REQUIREMENTS OF FIELD CROPS. 

 Table 4. — Silage: Percentage distribution of costs per acre. 



11 





Iowa. 



New York. 



Item. 



Distri- 

 bution of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distri- 

 bution of 

 total 

 costs. 



Distri- 

 bution of 

 operating 

 expense. 



Distri- 

 bution of 

 total 

 costs. 





Per cent. 

 24.8 

 29.8 



Per cent. 

 16.8 

 19.3 



Per cent. 

 24.6 

 21.5 



Per cent. 

 21 





18 3 







Materials: 



Seed 



2.2 

 1.8 

 2.5 

 16.5 



1.5 

 1.2 



1.8 

 11.4 



2.3 



1.1 



1.0 



32.0 



2.0 





1 



Fuel 



.8 





28.0 









23.0 



15.9 



36.4 



31.8 







Other costs: 



6.9 

 15.5 



4.9 

 10.5 



6.6 

 10.9 



5.7 





9.2 









. 22.4 



15.4 



17.5 



14.9 











32.6 





14.0 













$190 



8120 









COTTON. 



During the year 1918 enterprise cost records were obtained in 10 

 southern counties. The acreage devoted to cotton on the farms 

 visited in these counties was as follows: Anderson (S. C.) 7 2,866- 

 Barnwell (S. C), 3,936; Laurens (Ga.), 3,968; Greene (Ga.), 4,148; 

 Sumter (Ga.), 4,188; Tallapoosa (Ala.), 1,169; Marshall (Ala.), 

 1,250; Dale (Ala.), 1,226; Ellis (Tex.), 8,148; Rusk (Tex.), 2,568— 

 total for all districts, 33,467 acres. 1 The labor and material require- 

 ments as shown by this survey are summarized in Table 5. 



Table 5. — Cotton: Labor and material requirements per acre (842 records, 1918 crops). 





Num- 

 ber 

 rec- 

 ords. 



Yield 



of lint 



per 



acre. 



Man labor. 



Mule labor. 



Seed. 



Fertil- 

 izer. 



Per 



cent of 



Region. 



Prior 

 to har- 

 vest. 



Har- 

 vest. 



Total. 



Prior 

 to har- 

 vest. 



Har- 

 vest. 



Total. 



operat- 

 ing ex- 

 pense a, 

 cov- 

 ered 

 by 

 fore- 

 going. 



South Carolina: 

 Georgia: 



89 

 91 



85 

 78 

 80 



•89 

 90 

 90 



75 

 75 



Lbs. 

 248 

 268 



277 

 260 



244 



172 

 227 

 194 



176 



185 



Hrs. 



75 

 73 



61 



74 

 81 



85 

 76 

 67 



31 



49 



Hrs. 

 56 

 63 



64 

 57 

 55 



39 

 51 

 50 



25 

 37 



Hrs. 



' 131 



136 



125 

 131 

 136 



124 

 127 

 117 



56 



86 



Hrs. 



45 

 45 



44 

 47 

 53 



50 

 51 

 46 



33 



42 



Hrs. 

 12 

 17 



16 

 13 

 11 



9 



8 

 7 



4 

 8 



Hrs. 



57 

 62 



60 

 60 

 6.4 



59 

 59 

 53 



37 

 50 



Lbs. 



35 

 31 



25 

 35 

 38 



35 

 30 



28 



22 

 25 



Lbs. 

 404 

 555 



288 

 257 

 286 



187 

 333 

 250 



145 



86 

 86 



85 





85 





84 



Alabama: 



Marshall Co 



Dale 



87 

 85 

 85 



Texas: 



Ellis Co 



79 



Rusk Co 



83 



a Excluding interest on land. 



1 An analysis of labor practices for the farms represented in these counties is given in I T . S. Dept. of Agri- 

 culture Bulletin 896, entitled "The Cost of Producing Cotton." 



