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farms with high yields per acre (over 300 pounds of lint cotton) 
12.3 cents, while in 1918 the cost on the farms with low yields was 
29.7 cents and on the farms with high yields 23.8 cents per pound. 
The average cost on the farms with high yields per acre was 3.2 
cents less per pound of lint than on those of similar size but with low 
yields per acre, in 1918, and 5.9 cents less in 1918. 
Such comparisons for the groups of medium and large-sized farms 
also show the group with high yields producing at the lower costs 
per pound of lint cotton. Summarizing, the group of farms ob- 
taining the high yields per acre are shown to have produced cotton 
at an average cost of 3 cents less per pound in 1913 and 6 cents less 
in 1918 than the farms of the low-yield group. 
Comparing on cost per acre, the large farms produced cotton at a 
lower cost than the small farms with like yields, the difference aver- 
aging $5.12 per acre in 1913 and $2.31 in 1918. 
A much higher cost per acre was incurred on the farms with good 
yields than on those with low ‘yields, the average difference in cost 
between the lowest yield-per-acre group and the highest yield-per- 
acre group being $17.77 per acre in 1913 and $38.40 in 1918. 
Table 37 shows the effect of size of farm and yield of lint cot- 
ton per acre upon the cost of production on farms operated by 
colored tenants. While the average yield per acre upon these farms 
was lower than upon white-owner farms, the wide variation in yields 
enables comparison for these farms in the same manner as upon the 
white-owner farms. Because the colored-tenant farms do not show 
so wide a range in size as the white-owner farms, they were ar- 
ranged in only two size groups, those with 50 acres or under of 
tilled land and those with over 50 acres. 
TABLE 37.—Relation of size of farm and yield per acre to cost of producing 
cotton per acre and per pound of lint, colored tenant farms, Sumter County, 
Ga.’ 
Cost per pound of lint. Cost per acre. 
Yield-per-acre groups. Yield-per-acre groups. 
Size of farm (tilled | 
area). 150 . 150 
pounds | 151 to 225} Over 225 pounds | 151 to 225} Over 225 
and pounds. | pounds. All and pounds. | pounds. All 
under. |(Medium| (High yields. under. |(Medium]| (High yields. 
(Low yields.) | yields.) (Low yields.) | yields.) 
yields. ) yields.) 
1913. 
50 acres and under...| $0.165 $0. 115 $0. 095 $0. 115 $23. 54 $25. 22 $32. 07 $26. 73 
Over 50 acres..-.----- . 134 . 108 . 087 . 100 19.78 24.58 27.45 25. 06 
AIVSIZOS 00152 52~<' . 149 . 110 . 089 . 105 21.57 24.76 28. 59 25. 57 
i 1918: 
50 acres and under. .- . 264 . 203 . 184 211 38. 25 47.72 62. 80 47.94 
Over 50 acres.....-..- . 233 . 183 175 . 188 36. 45 45. 38 59. 26 46. 54 
AULESIZOS= cc cic sae cat . 241 . 186 177 . 192 36. 93 45.75 59. 95 46.81 
-1See Table 29 for the incomes on these same groups of farms. 
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