64 BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 36.—Relation of size of farm and yield of cotton per acre to cost of pro- 
ducing cotton per acre and per pound of lint, white-owner farms, Sumter 
County, Ga., 1913 and 1918. 
Cost per pound of lint cotton. Cost per acre. 
Yield-per-acre groups. Yield-per-acre groups. 
Size of farm (tilled area). 
225 226 to | Over 225 226 to | Over 
pounds 300 pounds 
or less, Bonn, pounds ae or less, pounds, pounds All 
low | gee higk | OS ow =| aoe | Bien apiece: 
: 1 . . . 7 
yields. yields. | yields. yields. yields. yields. 
1913.1 
100 acres or under (small farms)...... $0. 155 | $0. 144 | $0. 123 | $0. 135 || $32.09 | $40.86 | $52.02 | $43.35 
101 to 250 acres (medium farms) ...... . 144 . 128 sing) - 122 29.34 | 38.73 | 47.92 40. 20 
Over 250 acres (large farms).......... . 141 . 124 - 110 -119 || 28.65 | 37.51 | 43.46 37. 74 
BANESIZES = Ai aie cee ee aa eee . 144 . 128 .112 . 122 29.12 | 38.41) 45.39 39. 04 
1918.3 
100 acres or under (small farms)...... . 297 . 252 . 238 . 267 59.86 | 78.27 | 103.99 72. 64 
101 to 250 acres (medium farms)...... . 291 . 255 . 224 . 251 62.99 | 81.51 | 99.67 80. 74 
Over 250 acres (good farms). ........- hee! . 238 . 216 .240 || 62.23 | 76.33] 96.62 76. 24 
All Sizes: <9 7as38 6S BRR MIO. . 283 . 243 . 221 . 246 | 61.94 | 77.56 | 98.43 76. 95 
1 See Table 30 for the business analysis of these same groups of farms. 
3 See Table 31 for the business analysis of these same groups of farms. 
The larger farms of any given class or tenure produced cotton on 
the average at lower costs per pound of lint than the smaller farms, 
both in 1913 and 1918, and the high-yielding groups of any given 
size produced cotton at a much lower cost than the low-yielding 
groups. In illustration of the effect of size of farm upon cost of 
production per pound of lint cotton, the farms with low yields (225 
pounds or less of lint cotton per acre) may be compared. The cost 
per pound of lint cotton on the small farms (farms of 100 acres or 
less) in 1913 was 15.5 cents and on the large farms (those of over 
250 acres) 14.1 cents, while in 1918 the cost on the small farms was 
29.7 cents and on the large farms 27.4 cents. The cost on the large 
farms with low yields was 1.4 cents less per pound of lint cotton than 
on the small farms with similar yields per acre in 1913, and 2.3 cents 
less in 1918. 
Such comparisons for the groups with medium and with high 
yields per acre also show that the large farms produced at a lower 
cost per pound of lint cotton than the small farms. Summarizing, 
the large farms in the respective yield-per-acre groups are shown to 
have produced at 1.4 cents, 2.0 cents, and 1.3 cents per pound less 
than the small farms in 1913, and at 2.3 cents, 1.4 cents, and 2.2 cents 
less in 1918, averaging 1.6 cents less in 1913 and 2.7 cents less in 1918. 
In illustration of the effect of low, medium, and high yields per 
acre upon the cost of production per pound of lint cotton, the small 
farms (those of 100 acres or less) may be compared. The cost of 
production per pound of lint on the farms with low yields per acre 
(225 pounds or less of lint cotton) in 1918 was 15.5 cents, and on the 
