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EstimaTeD Cost or PRoDUCTION OF CoTToNn IN TEXAS IN 1913. 
Farm of 100 acres, held under crop-sharing lease, landlord 
taking one-fourth of cotton lint and seed. Yield taken as 
200 lb. lint and 4oo lb. seed per acre. 
Tenant’s Capital :— 
Horses, mules, harness, implements, waggons, and 
miscellaneous plant, $1,478.55. Interest thereon 
at 10 per cent. and depreciation at 124 per cent. $332.67 
Seed :— 
75 bushels at $2.00 ia a Ses ia a 150.00 
Labour :— 
2 hands for 6 months at $20 each ... $240.00 
Chopping cotton twice... 1.» 150.00 
Picking 40 bales at average 85 cents per 
100 Ib. of seed-cotton ... ... 510.00 
Weighing cotton at 75 cents per bale iby 30.00 
Pauling cotton to ginnery 24 days at $2 48.00 
978.00 
Ginning and Baling :— 
Weighing at ginnery Io cents per bale ... 4.00 
Ginning, baling, and wrapping at 3 
per bale... 120.00 
124.00 
Stock Feed :— 
450 bushels corn at 50 cents ve ss 225.00 
365 bales hay at 50 cents ... ies .. 182.50 
ice eae 407.50 
Supervision, estimating the wages of a manager for 
1,000 acres at $100 per month ... mas ... 120.00 
$2,112.17 
Value of Crop :— 
40 bales cotton at, say, 12 cents per lb. ... $2,400 
40,000 Ib. seed at $20 per ton ... ag: 400 
2,800 
Less one-fourth share to landlord is 700 
$2,100.00 
