48 BULLETIN 659, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The average renl of hind was found to be $5.10 per acre. The rent 

 of cotton Land is slightly lower than land rent for the other crops, 

 although the difference is yen -mall. 



MAN LABOR. 



In Table XIX is shown the distribution of man labor cost per 

 acre of all crops. It is seen that the total average cost is $8.70. That 

 portion of the man labor cost in hired labor amounts to $3.39 per 

 acre, while family labor amounts to $1.73. The operator's own labor 

 is valued at s:;.t;i per acre. It was found that the cost of the oper- 

 ator's labor p t acre decreases slightly as the size of the farm in- 

 creases. The other items composing the man labor cost did not vary 

 with the size factor to any appreciable extent. 



Table XIX. — Distribution of man labor cost for all crops (ll.' f farms, Ellis 



County, Tex. 



Cost 

 per acre. 



Taid or hired labor $3.39 



Family labor 1. 73 



Operator labor 3. 64 



Total man labor S. TG 



2 INTER EST, TAX E3 



UJ & INSURANCE 



h 



- DEPRECIATION 



TOTAL PER SlOO 

 OF EQUIPMENT 



Fig. 14. — Cost of various items and total annual cost por $100 of valuation of operating 

 machinery (115 farms, Ellis County, Tex.). 



As the size of farm increases, the total amount of hired labor in- 

 creases. The amount of hired labor per crop-acre is slightly higher 

 on the larger farms, the average for all farms being $3.38. The total 

 hired labor for the average farm is $397. 



The total value of the labor of the operator's family increases as 

 I he size of farm increases, but the value per acre is slightly less on 

 the large farms. The average total value of family labor on all 

 fa l'n is is $203. 



The average total value of the farmer's own labor on all farms, 

 averaging 117.5 acres in size, is $427 per year. As the size of farm 

 increases, however, the total value of the operator's labor increases, 

 but not in proportion to the size. The value of the operator's labor 

 on the group of farms averaging 62.5 acres is $4.45 per acre; on 

 farms averaging 100.1 acres. $4.04; on farms averaging 188.9 acres, 

 $3.17, and on all farms, averaging 117.5 acres, $3.64. 



