206 COTTON 



EXPENSES IN COTTON PRODUCTION ON BASIS 



OF AN ACRE (Continued) 



Items of Expense Farm C Farm D Farm E 



Brought forward $4 . 40 $4 . 75 $3 . 27 



Cultivation 2.50 2.00 2.75 



Seed 50 .35 .25 



Fertilizer 3.75 3.00 2.00 



Picking 4.00 3.00 3.00 



Ginning 1.25 .75 .65 



Other expenses 1.00 2.00 3.00 



Totals $17.40 $15.85 $14.92 



Less value of seed 4 . 80 3 . 20 3 . 00 



Expenses in producing 



lint $12.60 $12.65 $11.92 



Yield in pounds of lint 



cotton 300 200 250 



Expenses per pound of 



lint cotton 4 . 2c 5 . 8c 4 . 8c 



Market value lint at 10 



cents $30.00 $20.00 $25.00 



Receipts per acre above 



expense $17.40 $7.35 $13.08 



The results as shown in these instances give us 

 an idea of the range in expense account on farms 

 where the yield varies from one-half to three- 

 quarters of a bale per .acre. It will be seen that 

 they represent neither extreme, and can be taken 

 as showing about average results. 



We will now carry these estimates still further 

 by considering statistical averages from a large 

 number of sources, representing different soils, and 

 different climatic conditions, in our several Cotton 

 States. The results are as follows : 



