10 



Little Brazos ^wer 



I. 



f2 Acres, 



well worlced fp/ow£d 

 4 times , chopped 3 lime^ 

 yield3936 Us. lint or 

 328 Ibs.per arre. 



I. 



6 Acres, 

 worked out lales 

 iieglecledjors 

 weeks, yield 482 lis. 

 linlorGO.zslisper/l. 



M. 



SAtres, 



Jiurcullivalii/n.neo. 



leclecllen. dcu/s: 



i/ield mj llslinl 



or243.izs IbsperA. 



'^se 



^ 



JO Acres, 



rows 6 feet apart j lest-cullivatiort. 

 ilield 6J3J lis.lintor/30.62l6s.per 

 cure. 



V 

 JOJlcres, 



rows 4 feet apart; Sest cuttwa- 

 lion; lliorouqn/y sprat/ed.yieM 

 6613 lbs.liruorl3Z.26ll>spera£re. 



Fig. 2.— Experimental cotton fields. 



Note. — Although the field of 50 acres with the rows 6 feet apart j^ielded less lint 

 than the field of 50 acres with the rows 4 feet apart, the margin of profit was greater 

 on the former on account of the saving in chopping. A tabular statement follows: 



Yield on 50 acres with rows 4 feet apart pounds. . 6, 613 



Yield on 50 acres with rows 6 feet apart do 6, 531 



Yield in favor of narrow rows do 82 



Value of excess at 8 cents per pound $6. 56 



Cost of chopping 50 acres with rows 4 feet apart, at %\. 25 per acre $62. 50 



Cost of chopping 59 acres with -rows 6 feet apart, at 85 cents per acre $42. 50 



Saving in favor of wide rows $20. 00 



Saving in cost of chopping wide rows $20. 00 



Value of gain in lint in narrow rows $6. 56 



Actual gain in favor of wide rows $13. 44 



