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THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. ol 
seed. In all areas except one, more than 95 per cent of the operators 
planted with a one-row implement. In Rusk County, Tex., there 
were nine growers who planted with a crew of one man and two mules. 
Elis County, Tex., had three men who planted with a crew of one 
man and three mules. (See Table X XVII.) 
TaBLE XX VII.—Plant. 
Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
Nu: Bu- 
_ ber shels | Times. 
State and county. report- Tae aoe per acon 
ing. cot- are at acre. Man. | Mule. | Man. | Mule. 
ton 
Georgia: 
Laurens County......... 85 | 46.68 | 46.68 0. 82 lig dl 1.0 1.0 Leif Is2/ 
Greene County .........- 13 | 538.17 | 53:47 1.18 gal eal 1.0 2.2 2.1 
Simitersce st as ae ae 80 52. 36 52. 36 1.27 Gal 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.9 
Alabama: 
Tallapoosa County...-...-. 89 13.13 T3St3 1.10 1.03 1.0 1.0 PAL 2.1 
Marshall County.-....... - 90] 13.88} 13.88 93 1.04 i) 1.0 1.8 1.8 
Dale County...........-.. 90 13. 63 13. 63 . 88 gal 1.0 1.0 Dnte, 49) 
South Carolina: : 
Anderson County........ 89 32. 20 32. 20 Heid 5 lot 1.0 10 2.0 2.0 
Barnwell County........ 91 43. 25 43. 25 1.02 ifsal 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.6 
Texas: 
HW Nisi\County-cs-- oan 75 | 108.64 | 108. 64 .70 1.03 1.0 2.0 1.4 2.8 
AUIS ka COMME Assen oo sets 75 | 34.24 | 34.24 79 1.1 1.0 Meal 1.6 1.8 
Fig. 10.—Planting cotton, Ellis County, Texas (one man and two mules). 
The column headed ‘“Times over’) indicates that some replanting 
was done in all areas. The amount in each area was, however, 
insignificant. About 2 hours of man labor were required in most 
districts to plant an acre of cotton. For the average farm this 
would mean that planting would be done at the rate of 5 acres per 
10-hour day. (See fig. 10.) : 
