The nonpartisan leader. [volume], March 08, 1920, Image 11

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Montana Farmer Gives Three
Years' Field Records
DITOR Nonpartisan Lead
er: I work a farm of
160 acres, 90 under culti
vation. Wheat, oats,
corn, potatoes and beans
are the crops grown. I
have no free labor in the way of chil
dren to help out, all labor and horse
power is hired and charged to fields.
In a 12-year period of operation I
found myself regularly putting in new
fresh money to keep up. To find the
trouble I started to keep books, on po
tatoes first, then on all crops. Five
years of record on potatoes and three
years on th& farm as a whole is now
complete. In the three years of rec
ord fine was a bumper, one a fair and.
one a poor crop, so taken as a whole
the field returns will average what
we can expect in the future.
To .reduce space I bunch the three
years together. The farm is equipped
with a full set of tools of all kinds, for
which I have made no charge except
for repairs and renewals of worn
parts.
Checking up in the books I find, in
the three years, 1916, 1917 and 1918,
I have employed and paid for:
11,044 hours of man labor at 80 cents $8,818.20
16,648 hours of horse labor at 20 cents 3,829.60
Field supplies, repairs, seed and taxes 1,256.62
Total
Crop returns, 1916.....
Crop returns, 1917
Crop returns, 1918
Total v..
$7,899.42
.$8,2X8.21
1,205.69
2,004.45
6,423.85
Loss ...$1,476.07
In other words, in a three-year op
eration the field returns are short
$1,476.07 of paying the actual cost of
producing, even when the tools are
furnished free and no charge made
for land interest nor fertilizer.
I have grown potatoes in large
quantities, my original idea, or guess,
as to cost, was $35 per acre. Books
now show I Was nearly 100 per cent
off. It may be interesting, to other
farmers to know how this crop varies
as to cost and yield with every year,
so I stick in the record, cents omitted:
Acre yield
6,800 pounds
8,800 pounds
2,240 pounds
7,400 pounds
200 pounds
Year Acre cost
1915... $77
191
6 80
191
7 62
191
8 94
191
9 47
The yields given are in marketable
potatoes, small potatoes are not ac
counted for. They were left in the
field unpicked.
This shows, when the best modern
tools are used, that the average acre
cost is $72 and the average yield
4,928 pounds,'K giving a fraction over
$1.50 per 100 pounds as the labor cost
of producing sacked potatoes deliver
ed at local warehouse or loading sta
tion,
Ten cents must be added to this to
cover the use of lapd and if we add
another 10 cents for profit we will
have $1.70 as'the actual cost. I see
no prospect of receiving this for po
tatoes so I have now stowed away my
tools and will quit growing them.
The results shown by my books
is a revelation to me. I now know
if operating costs remain stationary
it will require a 30 per cent increase
in farm prices tq. make things come
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