ACIUClTLTinAr. MMMtMPIMATION BIIJ^ 1024. 



Ml-. lUlJIANAN. \\ llMl <l<» \UUr »lU(il<>H .shtiw IH ihr f<»l of tllf 

 pnxillrtloll of cot toll '. 



Doctor Tavlok. I can not unswiT tlnit n>;ht off. Thai uouM !>«• 

 for last yoar. and on the hasis of the hasic cliMurnls of cont whirh wi* 

 have hccn ;;athcrin;; throii;;h n series of years and hv ^eltnij;. jn ' 

 at the (dose of this veni's cotton |)ickin;;, the eh'nient-^ of co«<t, l;i. 

 wajjes, sa(ks. and all of the •>ui)|)lies thev use in ronntn-tion with 

 cotton picking;, it is oo-sjMe, witlnn a relativ«dy short time, t<» make 

 a statement as to what this cotton crop has cost. On the h* ' 



the figures that \vei»' secured in the past we showed the (|Mii: 

 of lahor and suj)plies r('<|uire<l am! the present cohI of laf»or and 

 supplies and the yield. 



Mr. lU ( iiA.NA.N. So that \our li<;nres will In* hased iijton mfornia- 

 tion j^athered one year as to certain eh'ments of cost and tlwn parHv 

 hased on the yield of another year ^ 



Doctor T.VYi.()i{. ^('s. If We know the hihor requirement- oi me 

 crop 



Mr. HitHAXAN (interj)osinj;). As you know, in some years it takes 

 a <:jreat deal more to cultivate cotton than it takes in others, aeeordini^ 

 to the seasons. 



Doctor 'J'ayi.ok. Ves; hut there is a check on that. We aie carryinj; 

 fonvard each year a certain numher of studies in the different refjions 

 to give us a lino on that. Unless we can get our hasic ligures in shajie 

 so that we can use them as the hasis for calculating ])resent costs and 

 as a hasis for chanjjes in elements of cost the figures are always old. 



Mr. Brc'iiANAX. l)o vou figure wheat on the same basis as cotton* 



Doctor Taylor. Yes; each rear we figure on the cost t»f wheat — 

 but 1 have not the figure with me although I can get it for you for 

 this past year — by the same method. 



Mr. BmiANAN. If you have figures at the office on the cost of pro- 

 duction of wheat U)V this year, cotton, tobacco, and any other staple 

 commodity you have been investigating, 1 wMsh yt)U would jmt them 

 in the record. 



Doctor Taylor. 1 will be glad to do so. 



Trend of prnrliiction cosl-s/or mleckd staple farm produrts. 

 [1013 cost per imit equals 100.| 



Product and State. 



1913. 



Cotton: South Carolina. 



Yield. 



Cost per unit. 



Actual. 



235 pounds $0.M jkt jinund 



'■ "" J)ushef 



Wheat (winter): Kansas, Nebra.ska, Missouri ' l.') biushels ll.cKipor 



Wheat (spring): Northand .South Dakota, . Minnesota, .j I2bu.'ihels 10.99 per bushel 



Hogs: .Mis.souri t7.22 ikt 100 pounds. 



1920. 



Cotton: South Carolina 



Wheat (winter): Kan.sas, Nebra-ika, Misssouri 



Wheat (spring): North and South Dakota, Minnesota. . 



Index. 



too 



100 

 100 



too 



Ootnpulfd. 



2fiO pounds ■ 10.27 per nound . 



l."> hushols $2. 13 per bu.shel. . 



9 bushels $2.99 per bushel 



Hof;s: Mi.ssouri I tJM per 100 po*Mid> 



1922. I ! 



Cotton: South Carolina 134 pounds ' |0 .' I 



Wheat (winter): Kansas, Nebraska, .Mi.s.so»iri U bu.shels $1. 



Wheat (spring): North and South Dakota, Miiuiesota..' do ; 11 p'-r i ii-n-t 



Hogs: .Missouri j | »7.95 per lUUpMUtds 



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