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hay, as they are grown, are very profitable crops. Cowpea hay cost 

 $14.10 per ton, and was worth $19.17. Cowpea seed, grown after 

 some other crop, was produced at an apparent loss. Wheat cost 

 $1.34 per bushel, and was worth $1.24. In 1914 only 2 farms grew 

 an acre or more of Irish potatoes, but as the farmers were increasing 

 the acreage, records were obtained on 14 farms in 1915. The cost 

 for that year was 52 cents per bushel, and the value $1.01. 



Table II. — Cost of producing crops in the Belton area compared with farm values. 



Item. 



Cotton 

 per pound 

 gross lint. 



Corn per 

 bushel. 



Oats per 

 bushel. 



Oat hay 

 per ton. 



Cowpea 



hay 

 per ton. 



Cowpea 

 seed per 

 bushel. 



Wheat 



per 

 bushel. 



Irish 

 potatoes 



per 



perbushel 



(1915). 



Cost 



$0. 1089 

 .1150 



$1,001 

 .983 



$0. 433 

 .657 



$13. 88 

 23.97 



$14. 10 

 19.17 



$2.95 

 1.98 



$1.34 

 1.29 



$0.52 





1.01 







Five-sixths of the cotton, four-fifths of the corn, and seven-eighths 

 of the oats and oat hay were grown either by the owners of the 

 land or under their immediate supervision. 



Table III. — Itemized distribution per dollar of cost of producing crops. 



Itemized costs. 



All 

 crops. 



Cotton. 



Corn. 



Oats. 



Oat 

 hay. 



Cowpea 

 seed. 



Cowpea 

 hay. 



Wheat. 



Rent 



$0. 158 

 .378 

 .013 

 .210 

 .030 

 .028 

 .160 

 .023 



$0. 141 

 .411 

 .014 

 .202 

 .028 

 .016 

 .160 

 .028 



$0. 210 

 .304 

 .011 

 .242 

 .036 

 .008 

 .189 



$0. 173 

 .217 

 .009 

 .190 

 .036 

 .116 

 .211 

 .048 



$0. 206 

 .234 

 .012 

 .205 

 .034 

 .119 

 .185 

 .005 



$0. 142, 

 .544 

 .016 

 .182' 

 .031 

 .073 



SO. 225 

 .243 

 .009 

 .264 

 .043 

 .212 



$0. 187 





.234 





.011 





.223 





.029 



Seed 



.100 





.159 





.012 



.004 



.057 







Total 



1.000 



1.000 



1.000 



1.000 



1.000 



1.000 



1.000 



1.000 







Table IV. — Itemized distribution of costs per unit of principal crops. 



Itemized costs. 



Gross lint 



cotton 

 per pound. 



Corn per 

 bushel. 



Oats per 

 bushel. 



Oat hay 

 per ton. 



Cowpea 



hay 

 per ton. 



Cowpea 

 seed 

 per 



bushel. 



Wheat 



per 

 bushel. 



Rent 



$0. 0154 

 .0448 

 .0015 

 .0220 

 .0031 

 .0017 

 .0174 

 .0030 



$0. 21 n 



$0. 075 

 .094 

 .004 

 .082 

 .016 

 .050 

 .091 

 .021 



$2.86 

 3.25 



.16 

 2.85 



.47 

 1.66 

 2.56 



.07 



$3.08 

 3.31 



.13 

 3.61 



.58 

 2.91 



$0.42 

 1.61 



.05 

 .54 

 .09 

 .21 



$0.25 







305 

 011 

 242 

 036 

 008 

 189 



.31 



Interest on working fund 



.02 



30 





04 



Seed 



13 



Fertilizer 



.21 





.06 



.03 



.08 









Total 



.1089 



1 nm 



.433 



13.88 



13.68 



2.95 



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The distribution of costs is shown in Table III. Taking the 

 crops as a whole, man labor was the largest item of cost, 37.8 cents 

 out of every dollar going for that purpose. Mule labor came next, 

 21 cents out of each dollar being charged to work-stock costs. Fer- 

 tilizer and rent were practically the same; 16 cents was spent for 

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