UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 659 



OFFICE OP THE SECRETARY 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 

 W. J. SPUXMAN. Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



June 17, 1918 



A FARM MANAGEMENT STUDY OF 

 COTTON FARMS OF ELLIS COUNTY 



TEXAS 



A STATISTICAL STUDY OP THE INVESTMENT IN LAND AND 

 EQUIPMENT, COST OF OPERATION AND OP PRODUCTION OF 

 CROPS, AND INCOME FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF TENURE 



IN 1914 



By 

 REX E. WILLARD, Agriculturist 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Definitions and Explanation of Terms 2 



Area Surveyed 4 



Tenure 14 



Type of Farm 23 



Size of Easiness 25 



Quality of Farming 31 



Farm Organization 39 



Cost of Production 46 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



