FARM MANAGEMENT STUDY OF COTTON FARMS. 



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XXII). The value of lint and seed is $30.60 per acre. The lint 

 cotton cost 8.3 cents per pound and sold at an average price (for 

 5 years) of 11.2 cents per pound. 



Table XXI. — Cost per acre, value, yield, and cost per unit of various crops 

 (114 farms, Ellis County, Tcx). a 



Crop. 



Number 

 of farms. 



Cost per 

 acre. 



Value 

 per acre. 



Yield per 



acre. 



Cost per 

 unit. 



Y;ili in. 

 per unit. 





11! 



109 

 23 

 74 

 79 

 8 



1C7 



$22. 65 

 14.92 

 10.44 

 13.12 

 20.77 

 26.80 

 16.75 



$30. 60 

 20.76 

 9.91 

 12. 59 

 33.03 

 38. 57 

 23.88' 



241 pounds. . 



25.6 bushels. 



19.7 bushels. 

 0.94 ton 



2.8 tons , 

 2.51 tons 



$0. 083 

 . 584 

 .53 



13.97 

 7.42 



10.67 



80.112 





.81 





.51 





13. 39 





11.81 



Alfalfa 



15. 36 















All crops, 



114 



20.87 



27.72 





I 







1 



a Weighted averages — that, is, averages for the total acreage on all farms, considered as one farm. The 

 averages are not averages of the average for each farm. The data are for 1914. 



The average yield, of corn is 25.6 bushels per acre, at a cost of 

 $14.92. The average cost per bushel is 58.4 cents and the average 

 value is 81 cents. 



INTEREST ON CASH 

 TO OPERATE 



U, StED 



X 



O EQUIPMENT 



< 



C GINNING 



U 



°" HORSE LABOR 



h 



tf) 







(j 



MAN LABOR 



RENT 



TOTAL AVERAGE 



$ .34 



.50 



.73 



1.49 



447 R 



5.08 



1 0.04- 



22.65 



3 

 SS3 



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Fig. 19. — Cost of various items and total acre cost of cotton (115 farms, Ellis County, Tex.) 



In 1914 the value of both oats and oat hay was less per acre than 

 the cost. Oats for grain cost 53 cents per bushel and were worth 

 51 cents, while oat hay cost $13.97 per ton and was worth only $13.39. 

 These data should not be considered reliable, on account of the fact 

 that the yield was below 7 normal. 



The acre cost of both sorghum and alfalfa are comparatively high, 

 but fair yields are made, so that the cost of sorghum per ton was $7.42 

 and of alfalfa $10.67. Sorghum hay is valued at $11.81 per ton, but 

 scarcely any of this product is sold. Alfalfa sold for an average of 

 $15.36 per ton. 



There appears to be justification for extending the production of 

 alfalfa. There can be no doubt of this as long as the market price 

 stays at about $15 per ton. There can be but little doubt that from 

 the standpoint of fertility of soil there should be an extension of 

 this crop. 



