96 THE UPPER PINE BELT. 



1. E. H. Pceples, Lawton Township, Hampton county: Makes a bale of 4.10 pounds lint cotton 

 per acre under this culture— seed cotton 1,350 pounds, cotton seed thirty bushels. 



2. Hotner H. Peoples, Peeples' Township, Hampton county: Average l,iWO pounds seed cotton, 

 400 pounds lint, twenty-seven bushels seed. 



3. G. Varn, Esq., Folk's Store, Colleton county: Crop 1,000 pounds seed cotton, lint .3;J.3 pounds, 

 seed twentj'-two bushels. 



4. W. B. Kice, Bamberg, Barnwell county : Crop 850 to 1,500 pounds per acre, say 1,175 seed cotton, 

 average .SOI pounds lint, twenty-six bushels seed, at twelve and a half cents. 



5. John S. Stoiiey, Allendale, Barnwell county: Yield 1,200 pounds seed cotton, 370 pounds lint, 

 seed twenty-two bushels 



6. O.N. Bowman, Rowesville. Orangeburg county: 1,100 pounds seed cotton, 370 pounds lint, 

 twenty-six bushels seed. 



7. E. T. atackhouse, Little Rock, Marion county : He says, " I worked last year twenty acres in 

 cotton on contract with Esau Page, which actually cost as follows: All work repairing fencing, 

 picking, ginning, Ac, 8314.00; Commercial manures, Slll.OO ; feed and rent of mule, SlOd.OO; wear 

 aud tear to machinery, S3o.00; hauling straw, &c.. to stable, S13.00; bagging and ties lor twenty- 

 nine bales, 310.00; for my direcliou, 3.50.00. Total, S702.0U, or S85.00 per acre. Crop. 13,277 pounds 

 lint cotton. Contract satisfactory; has run for several year.s. Rents 230 of the 290 acres of his 

 home larm for forty- four pounds lint cotton. Renters engage to make all repairs and keep up 

 fertility ol land. Estimate on 1,000 pounds seed cotton, 333 pounds lint, twenty-three bushels seed." 



8. W. D. Johnson, Marion C.H.: Yield 1.200 pounds, 400 pounds lint, thirty bushels seed. In a 

 good year 1,400 to 1,500 pounds seed cotton. N. B. The rent and home made manure, i. e., cotton 

 seed, constitute one-half or more of profits. 



9. C. S. McCall, Kennettsville, Marlboro county: Average yield 1,000 pounds, 333 pounds lint, 

 twenty-three bushels seed. 



10. Edward E, Evans,Society Hill, Darlington county: Yield 1,000 pounds, 333 pounds lint, twenty- 

 eight bushels seed. 



11. Henry P. Duvall, Cheraw, Chesterfield county : Y'ield 1,200 pounds, 400 pounds lint, thirty 

 bushels seed. 



The mean of the above estimates makes the cost of cotton 8 3-10 cents; not calculating the im- 

 provement of the land by culture or any of the numerous perquisites attending such eraplo.v- 

 ment. The average profit per acre is 17.80, deducting charges for rent and management it isS15.75. 

 Thrift and management will aiso reduce and even wipe out many of the items charged as ex- 

 penses. Home-made manures, consisting largely of cotton seed which is reproduced each suc- 

 cessive year in constantly increasing quantity, is such an item. 



It is interesting to compare these estimates of the cost of prodiic- 

 insT cotton with those made in former times. A writer in the 

 Carolinian, in 1848, declares that five cents a pound for cotton will not 

 pay a profit, and gives this statement as the experience on a plantation 

 wdth twenty field hands, total investment, $20,000. 



Expenses for 1848. 



Wages of overseer , $ 300 00 



Blacksmith and medical accounts 65 00 



Clothing 88 00 



Bagging and rope for 120 bales cotton 150 00 



Taxes 30 00 



Salt $12, nails $5.00, hoes $4.50 21 50 



Hospital supplies • 7 50 



Wear and tear of land 330 00 



Wear and tear of mules, wagons, &c . . 200 00 



Transporting cotton to market at seventy-five cents per bale . . 90 00 



$1,282 00 



