H. , Moorfeouse, L. A., Washburn, H, S. , and Townsend, C. 0. Farm practice in growing sugar beets in three California districts. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 760. I919. i+Sp. Data based on 165 farm records in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, and Monterey counties, 14. ITashburn, R. S. , Moorhouse, L. A., Stimi.iers , T. II., and Townsend, C. 0. Farm practice in 3rowing sugar beets in Micnigan ana Ohio. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 7 US. I9I9. U5p. Detailed data by survey method on cost of growing sujiar beets in I914 and I915 0^ 320 fa-rms in Michigan and Ohio. February 2S, I920. U. S. DLPARTIVIENT OF AGEICULTTJRE Office of Farm Managdment SELECTED LIST OF REFERENCES ON TEE COST OF PRO DU CING TRUCK CROPS. By Cora L. Feldiamp) Library Assistant. CABBAGE Cost of late cabbage. Market growers jom^nal. v. I9 , p. 14, July 1» I916. Estimates on the cost of growing late cabbage in Cortland Co. , N. Y. , give $Uo and $bO. Cost of operating a cabbage planter is estimated at from $3.50 to $6.00 per day. The planter requires three men to ride and one man> perhaps with a one-horse wagon > to keep the setter s-cjjplied with water and plants. Keyser ■ Alvin, Farm costs on the Colorado agricultural college farm. Colorado Agr. Bxp. Sta. Bui. 203. 191^. 55P. Cost of growing cabbage, p. IS. Data obtained by the cost account method. Man and horse laTsor reported in hours. Ladd, C. E. Cost accounts on some New York farms. New York Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 377. 1916. 769-SI5P. Data obtained by cost accounting methods on cost of producing cabbage. Tables show hours of labor req.uired for each operation, also distri- bution by months. Smalley. H. R. Managwnent of nnick-land farms in northern Indiana and southern Michi- gan. U. S. Dept. Agr,, Farmers' JTai*-.* 7 61. 1916. 26p. Hestdta of a survey of 1^ anick-land farms. Labor reported in hours for cabbage. 5?he cost of crop production. New York Dept. Agr., Bui. 8b, p.2251- 2257. 1916. Data for I9I3 and 19l4 obtained from farms located in different sections of the state. Man labor and horse labor given. - 2 _ CiffiBAaE - Contimad.. TTilkinson, A, E. An acre of cabbage. Country gentleman, v. 81, p.21c;0. Dec. g, I916. Tig-ures on cost of growing cabbage obtained from daily records of a grower in Cortland Valley, another in South Central Connecticut, and for a group of 35 farmers located just west of Geneva, • N. Y., in Ontario Co. Results in money values only. CELERY Celery costs. Country gentleman, v. 81, p. 2080. Dec. 2, I916. Detailed records secured from one of the most successful celery growers in Manatee Co. , Florida for 10 acres of celery. Man labor and horse labor reported. Cost per acre, $U09.425. Puller , John M. Celery acre areas pay; experiences around Kalamazoo - Two to fOTjr-acre plats satisfactory'^-nard work required — ^mack soil best — returnrs $100 to $200 per acre. American agriculturist, v.SS, p. 396. Oct. 21, igii. Estimates are given on the cost of growing an acre of celery near Kalamazoo, Mich. Total cost per acre $2Uo. Marketing celery to best advantage; cost of growing early and late celery figured out in detail, American agriculturist, v.gSj no. 18 j p. 5. Oct. 28, I9I0. Detailed figures by Prof. A. E. Wilkinson of New York on the cost of growing 1 acre of early celery under irrigation and 4o acres of late without irrigation. Hours of labor given for each operation. Cost of growirig 1 acre of early celery is $95^. ^1 l/^ per acre, and total cost of late celery is $248,275 per acre. Smalley, H. R. Management of muck -land farms in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. U. S. Dept Agr- , JTarmers' Bui. 761, I9I0. 26p. Labor for celery reported in hours. S-orvey of l40 farms. Ware, XL M. Cost of producing truck crops. New York Dept. Agr, Bui. 35 » p. 1012- 1017 . 1912 Estimates on the cost of growing celery, onions, and lettuce. - :> - MiNGLES. Barlow, Floyd S. Mangel-vrarzels; tneir uses and cultivation as a dairy farm crop. New York tribune farmer) v.ll> no.55'^> p. 3- ^'^'^y 30) I912, Itimized st^te:i.ent including tlae ainount of labor req.uirdd for each operation is given on the cost of growing an acre of mangel-wurzel s. Total cost per acre, $90. Cooper. T. P., Peck, F. 17., and Boss, Andrew. Labor requirements of crop production. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 157. 1916. 55p, "Labor req.uirements for producing mangels" , p. 3S. Table showing hours of nian labor and horse labor per .acre req^uired for each opei-ation in mangel production. Cost of producing mangels, Canada Ibip, Farms Sept., 1915> v.l, p. 19^-5' 199, 204-5i 1916, v.l, p. 193, 214, 216, 220-1. Detailed data on cost of producing mangels at various experimental farms. Labor reported in hours. Farm department. Ontaiio A^r- Col, Exp» farm, 42 d Ann. Spt. , I9ID, p,21-29. Figures obtained by the cost accounting method on cost of producing mangels on the college farm in 1915. Method of computing horse labor and method of computing coat of machinery discussed. Money values. Hays, Willet M. , and Par leer, Edward C, The cost of producing farm products; method of investigation; cost of growing Minnesota field crops, I902, 1903, 1904. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Bui. 48; I906; 90p. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui, 97i 1906; sGp. Cost of producing mangels, p. 50. Data obtained by cost account methods. Mapes, 0. W. Mangels may be so raiseid as to be a profitable crop for dairy feeding. Tribune farmer, v. 12, no. 5Sb, p.l6, I9. Jan. 23, I9I3. A discussion on cost of growing mangels, with detailed figures on 5 '57 acres. Total cost $257.99- - 4 - Minns, Edward R. Fiirther experiments on the economic value of root crops for New York. New York Cornell Agr . Exp. Sta. Bui. 317 . I912. 547-566p. A comparative stud;/ of corn and mangels as to yields and cost of production. Eigtires covering period of k years give tlie average cost of growing an acre of- half s-ogar mangels as $77. 2S. Table showing the cost per acre reported by otner state experiment stations, Parker. Edward C, , and Cooper, Thomas P. The cost of producing Minnesota farm products, 190c:-1907. U, S. Dept. Agr, Bur, Statis. Bui, 73; I909; 6913. Minnesota Agr. , Exp, Sta. Bul. 117; 1910; 64p, "Cost of producing mangels", p. 45' (P-39 ^^ ^^® Minnesota bulletin). Itemized tables. Van Norman, H. E. Mangel wurzels and the cost of production. Indiana Agr, Exp. Sta, , B-ol. 77. p. 35-37. IS99- Eigures for two acres grown on the station farm. Labor reported in hours. Mangels, Seed. Mangel seed production. Candda Exp. farms Ept. 1 I916, v.3> P'1291- Detailed data on the cost of producing an acre of mangel seed, MELONS . Garcia, Eabian. Melon cultiore. New Mexico Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 63. I907. 38p, Itemized statement for a l/2 acre plat.. Labor reported in ho\irs. Total cost for l/2 acre, $9,235, ONIONS Bliss, G. R. Onions and liberty bonds. Country gentleman, v.S4, no. 3I, p. 32. Aug. 2, 1919. Itemized statement on cost of growing an acre of onions in 191^ based on a yield of bOO bushels per acre and the land valuation of $1000 per acre at five per cent interest. - 5 - OffiONS - Continued. Cance, A. E. , Machrler, W. L. , and Read, F. 17, Conaectlcvit Valloy onion sup/jly and distrib'ajion. L'b.ssachtisetfcs Agr. Exp. ot-. Bill. 169. 1916. Detailed fisitres on the cost of prodi:cing an acre of onions to the landownor and to the cash tenant. Data on cost of labor reuuir 3d to prepare onions for market, cost of hi-uling, cost of containers, and cost of storage, Lloyd, John \'J, Experiments in onion ciiltm-e. Illinois Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. I75. 131^. 357-362p. Data, on cost of growing onions from seed and from sets for years I9O7-I912 inclusive. Labor reported in hours. Smalley, H. R. ivlanageir.ent of muck-land farms in norti^ern Indiana and southern Michigan. U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui, 761. 1916. 26p. Labor on oniorjs reported in hours. Survey of 140 farms. Smith, Leslie R. Onion growing in the Connecticut Valley. Massachusetts Dept. Agr., Bui. 5, P.9S-IO7. 191b. Cost of growing, p.l05-b. Cost given as ra-nging from '. . $lUS. 50 to $211.50 per acre , Money values only. Ware, W, W. Cost of producing truck crops. New York Dept. Agr. ,B-'j1. _j5 , p. 1012- 1017 . 1512 iilstimates on the cost of growing celery, onions and lettuce. PEAS. Burden, Mrs. H^inry, Growing peas for the cannery; experience of a practical farmer, • Rural Kew-Yorker, v. 73. P.29I. Feb. 28, igiH. Figures on the cost of growing 5 <3.cres of Alaska peas, 2 acres of Advancers, and 5 acres of Market Garden peas, in Madison Co. > W. Y. Mostly money values. - 6 - PEAS -C nt i nued . Cost and yield of soiling crops. New Jersey Agr. Exp. Sta. > Rpt. I905. p. 351. Data on cost of growing oats and peas. Money values only. Cost of producing peas* Canada Exp. farms Rpt. 1915> v.l, p.307-S> 312-3, 326-7; 1916, v.l, p, 200-1, 331.332-5 > 350-3- Detailed data on cost of producing peas at various experimental farms. Labor in hours. Porter, W. R. Cost of producing farm crops. North Dakota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 104, 1913. 59 - 117P. Results of records and estimates on cost of producing oa.ts c-;,nd peas on the demonstration farms in Kortn Dacota. Results reported in money values for yearia I906-I912, Wilkinson, A, E. The cannirg crop situation. National stockaan and farmer, v. 42, i p. 200. iilay IS, I9IS, Detailed data on the cost of raising an acre of peas for canning. TOMATOES . App, Frank, Cost of producing can-houss tomatoes. Market growers jotirnal, v. 24, p. 294,296. April 15. 1919- Average cost on 280 New Jersey farms in I9IS. for growing can-house tomatoes, $21 ,06 per ton, $131.17 per acre. Yield per acre 6,23 tons of tomatoes sold, Detailed figures. Chase, E. L. Getting a fair price for cannery tomatoes; what organization is accom- plishing for the New Jersey tomato growers. Market growers journal, v'. 22, p. 310, 324. April 15, 191s. Cost for counties of Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey, deduced from growers' .figures. Money values. Cost of production. Pennsylvania farmer, v,45 p. 124. Feb. 1, I919. Avera-e cost in G-omberland Co., $24.74 per ton in I9IS. Data based on the summary of reports of 70 farms. Morey values. - 7 - TOMTOES - continuBd. Forsythe, A. H. The cost of growing tomatoes, R-ural New-Yorker, v. 78, p.207. Feb. 8, 1919, Detailed figures for I9 acres grown -under favorable wea.ther conaitions on Clover Valley Farm in Gloucbster Co., W. J., I9IS, Wicks. W, H. Tomato culture in Idaho. Idaho Agr. Exp, Sta. 1 Bui. 76. 1915- 5%>. ■ Reports results of tnree years' work I9IO-I912 in tOT'iato cultiore at the Idaho Exp. Sta. Labor reported in hours. T URNIPS . Cost of producing turnips. Canada Exp. farms Rpt.j 1915' v.l» p. 173" 355; 1916, v,l, p.lS7-3£.?.. Cost of xjrouucirj5 turnips at various experimental faz-ms. Labor reported in hours. Farm department. Ontario Agr. Col, Exp, farj/i) 42d Arm, Rpt. > 19l6» p. 21-29. Figures obtained oy the cost accounting method on the cost of producing turnips on the college farm in 1915. Method of computing horse labor and method of coaputing cost of machinery discussed. Money values only, Root Crops, Massachusetts Bd. Agr, > 2d Ann. Rpt. 1S5M-, p. I9S-227. Data given on cost of growing carrots > potatoes and tvirnips. Results in money values. Time given for some of the operations especially weeding and hoeing. Wyllie> James, The determination of the cost of production of farm crops. Great Britain, Jo^ar, Bd, Agr., v.2k, p.H03-4l6. July I917 . This article discusses the factors to be considered when figuring the cost of crop production. Figures on the cost of producing swedes given as an example. October 11, I919. U. S. DEPARTMEITT OF AGRICULTURE Office of Farm Management SELECTED LIST OF REFERENCES OH THE COST OF l^HkT PEQDUCTIGH By Cora L. FeldlLomp, Library Assistant. IS9O 1. Cost of i^rowinj wheat, corn and cattle in Kansas, as estimated, by/correspond- ents of the board, April, IS9O. Kansas state Bd. Ao;r. Rpt. q-uarter endinc March 31, IS90, p.S-lSi IS93 2. Ingersolli C. L., and Perin, S, V/. The cost of farm crops. Nebraska Aqt. Exp. Sta* Bui. 29. IS93. 35-^p. Cost and profit in ci'owinG rye, oats, wheat, . corn> and laay on the station farm in lo92» Data in money values only. IS94 3. Expense of raising wheat and corn, U. S, Dept. of JSgr-, Bur, of Statis. , n.s. Rpt. no. 113, p.l06-lll, ISgJ^. Estimated cost of the principal items and total cost in the production of wheat and corn by states and sections per acre for IS93, Table 1 compiled from returns from nearly 30«000 leading farmers scattered throughout the United States. Table 2 com- ' piled from returns from over 4»000 experts. IS95 K Buffum, B, G. Results of three years' experiments in cost and profit of growing wheat Wyoming Agr, Exp. Sta. Bui. 25. IS95. 1^7 -154p, "Tabulated data are given for 3 years' work in growing wheat on single areas on irrigated and unirrigated land at 6 substations in the state. * The cost of raising wheat varies from $7,30 to $13.36 per acre. Estimated cost upon 4o acres or more by the use of improved machinery was $7*75 pe^ acre". -^ -- 1S97 5. Sable sliowine by coiinties the cost of producing an acre of each of the various agricultural products of the state, and the average yield per acre of the crops in each county, as estimated bv corres_.ondents oz the bureau. Kentuciq/, Bur. of Agr. , Labor, ana Statis., 12 Bien, iipt. ib97, p. 31^-317. 19 oC 6. Hays, Willet M. , and Parker , Edwatd C*, The cost of producing farm products; methods of investigation: cost of growing Minnesota field crops, I902, I903, 1904. U, S. De^.t. Agr.; Bur. Statis. Bui. HS; 1906; 90p<, Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 97; 1906; 90p. "Cost of producing wheat on fall plowing", p. 5^- Data obtainsd by cost account method. Average figures for three years on cost of producing wheat in Lyon and Norman counties. Total cost per acre is $1.8^ for Lyon County and $6^262 for Norman Ooujaty, 190s 7. Cost of producing crops in the Hawkesbury district* Agr. Gaz, of Hew South T/ales, v, I9 , p. 732-734, Sept. 2, I90S, Estimates by the staff at the Hawkesbury agricultural college on the cost of growing corn and wheat. S. Dondlinger, Peter Tracy. The book of wheat. New York, Ornage Judd co, , I9OS. 3^9P» $Yield and cost of production", p-100-107. Table she rang the itemized cost of raising an acre of wheat in Argentina, Japan, Eng- land, Prance, Kansas, r,fa3hington, Red River Valley, and Minnesota. Results given in money values o::.ly. I.v:- Wdiitinj; for many items of cost. 9. kelson, Elicas. Dry farming in Idaho, Idaho Agr* Exp. Sta. Bui. 62» I9OS, 42p. Estimates on cost oj producing wheat in Idaho. Money values only. -3 - 1909 10. Parker, Edward C. , and Cooper, Thomas P, The cost of prouucinj Minnesota far.n products, I902-I907. U. S. Dep Agr., Bur. Statis. Bvl, 73; I909 ; ^p, Minnesota Agr. Exo. Sta. Biol, 117; 1910J 69p. "Sprinc wheat"* p.U9-51. Data olptained by cost accotintinc; muthod, Averaco ficures for a five year period. 1910 11 » I31cLnchard» Henry F, Improvement of the wheat crop in California, U. S. Dept. A.-jr-, Bur, plant Indus, Bui. I7S4 I9IO, 37p, Approximate cost of cultivation per acre hy the common method is $2,70 as com- pared with O7.3O per acre by the ijproved method, Results in money values only. 12. Farrell, F. D. Dry-land grains in the Great Basin* U. S. Dept. Agr,, Bur. plant I:. Indus, Circ. 6l* igiO* 39p4 Cost of wheat production on the dry lands» p#37r3S, Results obtained from the reports of four farmers in Utaii, Data given in money values only. 1911 13» Cost of producing wheat in I909. U. S, Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis., Crop reporter, V.I3, no. 5, p,33-^. Mayi I9II. "The estimates of cost of producing wheat in 1909 are the results of the tabulation of over 5»000 reports from correspoiidents of the Bureau of Statistics", Average cost of wheat 0.66 per bushel of vll»15 per acre. Money values only, l4. Peacock, R, IV. Second annual report of the deconstration area, Bathurst experiment fax Agr. Gaz. of Hew South Wales, v,22, p,949-960. I9II. Detailed tables on the cost of producing wheat, alfalfa, corn, and fodder crops of rape and barley. N. 4 - 15. P-Ugsloy, C. W« Cost of growing crops in Nebraska. Nebraska Agr. Exp. Sta Bui. 122, 1911. I2p. "Cost of growing wheat" 1 p. 9, Data obtained by the questionnaire method on the cost of growing wheat for the years I909-I9IO, Average cost per bushel, 54,9 cents. Money values, 1912 16, Mumford) Herbert M, Business methods of wheat raising on an Illinois faVm« New York * tribune farmer, v. 11, no.56S, p.l, 20, Sept. I9, I912, Figures on the cost of growing an acre of wheat and corn. Total cost per acre for wheat $lk^28, and for corn $16.13. 1913 17. Lee, Orao'Jr, Cost of growing wheat on high-priced land. Tribune farmer, v-12, no, 539, p. 7. Feb. I3, I913, Cost and profit of growing 24,3 acres of wheat in New York in I9II, Careful recoras were kept. IS. Porter, \I. R. Cost of producing farm crops* North Dakota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. lo4. 1913. 59 -117P. Results of records and estimates on the ,, demonstration farms in North Dakota, Resul ts in money values for I906-I912, 1914 19, Burritt, M. C. Cost of growing wheat cut in two by changed methods. Rural New- Yorker, v.73~, P.1279-12S0. Oct. 31, 1914. iiecords for six years on the cost of growing wh^sat in New York. The firat four years the rotation followed was corn, oats, wheat, hay 1 to 3 years, beans sometimes followed by wheat, but more often by oats. The last two years " ' the rotation was one of four years - beans, wheat, clover hay, mixed clover and timothy hay. - 5 - 20, Call, L, E. The influence of the time and method of preparing the seedbed upon the yield of winter wheat, Kansas A^;r. Exp. Sta, Apt. 1914, p. 42-7^. Data for years igiO-1913 on cost of preparing land for wheat when plowed at different depths. Average cost for 4 years ran^^ed from $2,26 to vS^Ol per acr6. Plat experiments, 21, Cost of grain production in Canada) 1913* Canada Dept, trade and com- Derc mepce, Census and Statis, Off.) Census and' statistics raonthly> V.7, p. 299-306, December, 19l4. Figures for I9I3 i^ money values on the cost of producing fall wheat 1 spring wheat) oats, barley, flax, and corn. Table giving comparison with siniilar studies for 1911* Data obtained through crop reporting correspondents, 22, Cost of whcsat production and marketing, Saskatchewan, Rpt, of the grain markets coirmission 191^, p.l4-2o, "A table showing the summary of the cost of producing wheat in the province) in I9II, based upon the reports of 1»600 crop corres- pondents of the Saslcatchewan Department of Agriculture", p»l6. Average cost per acre is $10,13, 23* Keyser . Alvin, Farm cost on the Colorado agricultural college farm, Colorado Agr, Exp, Sta. Bui. 203. 191^. 56p, Cost of growing wheat, p. 30, Figures obtained by the aost accounting method ' on the cost of growing I25 bushels in I9IO and 620 bushels in I9II. Man labor and horse labor reported in hours, 24. Peck, F. 17. The cost of producing Minnesota farm crops, I9O6-I9I2, Minnesota Agr. Exp, Sta. Dul, 1^5 . 191^. ^Sp, "Cost of producing spring wheat - fall plowed" , p,29-30. Figures obtained by cost accounting methods are given on the > cost of producing wheat in Rice, Lyoni and Norman counties, Minnesota. Results in money values. • 6 - 1915 25. ChasQ, D, C. Cost of growing winter wheat! eastern yialds and prices better than western— fair profit if average yield is secured— cost of growing a bushel in Maryland 6o cents— in New York the cost of 54 cents— in both cases scientific rotations are in use— personal experiences of growers reported, ibnericaii acTicultorist. vM, no. 12, p. ^ , 4, Sept. IS, 1915, ^ ^ -^ Figures on the cost of growing wheat in Montgomery County. Md, , and Monroe Countyi N. y. In Ivlaryland it cost 5o 1/2 cents a bushel to raise an acre of wheat » and in Hew York 5^ cents, 26, Chilcott. E. C. , and others. Spring wheat in the Great Plains area. U. S. Dept. Agr, Bui, 2l4. 1915. 43p, "Comparison of cultural methods on the basis of cost^j p,S-36, Detailed records for 5 1/2 years from S field stations, 27, Johnson, 0. R. , and Foard, U, E. The cost of production on Missoviri farms. Missouri Agr. Exp. Sta. 3ul. 125, 1915. 2S5 -3l6p. Labor in hours. Table of the money cost of producing wheat on 145 acres. Based on detailed cost records. 2S. Pack, F, n. Cost of producing field crops I9OS-I9I2. Minnesota Farmers' Library Agr, Ext. Bui, 59. 1915. Sp. Results previously published in Minnesota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. nos. 97 > 117' a^ii^- 1'=^'+. ei9. , Report from the Division of field husbandry. Canada Exp, farms E.jt, , 1915, v.l. p. 175-354. Cost of producing wh^at at various experi- mental farms. Labor reported in hours, 30, Thorn, C. C. , and Holtz, H. F. Time and method of tillage on the yield and comparative cost of produc- tion of wheat in the Palouse Region of eastern Washington, Vfesh* ■. ;. ington Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. I23. I9I5. 6 p. Report of plat experiments conducted to determine tiie relative merits of various tillage practices. Cost per acre ranged from $6.15 to $17.35, 7 - 1916 31. Cooper, T. P., Peck, F. V/. , and Boss, Andrew. Labor requirements of crop production. Minnesota A^r. Exp, Sta. Dul. 157. 1916. 55p. "Labor req,uirements for producing sprinj^ wheat— Fall plowed", p,26«-2S. Table of hours of man and horse labor required for eacih operation. 32. Farm cost accounting. Ontario Agr p. 332. Dec. 23, 1916. Detailed account of raising 7 1/2 acres of wheat. Cost of producin£; 1 acre is $19,20, 39" Wilson, H, C, and Whelan, A. J. Cost of production of field crops (Wheat), Jour, of the Dopt. of Acr. of Victoria, Australia, v.13, p. 4o6-4l3, July 10, 1915; v,lk, 19^^3^-307 > May 10, 1916, Detailed records' for all operations. Time required for each operation, 1917 ho, Atkinson, Alfred, Stephens, J. M, ,anu Morgan, G. W. Dry farm crop rotations and cultural methods. Montana A^r. Exp. Sta, Bui. 116. 1917* 5i4p, Cost per acre of producing- iifceat, oats, barley, flax, and corn in a series of .■•\ rotations. Mostly money values. ^1, DillinQS, Geor:;e A, Seasonal distribution of farm labor in Chaster County, Pa, U. S, Dept. Azr. 3ul, 523. I917, 29p, Survey fijjures on the duty of machinery in seeding and harvesting wheat; also hours of man labor and horse labor required per acre, k2, Chilcott, E. C, Cole, John S. , and Kuska, J, 2, Winter wheat in the Great Plains area; relation of cultural methods to production, U. S. Dept. A^r. Dul, 595. I9I7, 36p. Figures on thd avera^jo cost of producine wheat at the field stations in N. D. , S. D. , Neb, , Kan. . Tex. , N. M, , Vfyo. , and Mont. Plat experiments. k]). Compare yovir costs with these. Utah farmer, v. 13, P,57S» April 21, 1917. Figures submitted by Heber Austin, of Idaiio Falls, Idaho, ona the .cost of growing;; oats, sugar beets, and whtjat. Results given in money values only. ij-4. Compare your profits. Utah farmer, v. 13,p.524, March 24, I317, Fi^Tores submitted by- John P. Holmgren of Dear River Yalley on the ^ost of growing o^ts > sugar beets > ana wheat. Results in money values onlyi - 9 - '+5* Cost of growing- wh-at. Farm and fireside, v,Ul» no,l> p. S. Oct. 6, 1917, Detailed data on cost oi ^-rowing an aero of wheat in a leadinj winter wheat state, Source of data not jiven, 46. Cost of crowinc wheat: figures from several farms Gbbw-dncreases in mancr items, Kansas farmer, v,55» no, 42, p. 4, Oct. 20, 1^^ > Figures submitted by farmers on the cost of producing wheat in Kansas, Money values only, k] , Cost of production survey British Columbia Agr. Gaz.of Canada, v,4, P.39S-399. May, 1917. Data from 102 reports received during 1916 on the cost of producing various crops grown in the field competitions. Results in money values on the cost of producing a ton of wheat. 4S, Great Britain, Board of agriculture and fisheries. Statement in regard to the cost of growing an acre of wheat during the present season compared with the pre'-war cost. 1917« 2p, Estiiates on the cost of producing an acre of wheat for years 1913-1917* 49, Hutchins, Edward, The cost of growing wh-^at, Michigan farmer, v.l^g, p,351f Cct, 20, 1917. , Estimates on the cost of producing and marketing an acre of wheat in Michigan when average yield is about 14 bushels per acre. Total cost given is $])'^,lk per acre, Money values only. 50. rlebrasica produced wheat at a loss. Rural New-Yorker, v,76, p,l401« Deo. S, 1917, According to figures from the Dept, of Farm J/Igt. , Nebraska College of Agriculture, "The average cost of the Nebrasica I917 wheat crop, including the cost of putting out the wheat which was winter -killed, was more than $3 p^r bushel". Tlie average production cost of each acre of wheat harvested in Nebraska in I917 ffiwas $17.37» '^^'^^ cost per bushel including storage was$l,51» It is estimated tlaat 10,4 hours of man labor and 26,5 hours of horse labor were expeij/ied upon an acre of wheat V/hich yielded 12 bushels. - lOw*. 51. Ross) H., and Gilder, P. G, 3asis of cost in wheat production, Ar;r. Gaz. of New South IVales, V.2S, p.oGg-SSO. Doc, X9I7. Discussion of the factors to bo considered with fi^urinj thu cost of whoat, 52. Thorne, C. E. The hi(3h cost of low crop yields: intensivo,^ cultivation most profitable on avera;je farms, Ohio A-r. Exp. Sta., 'Mo. Ilul, v,2, p.lSl-lSJ. June, 1917. "Cost of wheat production", p,lS3-lSU. Fijares on the cost of producing:; 10 acres of wheat yielding 3^ bushels per acre» and 25 acres yielding 13 bushels per acre. Labor (man and horse) reported in days, 53» Utah-Idaiio sugar company. Profits from sugar beets as compared to wheat, Utah fanner, v.l^, p. 9s. Sept. 22, 1317 , Total cost Ox one acre of whdat (40 bu, ) is v^S.JO; total cost of one acre of sugar beets (I5 tons) is $57*25. Results given in money values only, 5^, V/illiams, Carl. r/hat does it cost to grow whaat? Some items that most of the folks leave out when figuring, Oklahoma farmer -s*ockiiian, v,30, p, 5^0. July 25, 1917, The items considered are: Gost of labor » cost of harvesting, cost of keeping a teami interest on the investment, taxes, and fertility taken from the land, Fig-ures are also given for a field of 187 adores where all the work was hired done. Cost per bushel for this field, not including hauling to bin, is 6S cents. 55. Williams, S. 0, Cost of a bushel of wheat, Rural Huw-Yorker , v,7b, p,l230. Oct, 27, 1917. Itemized cost 01 growing 10 acres of wheat in New York amounts to S5263.25, Cost per bushel given when average yield is 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and kO bushels per acre. - 11 - 5o» V/illiajnson» Franc|is H, The cost of growiriG wheat; an analyaia of present production costs. Pennsylvania Far:aer I v.^c, p. 24^, Oct. S, 1917- Detailed data for '20 acres of land in Delaware Go, ) Pannsylvania, 3oth man and horse labor ^iven, Aver9.ge cost per bushel v-^.lU, 191s 57, Carsonj Elba A, Cost of wheat in &ou thorn Ohio, Hational stockrflan and farmer) v,4g, p. 716-717. Nov. 9, 191s. Detailed f icures kept by farmer in Hi~hland Co,, Ohioi i:;;ivd cost per bushel vl.377i this ■..as for I9IS crop which was very co^^' 5S. Cost of wheat Growing. Rural Hew-Yorker , v.77>p.S9e, July -0> I9IS. Estima.tes by farmers of Montgomery County) Marylaixd; also figures from an Ohio farmer ,2ivi:-5 detailed statement for producing 20 aci'3s of wheat to-day and 20 acres of wheat 4-0 years ago. Labor reported in days, 59. Currier* E.L. The cost of growing wheat on typical non-irrigated aureas in Montana, Montana i\gr, Exp. Sta. 3ul. 122, I9IS. 141-lblp. ' Data collected during the suiiimers of 1914 and 1915 from S3 farms in the Gallatin Valley and Judith Dasin* Hours of labor, 60 ♦ Jar dine > Vto, H, Cost of producing wheat: definite figures obtained on twenty Sumner County farms, Kansas farmer> v,5bi no, 4;:., p.l, Oct.'igr I9IS. "Part of data obtained from the farmers themselves and part from estimates prepared on records kept in the states for many years." Figures also obtained by farm management specialists*^ * 'ihe cost of producing Minnesota field crops 1 I913-I9I7. Minnesota Agr. Exp, Sta. Bui, 179* 191S, 42p. A continu.aticn of cost studies reported in . Miniiesota Agr, Exp. Sta. 3ul, l45. "Cost of -orodu-jing v/heat - fall plowed", p. 27. ~ I'd ~ 62. Pinnick, H.A. The cost of wheat, National stocimian and farmer, v. 42, p. 756. Nov. ^3. 191s, Detailed ficuras on the cost of growing 9 acres in- Wayne C'oi;.ntyi Ohio. 63. Poorman, L. M, The cost of wheat. i:at;io:-':al stockrnan and farmer, v. 4c;, p,75b. ITov. 'c'i), 191s, Cost acGo-i3.nt figures for 10 acros of wheat . .Town in Pkirry Co., Ohio. 64. RittenhoTise, J,H. The net ^ain — the cost of wheat. Hational stockman and farmer, v.i^, p. 73s. Hov. 16, I9I0. Criticises :aethods in previor.s articles of viiitimatin- cost of prodiicin^ wheat. 65. Thorne, C.E, The cost of crop production in Ohio. Ohio Aqv , Exp. Sta, Mo. I3ul. V.3' p. 337 -3^^. i'^ov. 1513. Total cost of producing corn, v/heat, oats, and hay on the average Ohio farms for the 10 yearsf 1905-1915 and for I9I0, with a discussion of the factors that must he considered in cost studies. 66. U. S. Concress 65th. ed Sess, Food production act, 1919' hearin^^ before the committee on aGriculture and forestryUni ted States Senate... on wheat and beef cattlOi Pt,2, A-us- 2S, 1915; Pt.3, Sept. 5, I9I0. A discussion 01 the cost of producing wheat and beef cattle , 67. Zapoleon, L. 13. Geography of wheat jpricec: nminary of conditions affecting farm prices of wheat in different parts of the United States. U. S. Dept. Agr. 3ul. 594. I9I0, )jGp, Data on cost do not include all items usually considered; but costs in dif- ferent regions are compared. J 9 ■'•9 6S. The cost of producing wheat; fai-mers say it is Ol,522 per bushel — agri- cultural colleges place- cost higher. Agricultural review, v.ll, no. 9 1 p. 4. Jan. I919, Results frsm a questionnaire sent to several hundred farmers in Kansas, Missouri, He orasl^a, > and Oklahoma by the International faxia congress. - 13 - 65. Co3t Of wheat. ITational stociaiian and f aruiar 1 v,42, p.l030. Jan. Z'^, 1919. Report of a conuuittoe of the Hadj-nor Grange. Delaware County > Ohio» ;^;ivin2 detailed data on the cost of producing wheat. Total cost per acre v39»02> total cost per bushel O'^'.^^. 70. Hcnnis, CM., and I7illard, Rex E. I^rm practices in grain farming in North Dakota. U.S. Depti Agr. IDul. 757. 1919. 35p. Survey figures from over 350 records on cost of growing wheat in I912, 1913' and 1914. AUTHOR IDIDEX Atkinson> Alfred — --------______*_________ 4o Billings 1 Georga A, -- — in 31anchard> Henry F. --------_-_______________ n Ijossj Andrew ----_____________ 31 3-uf fan, 3.C. 4 3-urritti M. C. ___________________________ X9 Call, L. E. 20 Carsoni Exba A. 57 Chase, D. C. ----______ _ _ ___________ 25 Chilcott) E. C. 26- 42 Cole, John S. — -_ __ 1+2 Cooper,. T. P. . - 1 __ _ iq- 31 Currier. E. L, -- — ____•_-_______ 55 Dadisman, A. J. __________________________ 33 Dondlinger, Pa tor Tracy — __________________ — s Farrell, F. D. 12 Foard, 17. E. 2] Gilder, P. G. 5I Hays, \7illet M. 6 Hennis, C, M. 70 Holtz, H. F. _-- 30 Hutchinsi Edward - — --_ — _________ — _____ U5 Ingersoll, C. L. ---------- — ______________ 2 Jardine, lYm. H. _____ — ___________________ 60 Johnson, 0. M, ______-__- — _____________ — _ 33 Johnson, 0. R. --_-_---__-__-----_-------- 27 Keyser, Alvin ___-___-__-_-__- _________ ^3 Kaska, J, 13. ____________________________ 42 Ladd, C. E. 34 Lee , Ora, Jr. __-_-----_----------_-__-__ 17 Morgan, G. W. 40 M-umford, Horbert XL _--- ___________ — _ 16 llelson, Elias -- — ______ _ — _ _ ___ — 5 Parker, Edward C, __-- ___$_ 10 Peacock, R. W, l4 Peck, F. V/. ^4 - ^i - 31 - 61 Perin, S. W. 2 Pinnick, R. A. — — _____ — ___ — 62 AUTHOFi II'TDEX continiied -^^thor iTmbor Poor:uan,. LJ!. 63 Porter, \'I. R. ~ ~ iQ Pugsley, C. IV. I5 HittGnhousoi J. II. 64 Pioss, II. -__--_-_.-_________________ 51 Sinalley, H. H. _______________________ 36 Stephens, J. H. --_______ ____________ 40 Thorn, C. C. 30 Thoiiipson, A. L. _- — __________ _______ 37 Thome, C. E, _____ _ 52- 65 IVhelan, A. J. __ _____ 33 IVhol'm-i.^ht , Charles -_ — ___ _______-__-- 33 Willard, Hex E. _ 70 Williams, Carl __-- _- 54 Williams, S. C, — ____ _ _ _ _ 55 Williamson, Erancis H. __________ — _____ 56 Wilson, H, C, 39 Zapoleon, L, 2. ----------------------- 67