REQUIREMENTS OF FIELD CROPS. 13 



Table 6. — Cotton: Labor and material requirements per acre (821 records, 1919 crop). 







Yield. 



Man labor. 



Mule labor. 











Num- 

 ber 

 of 

















Seed. 



Ferti- 

 lizer. 





Region. 







Prior 







Prior 







Gin- 

 ning 





rec- 

 ords. 



Lint. 



Seed. 



to 

 har- 



Har- 

 vest. 



Total. 



to 

 har- 



Har- 

 vest. 



Total. 





charge. 











vest. 







vest. 













South Carolina: 





Lbs'. 



g,bs. 



Hrs. 



IIr«. 



Hrs. 



Ilrs. 



Hrs. 



Ilrs. 



Lbs. 



Lba. 



P.r.wt. 



Anderson Co. a 



74 



286 



495 



80 



60 



140 



45 



v 14 



59 



35 



" 449 



$1.00 



Barnwell Co . . 



76 



248 



408 



65 



52 



117 



41 



12 



53 



28 



699 



1.04 



Georgia: 



























Laurens Co 



77 



93 



168 



55 



23 



78 



39 



3 



42 



26 



254 



1.24 



Greene Co 



74 



225 



413 



63 



45 



108 



40 



8 



48 



37 



295 



1.11 



Mitchell Co.... 



50 



159 



300 



61 



39 



100 



43 



o 



48 



30 



277 



1.07 



Alabama: 



























Marshall Co . . . 



79 



272 



473 



70 



58 



128 



46 



11 



57 



31 



369 



1.02 



Lauderdale Co. 



84 



192 



345 



69 



51 



120 



47 



7 



54 



29 



168 



1.-10 



Mississippi: 



























Washington 



























Co 



29 

 49 



171 

 132 



391 

 238 



87 

 54 



54 

 34 



111 



88 



47 

 35 



5 

 6 



52 

 41 



35 

 34 



(») 



1.69 



Monroe Co 



1.39 



Arkansas: 



























Lee Co 



83 



174 



363 



109 



55 



164 



47 



8 



55 



34 



( b ) 



1.35 



Texas: 





f c50 



1 





















Ellis 



71 

 75 



Id 29 



{ e2i 

 61 



I 134 

 106 



31 



48 



15 

 16 



16 

 64 



29 

 37 



2 

 3 



31 

 40 



22 

 22 



105 



1.80 



Rusk 



1.87 



a On 34 owned farms producing wage cotton, man labor, mule labor, seed, fertilizer, and manure con- 

 stituted 85 per cent of the total operating expense. By adding ginning to the foregoing list The operating 

 expense amounted to 89 per cent of total cost, excluding interest on land. 



b In Monroe County, Miss., fertilizer was applied on only 13 farms; in Lee County, Ark., on only one. 



c Picked cotton. 



dBollie cotton. 



« Unginned seed cotton. 



The total man labor requirements were exceptionally low in Ellis 

 and Rusk Counties, Tex., and relatively low in Laurens County, Ga. 

 (See Table 6.) It will be observed that comparatively small yields 

 were reported for the farms surveyed in these counties, and this is 

 reflected in the quantity of labor utilized in harvesting the crop. 

 This factor also influenced the mule hours to a certain extent. 



Exceptionally high man labor requirements are given for Lee 

 County, Ark., and Washington County, Miss. In both of these 

 areas there was a considerable growth of grass and weeds during the 

 early part of the summer and this necessitated much extra hoeing. 

 This condition was somewhat unusual. 



The lowest average application of commercial fertilizer was 

 reported for Monroe County, Miss. ; the highest, in Barnwell County, 

 S. C. Commercial fertilizers were used very generally in the latter 

 State, while in Monroe County, Miss., fertilizer was used on very few 

 of the farms. In Lee County, Ark., only one farm reported use of 

 fertilizer, while farmers in Washington County, Miss., and Ellis 

 County, Tex., did not use any. 1 



i Reference on cotton: 

 Dept. Bulletin 492. An Economic Study of Farming in Sumter Co., Ga. 

 Dept. Bulletin 511. Farm Practice in the Cultivation of Cotton. 

 Dept. Bulletin 648. A Farm Management Survey in Brooks Co., Ga. 

 Dept. Bulletin 651. A Farm Management Study in Anderson Co., S. C. 

 Dept. Bulletin 659. A Farm Management Study of Cotton Farms in Ellis Co., Tex. 



