COMMUNITY PRODUCTION OP EGYPTIAN COTTON. 



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as 16.54 cents when the yield is two-thirds of a bale per acre, and 

 13.65 cents when the yield is one bale per acre. 



Table IV. 



-Cost of producing Egyptian cotton in the Halt River Valley based on 

 yields of two-thirds of a bale and 1 bale to the acre. 



Item of cost. 



Plowing, preparing soil, cultivating, and seed 



Irrigation water 



Picking seed cotton 



Transportation to gin 



Ginning lint, at 2 cents per pound 



Interest on S150 at 8 per cent 



Total cost 



Value of cotton seed at 75 cents per 100 pounds 



Net cost of lint 



Cost per acre of- 



Two-thirds 

 of a bale. 



One bale. 



$15.00 



$15.00 



1.50 



1.50 



24.00 



3G.00 



2.50 



3.00 



6.72 



10.00 



12.00 



12.00 



61.72 



77.50 



6.15 



9.26 



55.57 



The estimates given probably approximate very closely the average 

 cost of producing Egyptian cotton in the Salt River Valley and show 

 clearly the importance of securing large yields per acre if the 

 industry is to be profitable. This fact is still further emphasized by 

 the following statement (Table V) of the actual expenditures of a 

 grower who, in 1914, produced cotton on a 40-acre field which yielded 

 nearly 1^ bales per acre. The crop was produced entirely by hired 

 labor. 



Table V. — Cos* per acre of producing 40 acres of Egyptian cotton in the Salt 



River Valley in 191J. 



Item of cost. 



Cost per 

 acre. 



Seed and tillage 



Irrigation water 



Picking 2,552 pounds of seed cotton, at 2 cents 



Ginning, insurance, yardage, and association expenses. 

 Interest and taxes 



815. 10 

 2.00 

 51.04 

 15. 98 

 17.25 



Total cost 



Receipts for cotton seed. 



101.37 

 10.32 



Net cost per acre 



Yield of cotton lint per acre, 736 pounds ; net cost of lint per pound cents. . 



1 This figure of cost of production per pound of lint is not directly comparable with those 

 arrived at by Mr. Dorman on the basis of yields of two-thirds of a bale and of one bale per 

 acre, respectively, certain elements in the cost of production, notably land valuation (in- 

 terest and taxes), having been differently estimated in the present instance. 



This field gave one of the highest yields obtained in the Salt River 

 Valley in 1914. It is a much larger yield than can be expected as 

 an average from even the better lands. The figures are given here 

 merely to indicate the importance of using the best methods of tillage 



