. Bulletin. Agriculture. UNIT COST OF EQUIPMENT. 51 -TO 50 Excluding secondhand implements, the cost per acre-time for 1-horse cultivators ranges from to cents, with the greater number between 4 and 5 cents. A few 3-liorse (double row) culti- vators are included with the 2 horse. Only 3 of the 2 or 3 horse cultivators cost over 13 cents per acre-time. One of these was an extra cultivator, bought secondhand and used on only 15 acres m four years. The cost of use for most of them ranged between 1 and 10 cents per acre-tune, 35 out of 102 being between 2 and 4 cents, 24 between 4 and 6 ce
. Bulletin. Agriculture. UNIT COST OF EQUIPMENT. 51 -TO 50 Excluding secondhand implements, the cost per acre-time for 1-horse cultivators ranges from to cents, with the greater number between 4 and 5 cents. A few 3-liorse (double row) culti- vators are included with the 2 horse. Only 3 of the 2 or 3 horse cultivators cost over 13 cents per acre-time. One of these was an extra cultivator, bought secondhand and used on only 15 acres m four years. The cost of use for most of them ranged between 1 and 10 cents per acre-tune, 35 out of 102 being between 2 and 4 cents, 24 between 4 and 6 cents, and 12 below 2 cents. The acre cost of corn bhiders varies greatly, but on about half the farms where used it was between 25 and 45 cents per acre. Two sled har- vesters cost less than 10 cents per acre. The corn shockers re- ported were used on a much lower acreage than the corn binders, with a much higher acre cost. The wide variation in size and first cost of ensilage cutters makes the average of doubtful value. Two cutters cut about 120 tons each per year at costs. 10 10 15 20 25 Fig. 3. -Diagram showing the acre cost of individual plows,harrows, cultivators, cornplanters, and grain drills. of about 7 cents per ton, while another cut about 1,250 tons per year at a cost of cents per ton. Three 2-hole corn shellers had a mean cost of per year, while seven out of eight 1-hole shellers cost less than 60 cents per year. The shortness of the period of 212. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington : G. P. O.
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