14 BULLETIN 896, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
per pound. Table IX gives a summary of .all costs, the seed credit 
per acre allowed ea each group, and the total net cost per acre 
and per pound. 
The cotton seed was considered as a by-product of the cotton enter- 
prise. On farms where the seed was sold at the end of the harvest 
season a record was made of the income derived from this source. | 
Where the seed was not sold a value was assigned corresponding to 
market value at the time the record wastaken. These two estimates 
were used in making up the total seed credit per acre. It will be 
seen that there was a range in seed credit of from $9.78 per acre in 
Ellis County, Tex., to $15.81 in Greene County, Ga. In seven 
districts there was considerable uniformity in the average seed credit 
which was computed from the records taken. The average unit cost 
per district has been discussed in preceding tables. 
TaBLe [X.—Summary of all cosis (842.records). 
All costs, including use of land. | Total net 
ANGE! | Sree a | cost. 
No. | num )¥ ue Seed 
State and of ber | lint Z Mis- Total | credit | 
county. rec- | acres | SB ee ere se | cel- |Total| per per Per 
ords.| in | Ae a feats ae of |lame-| per | pound) acre. | Per | pound 
cotton. | : : ; ©-| land.| ous | acre.| of acre. iw 
| cost. lint. lin 
Georgia: |-Lbs. | 
Laurens Co... 85} 3,968.0!  277$52.31 $5.40) $2.14) $7.38] $7. 76/$74. 99|$0. 2705} $15. 55|$59. 44 $0. 2144 
Greene Co.... 78| 4,147.5) 260} 50.54 6.46) 2.09) 7.47) 7.51) 74.07) .2850) 15.81) 58.26 .2242 
Sumter Co..-. 80} 4,188.5 244 40.44 7.63} 1.92! 6.76) 6.68) 63.43) .2599) 15.35) 48.08 .1970 
Alabama: | 
Tallapoosa Co. 89] 1,169.0} 172) 54.51; 5.17] 1.39} 3.10] 7.69} 71.86) .4169} 10.31 61.55, . 3571 
Marshal] Co... 90) 1,249.5) 227) 57.88 10.30) 1.94) 9.32) 9.70) 89.14) .3934) 13 72) 75.42) .3329 
DaleCos=e ee 90] 1, 226. 5 194] 47.38 5.88] 1.62} 5:25} 7.15} 67.28] .3472| 13. 17 54.11} . 2792 
South Carolina: | | | 
Anderson Co. 89} 2,865.5} 248) 50.21 8.21) 1.97) 11.80) 7.69} 79.88) .3223] 14.80! 65.08 .2626 
Barnwell Co-. 91) 3,935.5) ~ 268) 49.03 13.41) 2.07) 7.22) 8.03) 79.79) .2981) 14.13) 65.66 .2453 
Texas: | 
his Gosess- == 75| 8,148.0} 176} 21.93 1.20} 1.82} 16.83] 4.23) 46.01} .2607| 9.78] 36.23) .2053 
RUSkiCo ese. 75| 2,568. 0| 185, SOLZet oon | hae 5:15} 5.87} 51.55} . 2781} 10.19) 41. =] . 2231 
DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS. 
The relative importance of some items of farm expense pertaining to 
the production of cotton has been brought to the attention of the 
reader-in a general discussion of labor costs, material costs, and other 
costs. These three groups have been contrasted for the purpose of 
showing the importance of man and mule labor when combined, with 
all materials combined, and other costs combined. Table X con- 
tains an analysis of the percentage distribution of costs under four 
headings. Ginning has been set out separately in this analysis. 
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