73 COTTON IN EGYPT AND THE SUDAN. 



COST OF PRODUCTION AND RENTABILITY. 



AVERAGE MINIMUM COST OF PRODUCTION FOR ONE FEDDAN OF 



COTTON LAND. 



Best Delta Upper Egyptian 

 soil. soii. 



Rent of the land E. 8 to 12 . . E. 6 to 8 



Land tax, in the Delta 50 to 164 P.T., in 



Upper Egypt 20 to 100 P.T =P.T. 150 .. P.T. 80 



Ploughing, preparation of soil, construction 



of irrigation ditches, 70 to 100 P.T. .. 70 .. ,, 70 



Cost of the seed 25 . . 20 



Sowing ,, 30 . . 30 



Manuring, 40 to 100 P.T. in the Delta, 



to 50 P.T. in Upper Egypt 45 



10 to 12 waterings with own pumps, or 



bought water 100 .. ,, 100 



Thinning out and hoeing ) 



Picking [ * 120 . . .. 100 



Killing of pests J 



Pulling up of the stalks, 10 to 12 P.T 10 .. 10 



Without rent of the land P.T. 550 . . P.T. 400 



= E. 5J .. E. 4 



*These three items have been expressed by one figure, as when many insects 

 make their appearance the cost of exterminating them is very high, the picking 

 expenses on the other hand being low, owing to a reduced crop ; the wages for 

 picking are therefore very uncertain. 



In the Unite3 States of North America it is estimated that the 

 cost of production is about the same, viz., on one acre exceptionally 

 5001bs. =5 kantars with a profit of about $23 in round figures 

 500 P.T. , but on the other hand, the land rents in America, say about 

 $6 per acre, are much cheaper than in Egypt. 



NET PROCEEDS FROM ONE FEDDAN OF COTTON LAND. 



Lint cotton, average 4 kantars, in Upper Egypt only 3 



kantars, at Jalleri 17 - Jalleri 68 = P.T. 1,360 



Cotton seed, 8 kantars = 6 hi. after deduction of the 



ginning charges ,, 100 



Stems of the cotton plants 8 kantars, uncertain yield, 



often unsaleable . 40 



In round figures P.T. 1,500 



Cost of cultivation exclusive of the land rent . 550 



P.T. 



Clear profit of the cotton year E. 0| 



As cotton can at the most be cultivated only every second year 

 in the rotation of the crops, and the clear profit from the other 

 rotation crops (wheat or barley and clover), after the deduction 

 of the expenses, which altogether may be estimated at about 



