70 BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS IN PRODUCING COTTON 
IN 
SUMTER COUNTY, GEORGIA 
268 WHITE OWNER FARMS IN 1313 AND 280 IN ISI8 
268 WHITE OWNERS PER CENT OF TOTAL COST 
1913 50 60 70 
LABOR 
FERTILIZER : 
MACHINERY : EERE CASH COSTS 
INSURANCE AND TAXES : LZZANON-CASH COSTS 
INTEREST ON CAPITAL 
OTHER COSTS 
TOTAL CASH COSTS 
TOTAL NON-CASH COSTS 
280 WHITE OWNERS 
1918 
LABOR 
FERTILIZER 
MACHINERY aes MBM C4 Sy cosTs 
INSURANCE AND TAXES a EZZZANON-CASH COSTS 
INTEREST ON CAPITAL 
OTHER COSTS 
TOTAL CASH COSTS 
TOTAL NON-CASH COSTS 
DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS IN PRODUCING COTTON 
IN 
SUMTER COUNTY, GEORGIA 
186 COLORED TENANTS IN I9I3 & 166 IN 1918 
186 COLORED TENANTS PER CENT OF TOTAL COST 
; 60 70 80 
LABOR S23 ee MLL LLL 
FERTILIZER 
MACHINERY = CASH os 
INSURANCE AND TAXES VZZLBANON CASH COST 
INTEREST ON CAPITAL | 
OTHER COSTS 
CASH COST. = 
sl : — a 
TOTAL NON CASH COSTS OLE 
166 COLORED TENANTS 
i918 
LABOR sume COZZI LLEELLL LLL LEE 
FERTILIZER 
MACHINERY 
INSURANCE AND TAXES 
INTEREST ON CAPITAL [zzz 
OTHER COSTS 
TOTAL CASH COSTS 
VILL Wd LLL UML =i. 
TOTAL NON CASH COSTS WLLL VILL 
Fig. 8.—With the cost of production in 1918 almost twice that of 1913, there was very 
little change in the relative importance of each item of cost. Labor represented over 
40 per cent of the total cost for the white owner farms each year, interest on capital 
almost 30 per cent, fertilizer around 15 per cent, and machinery a little over 5 per 
cent. The cash cost representing money paid out during the year was about two- 
thirds of the total, and the noncash cost, which includes the value of the farmers’ 
labor, unpaid family labor, and interest on capital (above indebtedness), was about 
one-third of the total. Labor was slightly over 50 per cent of the total cost to the 
colored tenants and fertilizer about 20 per cent. Since most of these farms were 
family farms, the labor was largely noncash. About 50 per cent of the colored tenants’ 
cost was cash and about 50 per cent noncash. 
