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BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Table 36. — Relation of size of farm and yield of cotton per acre to cost of pro- 

 ducing cotton per acre and per pound of lint, lahite-oivner farms, Sumter 

 County, Ga., 1913 and 1918. 





Cost per pound of lint cotton. 



Cost per acre. 





Yield-per-acre groups. 



Yield-per-acre groups. 



Size of farm (tilled area). 



225 

 pounds 

 or less, 



low 

 yields. 



226 to 

 300 

 pounds, 

 me- 

 dium 

 yields. 



Over 



300 

 pounds 



high 

 yields. 



AU 

 yields. 



225 

 pounds 

 or less, 



low 

 yields. 



226 to 

 300 

 pounds, 

 me- 

 dium 

 jrields. 



Over 



300 

 pounds 



high 

 yields. 



AU 

 yields. 



1913.1 



100 acres or under (small farms) 



101 to 250 acres (medium farms) 



Over 250 acres (large farms) 



$0. 155 

 .144 

 .141 

 .144 



.297 

 .291 



.274 

 .283 



$0. 144 

 .128 

 .124 

 .128 



.252 

 .255 

 .238 

 .243 



$0,123 

 .111 

 .110 

 .112 



.238 

 .224 

 .216 

 .221 



$0. 135 

 .122 

 .119 

 .122 



.267 

 .251 

 .240 

 .246 



S32. 09 

 29.34 

 28.65 

 29.12 



59.86 

 62.99 

 62.23 

 61.94 



$40. 86 

 38.73 

 37.51 

 38.41 



78.27 

 81.51 

 76.33 

 77.56 



$52. 02 

 47.92 

 43.46 

 45.39 



103. 99 

 99.67 

 96.62 

 98.43 



$43. 35 

 40.20 

 37.74 



AU sizes 



39.04 



1918.2 



100 acres or under (small farms) 



101 to 250 acres (mediiun farms) 



Over 250 acres (good farms) 



72.64 

 80.74 

 76.24 



All sizes 



76.95 







1 See Table 30 for the business analysis of these same groups of farms. 

 ' See Table 31 for the business analysis of these same groups of farms. 



The larger farms of any given class or tenure produced cotton on 

 the average at lower costs per pound of lint than the smaller farms, 

 both in 1913 and 1918, and the high-yielding groups of any given 

 size produced cotton at a much lower cost than the low-yielding 

 groups. In illustration of the eifect of size of farm upon cost of 

 production per pound of lint cotton, the farms with low yields (225 

 pounds or less of lint cotton per acre) may be compared. The cost 

 per pound of lint cotton on the small farms (farms of 100 acres or 

 less) in 1913 was 15.5 cents and on the large farms (those of over 

 250 acres) 14.1 cents. Mobile in 1918 the cost on the small farms was 

 29.7 cents and on the large farms 27.4 cents. The cost on the large 

 farms with low yields was 1.4 cents less per pound of lint cotton than 

 on the small farms with similar yields per acre in 1913, and 2.3 cents 

 less in 1918. 



Such comparisons for the groups with medium and with high 

 yields per acre also show that the large farms produced at a loAver 

 cost per pound of lint cotton than the small farms. Summarizing, 

 the large farms in the respective yield-per-acre groups are shown to 

 have produced at 1.4 cents, 2.0 cents, and 1.3 cents per pound less 

 than the small farms in 1913, and at 2.3 cents, 1.4 cents, and 2.2 cents 

 less in 1918, averaging 1.6 cents less in 1913 and 2.7 cents less in 1918. 



In illustration of the eifect of low, medium, and high yields per 

 acre upon the cost of jDroduction per pound of lint cotton, the small 

 farms (those of 100 acres or less) may be compared. The cost of 

 production per pound of lint on the farms with low yields per acre 

 (225 pounds or less of lint cotton) in 1913 was 15.5 cents, and on the 



