THE UPPER PINE BELT. 



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Table showing the cost of each item of Labor and Material expended in the cul- 

 tivation of an acre of Cotton in the Upper Pine Belt Region of South 

 Carolina : 



ITEMS. 



1. 



Rem 



Fencinsr, repairs and Interest on 



Knocking stalks 



Pulling and burning stalks 



Other cleaning up 



Listing 



Beddinsi with hoes 



Breaking up 



Damming 



Barring old beds 



Splitting middles 



Reversing 



Laying off 



Manures, Commercial 



Manures, home-made 



Applying manures 



Bedding up 



Splitting middles 



Knocking off beds 



Planting, opening. 



Planting, dropping 



Planting, covering 



Replanting 



Seed 



Thinning 



Number of plo wings, 5, 5, 5 and 6 



Number of hoeings, 4, 4. 1, 4 



Picking 



Hauling to gin 



Ginning 



Management 



Wear and tear of implements... 



Bagging and ties 



Total 



Cost per pound lint 



2 00 $ 2 00 



1 00 40 



20 12 



Profit, per acre, at ten cents per 

 pound 



Profit, deducting charges for 

 rent and management 



50 



1 50 



50 



25 



3 00 



2 00 



25 



50 



20 

 2.5 

 20 

 50 

 30 

 25 



1 85 

 80 



6 75 

 15 



2 25 

 5 00 



05 



1 50 



3. 



4. 



9. 



$ 3 00 I 2 50 



10. 



1 35 

 831 5.5 



3 50 



4 00 

 38 

 37 

 18 

 15 

 20 

 20 

 10 

 28 

 50 

 28- 



2 00 



1 00 

 6 00 



50 



2 00 

 1 00 



07 



«23 45 

 826 45 



1 35 



S2S 98 



07 



811 02 

 814 02 



15 



2 00 



3 00 

 15 



a5 



10 

 35 

 50 



1 65 

 60 



5 00 



300 

 5 00 



« 2 .50 $ 2 50 8 4 00 8 40O83CO83 00 



3 .50 

 2 25 

 08 

 50 

 25 

 25 

 25 



25 

 05 

 50 

 15 

 2 25 



1 40 

 4 70 



60 



2 60 

 2 50 



1 10 1 20 

 «26 90 827 IS 

 08 1-6 06 9-10 



86 40 811 92 



814 40 816 92 



05 



S3 



'i 



33 

 ' 2.5 



3 00 



4 2-5 

 57 

 33 

 20 



10 



30 



30 



133 



1 00 



6 00 



25 



2 



1 15 



52.5 12 



067-40 



«11 



814 30 



1 00 



10 

 4 50 

 3 00 

 1 00 



75 



16 



10 



30 



20 



2 50 



1 75 



5 50 



50 



1 &5 



2 00 



1 2.5 



1 25 



4 50 



3 00 



2 50 



1 00 



50 



20 



30 



3 00 

 2 00 

 5 00 



1 00 



2 00 

 2 00 



1 00 

 10 

 20 



13 

 6 25 

 5 CO 

 35 

 50 

 25 



60 



2 25 

 2 00 

 6 00 

 50 

 2 50 



1 10 1 30 1 &5 1 08 



50 



•Jo 



fiOO 

 2 50 

 50 

 25 

 10 

 10 

 25 

 25 

 20 



50 



40 



2 25 



2 00 



5 00 



2 00 



3 00 



10 



2.5 



11. 



00 



12 

 1 50 



30 

 50 

 2 00 

 1 50 

 5 00 

 luO 



1 20 



2 00 



3 75 



1 00 



15 



18 



4 .50 



5 00 

 75 



1 50 



25 



25 

 50 

 200 

 2 00 

 6 00 

 75 

 2 00 



827 35 835 75 f32 S6 831 43 



08 



25 



810 75 



107-10,082-10 



82 45 87 14 



83 55 811 14 



094-10 



81 87 



87 87 



4 25 

 1 10 1 10 



826 77 8S6 78 



08 09 4-5 



53 83 22 



811 53 $11 22 



