COST OF COTTON PRODUCTION 



Good Poor 



Planting 25 .75 



Chopping and hoeing i.oo 1.50 



Cultivation 5.00 4- 50 



Fertilizer 4.00 3.00 



Seed (for planting) 50 .25 



Picking 9.00 3.60 



Ginning and baling 3.00 1.20 



Hauling to gin and to market . . #1.50 $ .60 



Rent of land . . .. . . . 5.00 3.00 



32.50 $23.40 



Less value of seed @ $i 8 per ton. . 9.00 3.60 



$23.50 $19.80 



Sale of lint @ 10 cents . . . $50.00 $20.00 



Net profit 26.50 .20 



Cost per pound .047 .099 



These figures dp not allow anything for wear 

 and tear on teams and implements nor is there 

 anything accounted for supervision. There are 

 several other legitimate expenses which must 

 be made which would add to the total cost. 

 Unless the labor and teams are profitably 

 employed during the period when they are not 

 needed for the cotton crop the cost of subsist- 

 ence must be added as an additional item. 

 Some of the items might be reduced by excep- 

 tional management. For instance, the fertil- 



