COTTON 
207 
AVERAGE EXPENSES IN COTTON PRODUCTION 
ON BASIS OF AN ACRE 
Items of Expense Man y Farms 
Plowing § 155 
Harrowing -°~ 
Bedding and Adding Fertilizers 1 . o5> 
Planting 
Chopping \ 6 \ 
Cultivation 6 '<J> 
Seed A f K 
Fertilizer ?.75 
Picking 4.55 
Ginning \f 
Other expenses ^ • 00 
Total ^I'll 
Less value of seed • • • • * • "* 
Average acre expense of producing lint . . . $18 . 41 
Average yield of lint cotton in pounds ... 296 
Expense per pound lint cotton 6 .2c 
Market value of lint at 10 cents $29 . 69 
Receipts per acre above expense $11.10 
WHAT COST MEANS 
Estimates showing " cost of production'' are free- 
ly made and often are misleading, because they are 
based solely on items of expense incidental to pro- 
ducing the crop during its growing period only. 
The cost of production ascertained in this manner 
is incomplete since it leaves out of consideration 
many items that are necessary and legitimate and 
which must be included if a fair and accurate 
statement is to be made. 
On many farms cotton is the only crop produced ; 
even feed for work stock (and this is not uncommon) 
