16 BULLETIN 8%, U. S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. - 
Ginning, bagging and ties combined come third in point of impor- 
tance in the list of farm expenses. From 3 to 11 per cent of the total 
farm expenses came under this heading. There was considerable 
uniformity in the proportion paid out in the various districts under 
such headings as machinery repairs, depreciation of buildings, seed, 
insurance, and taxes. 
RELATION OF ACREAGE AND YIELD TO NET COST PER POUND OF LINT. 
Cotton is a crop which requires intensive culture. The area 
devoted to cotton on a given farm will be limited by the amount of 
labor available to do the chopping and picking. Even on the large 
plantations the operating plans must take these two items into con- 
sideration. The areas assigned to tenants and croppers should 
conform to the size that will enable the operator, tenant, and cropper 
to handle the cotton crop efficiently. 
In order to throw more light upon the costs for the small units in 
comparison with the costs for the larger units, the farms in this study 
have been grouped according to the number of acres of cotton grown. 
They have also been classified with respect to the yields obtained. 
(See Table XII.) The latter arrangement affords an opportunity 
to study the effect of normal yields upon the cost of producing the 
cotton crop. It has been pointed out that the average yield of lint 
cotton for the 842 farms was 227 pounds per acre and that this was 
considerably above the average yield reported for the United States 
in 1918. It was also somewhat in advance of the average yield of 
lint cotton reported for the 10-year period in the United States. 
TaBLe XII.—Relation of acreage and yield to net cost per pound of lint. 
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100 pounds and under.} 100 to 159 pounds. 150 to 200 pounds. 
Groups. Num! Net | Net [N21 Net | Net [NU] Net | Net 
AG cost cost cost cost ae cost cost 
_ | per per - _ | per per =| = per per- 
aaaae acre. | pound. ee acre. | pound. eras: acre. | pound. 
Aacresjand tn ders ee 24 | $49.90 |S0.5716 54 | $53.92 |$0. 4035 95 | $57.41 | $0.3245 
20 40 a Cresses serene eee eae 2] 31.36] .3248 22} 40.37] .3064 63 | 48.21 . 2690 
400. 60lacKess see eee eee 1 22.04 . 2204 OA reeby ial . 2528 24 | °46.17 . 2658 
GOO: S0ACrese egret eee ee 1 | 27.93] .2992 9] 33.88] .2464 14] 41.17 . 2276 
80'¢0,100 ares 22222 2 Se Se ee See ee 6 | 38.91 2954 13>}. 3%5t 2106 
OVER OOLACRES eye eae Bret ren Peete chs | eee | eee tie 6} 35.7 2550 17 | 35.74 2011 
200 to 250 pounds. 250 to 300 pounds. Over 300 pounds. 
Groups. pare Net | Net Non Net | Net a Net | Net 
of cost cost aE cost cost ae cost cost 
ap er per_ | rec | Per Dee ae per per 
ords.| 2¢Te: pound. ords.| 2¢Te: pound. ords.| 2¢re pound 
20 acres and under-:....-.2-9= ...-| 83 | $68.36 |$0. 2974 48 | $64.73 's0. 2356 53 | $80.65 | $0. 2226 
AU AQ ACTOS... oo ae eee 75 54. 28 SAY 46 66. 00 . 2385 38 76. 93 . 2130 
TOOGIACKES. 7. (2, ae ee 30 | 53.92] .2392 19 | 58.41} .2100 193 ions . 2048 
Hora sOlacres:-. 2 ee ee Ly ees Ziv 2226 Sse alban 1867 5 | 64.89 2016 
BOMOMOUIACTES. {= 5-7 ok ee 8 49. 25 2129 2} 40.12 1669 4] 81.72 1894 
