206 COTTON 
EXPENSES IN COTTON PRODUCTION ON BASIS 
OF AN ACRE—( Continued) 
Items of Expense Farm C Farm D Farm E 
Brought forward........ $4.40 $4.75 $3.27 
Cultivation ............ 2.50 2.00 2.75 
DECOY ro cen ena on ois eee .50 .35 225 
ert gent ogden case Beak 3.75 3.00 2.00 
DiGi sos ean eae 4.00 3.00 3.00 
Ginning.. Bee ieee tee eo oem ea 75 .65 
Other expenses See Bikes 1.00 2.00 3.00 
Totals............$17.40 $15.85 $14,92 
Less value of seed....... 4.80 3.20 3.00 
Expenses in producing 
Ee a\res eer nee ee Gree $12.60 $12.65 $11.92 
Yield in pounds of lint 
COULOM Mk ain eee 300 200 250 
Expenses per pound of 
lint cotton. .......... 4.2¢ 5.8¢ 4.8c¢ 
Market value lint at 10 
MET ed a te oe $30.00 $20.00 $25.00 
Receipts per acre above 
PRPCUSE esa caca ss 4 $17.40 $7. $13.08 
The results as shown in these instances give us 
an idea of the range in expense account on farms 
where the yield varies from one-half to three- 
quarters of a bale per acre. It will be seen that 
they represent neither extreme, and can be taken 
as showing about average results. 
We will now carry these estimates still further 
by considering statistical averages from a large 
number of sources, representing different soils, and 
different climatic conditions, in our several Cotton 
States. The results are as follows: 
