COTTON 205 



EXPENSES IN COTTON PRODUCTION PER ACRE 



(Continued} 

 Items of Expense Farm A Farm B 



Totals brought forward $25.95 $30.30 



Less value of seed. 5.60 5.84 



Expenses in producing lint $20.35 $24.46 



Yield in pounds, lint cotton 350 365 



Expense per pound lint cotton.. . 5.8c 6.7c 



Market value lint at 10 cents. . . . $35.00 $36.50 



Receipts per acre above expense. . $14.65 $12.04 



The results on these two farms show a difference 

 of nearly one cent a pound in cost of producing 

 lint cotton, and here, too, rather good farming is 

 done, since the yields obtained are nearly twice 

 the average production for the Cotton Belt. 



But let us take other examples that more nearly 

 correspond to the average for the whole country. 

 Like the preceding two, they are also actual 

 results produced on three average farms : 



EXPENSES IN COTTON PRODUCTION ON BASIS 

 OF AN ACRE 



Items of Expense Farm C Farm D Farm E 



Plowing $1.25 $1.00 $1.00 



Harrowing 50 .50 .15 



Bedding and Adding Fer- 

 tilizer 1.75 1.50 1.12 



Planting 40 .25 .25 



Chopping 50 1.50 .75 



Carried forward. $4.40 $4.75 $3.27 



