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COST OF PRODUCING COTTOM 

 Value of Land- 



Lq^ 200.00 per acre 



„ ~ - 76.00 



"^"^^ 125.00 " 



Cost of the Crop- 

 Preparing land and planting- 

 Irrigating ^5Q 



Plowing and working down (03 - 6) 5*nn 



Seed ( @ 2 1/2 - 5^) 1 00 „ 



Sowing ( 35 - bOci) "^O 



Replanting skips 3^[oo " 



Growing- 

 Thinning with hoes - o no 



Cultivating l-ll „ 



irrigating __ ^ ., 



Harvesting- 



Picking (750 - 01.25) 1.00 per 100# seed 



Hauling (5 miles) , c^ n?"^!"" 



Ginning 1 ^'^^ P"^ ^°" 



.60 per cv/t. of 



Baling and ties , .^ ^^'^t . 



]^.50 per bale 



Taxes and Insurance- 

 Average land T „_ 



Good land '.'.'.IIIV. ]',l P^^/*'^^ 



Market Value of Yield (Fiber) 



High P^^ango Short Staple 



Low '^"^ P^" ^^« -14 per lb, 



Average l^l^ll^Z "" '?? " '^^ " 



.14 " .11 



By Products- 

 Seed ( !;15 - 20) __. ^ ic «« 



^ 15.00 per ton 



