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farms with high yields per acre (over 300 pounds of lint cotton) 

 12.3 cents, while in 1918 the cost on the farms with low yields was 

 29.7 cents and on the farms with high yields 23.8 cents per pound. 

 The average cost on the farms with high yields per acre was 3.2 

 cents less per pound of lint than on those of similar size but with low 

 yields per acre, in 1913, and 5.9 cents less in 1918. 



Such comparisons for the groups of medium and large-sized farms 

 also show the group with high yields producing at the lower costs 

 per pound of lint cotton. Summarizing, the group of farms ob- 

 taining the high yields per acre are shown to have produced cotton 

 at an average cost of 3 cents less per pound in 1913 and 6 cents less 

 in 1918 than the farms of the low-yield group. 



Comparing on cost per acre, the large farms produced cotton at a 

 lower cost than the small farms with like yields, tjie difference aver- 

 aging $5.12 per acre in 1913 and $2.31 in 1918. 



A much higher cost per acre was incurred on the farms with good 

 yields than on those with low yields, the average difference in cost 

 between the lowest yield-per-acre group and the highest yield-per- 

 acre group being $17.77 per acre in 1913 and $38.40 in 1918. 



Table 37 shows the effect of size of farm and yield of lint cot- 

 ton per acre upon the cost of production on farms operated by 

 colored tenants. While the average yield per acre upon these farms 

 was lower than upon white-owner farms, the wide variation in yields 

 enables comparison for these farms in the same manner as upon the 

 white-owner farms. Because the colored-tenant farms do not show 

 so wide a range in size as the white-owner farms, they were ar- 

 ranged in only two size groups, those with 50 acres or under of 

 tilled land and those with over 50 acres. 



Table 37. — Relation of size of farm and yield per acre to cost of producing 

 cotton per acre and per pound of lint, colored tenant farms, Sumter County, 

 Ga} 





Cost per pound of lint. 



Cost per acre. 





Yield-per-acre groups. 



Yield-per-acre groups. 



Size of farm (tilled 

 area). 



150 

 pounds 



and 

 under. 



(Low 

 yields.) 



151 to 225 

 pounds. 



(Medium 

 yields. ) 



Over 225 



poimds. 



(High 



yields.) 



All 

 yields. 



150 

 pounds 



and 

 under. 



(Low 

 yields.) 



151 to 225 

 pounds. 



(Medium 

 yields.) 



Over 225 



pounds. 



(High 



yields.) 



All 



yields. 



1913. 

 50 acres and under. . . 



JO. 165 

 .134 

 .149 



.264 

 .233 

 .241 



%Q. 115 

 .108 

 .110 



.203 

 .183 

 .186 



$0. 095 

 .087 

 .089 



.184 

 .175 

 .177 



$0. 116 

 .100 

 .105 



.211 



.188 

 .192 



$23. 54 

 19.78 

 21.57 



38.25 

 36.45 

 36.93 



$25. 22 

 24.58 

 24.76 



47.72 

 45.38 

 45.75 



$32. 07 

 27.45 

 28.59 



62.80 

 69.26 

 59.95 



$26. 73 

 25.06 





25.57 



1918. 

 50 acres and under. . . 



47.94 

 46.54 





46.81 







■ See Table 29 for the incomes on these same groups of farms. 

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