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BULLETIN 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRiCtJLTTJRE. 



Table VIII. — Relation of crop yields to costs per crop unit and profits per acre 



(Brooks County, Go-.). 



Crop. 



Yield. 



Number 

 of farms. 



Average 

 acre 

 yield. 



Cost per 

 crop 

 unit. 



Profit 



or loss, 



per 



acre. 





f Under 200 pounds 



15 



68 

 43 

 17 



172 

 258 

 338 

 450 



SO. 116 

 .091 

 .078 

 .075 



a— $1.63 





|200 to 299 pounds 



5.29 





1 300 to 399 pounds 







7.96 





1 400 and over 



18.19 











143 



299 



.091 



7.04 





(Under 10 bushels 







12 



33 



11 



5 



9.3 

 13.4 



17.8 

 24.2 



1.26 

 .85 

 .73 

 .66 



a 4.66 



, 



1 10 to 15 bushels 



a— 1.16 





1 16 to 20 bushels 



.15 





[ O ver 20 bushels 



2.54 











61 



14.3 



.89 



a — 1.31 





(Under 10 bushels 







IS 

 37 

 33 

 32 



8.2 

 10.1 

 13.6 



16.7 



.80 

 .74 

 .70 

 .57 



a — .17 





J 10 to 12 bushels 



.04 





112 to 15 bushels 







.34 





[Over 15 bushels 



2.92 











120 



12.4 



.70 



.82 











8 

 22 

 22 

 10 



8 



8.4 

 11.2 



16.1 

 21.5 



27.9 



.84 

 .73 

 .47 

 .37 

 .36 



a — 2.53 







a — 1.68 



Oats 



<15 to 20 bushels 



1.21 





20 to 25 bushels 



3.42 







4.44 











70 



15.8 



.56 



.56 











16 

 37 

 5 



8 



.34 



.56 



.82 



1.06 



26. 88 

 17.20 

 12.03 

 11.23 



a — 1.74 





1 0.5 to 0.75 ton. 



.68 





jO.75 to 1 ton 













8.62 











66 



.59 



18.57 



1.42 











5 

 13 

 17 

 10 



.29 

 .42 

 .51 



.70 



73.36 

 53.68 

 51.26 

 41.60 



a— 3.69 





J 0.35 to 0.49 carload 



1.84 





]0.50 to 0.59 carload 













15.08 











45 



.50 



52.54 



4.23 





(Under 100 bushels 







7 

 12 



7 



70 

 100 

 162 



.36 

 .28 

 .22 



14.18 





-hoo bushels 



27.27 





1 Over 100 bushels 



65.01 











26 



108 



.29 



33.90 









a. Loss. 



These results would indicate that "where the market prices and other 

 conditions are similar to those found at the time these records were 

 taken it is necessary to obtain a cotton yield greater that 200 pounds 

 of net lint per acre if a profit is to be secured. But these records 

 were taken before the cotton-boll weevil had invaded the county. 

 With the expenses of fighting the weevil added, either yields higher 

 than 200 pounds per acre, or prices higher than 10 cents per pound 

 are necessary if the crop is to show a profit to the grower. 



The data presented also indicate that under the conditions found, 

 with corn at an average price of 75 cents per bushel, it is necessary to 

 secure a yield above 10 bushels per acre of corn planted in rows alter- 

 nating with peanuts, or about 18 bushels of corn planted " solid," if a 

 profit is to be shown when figured by cost determination methods. 



