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EC840 Corn Production Costs Nebraska 1934 Arthur G. George

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DUo to · oxtrome drouth'. 'Condit'icms; .of ~ 1934·~ - pra'ctlc.ally" i1o . corn· produced,·: by tho mon-- sUbmitting i·ec·ords·.- . ·.: T.hi s' h.a:·s rr.a:O:e" it·' 'impos.s 1l:ilc' to. sliow costs· per pU:shel . For · this and other :r easons 'the--'1934- r·ecofas iwill n'o t b'i:{ cOitJ.parable with: th~·s _e · o-f: pro~ c eding ·years . wo:d:in,g u-p' ·t:1e 1Sorn c·o:st -·tl.ata:.' for :t l 'i's . remo:rt only t~1ose c ost·s · . thru cultivating have be'cn' considered:. ': bn thi's oa sis the' 'c~s ts p er a:c'r'e· oniy ' have. been computed. Such costs do not include .; all~- ·-char~;o f ·o r tho· u se ·o f l a n d · 'hilt · only· · charges for l abor , power, machiner~· depr eci a tion, and seed. Credits :for corn , fodder , silage or ·pasturage have n·ot beert·: s4:io'vm ; ·: · r;rel't h er hav'e c·o rn benefi t ·payr:nents from the Agricultural 'Adjustment Adrainl.stra t i on o:e en· co:risi der·e d 'in t ~1h . study . . ..

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