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COTTON 
EXPENSES IN COTTON PRODUCTION ON BASIS 
OF AN ACRE (Continued) 
Items of Expense 
FarmC 
Farm D 
Farm E 
d A ry tr 
$4 . 75 
$3.27 
Cultivation 
2.50 
2.00 
2.75 
Seed 
.50 
.35 
.25 
Fertilizer 
3.75 
3.00 
2.00 
Picking 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 
Ginning 
1.25 
.75 
.65 
Other expenses 
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 
lint 
$12.60 
$12.65 
$11.92 
Yield in pounds of lint 
cotton 
300 
200 
250 
Expenses per pound of 
lint cotton 
4.2c 
5.8c 
4.8c 
Market value lint 
at 10 
cents 
$30.00 
$20.00 
$25.00 
Receipts per acre 
above 
expense 
$17.40 
$7.35 
$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 : 
