THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. 35 
HOE. 
This consists chiefly of cutting out weeds which are not destroyed 
by cultivation, plowing, or chopping out. (See Table XX XIII.y 
There was considerable difference in the number of times the cotton 
was hoed. The hoeing was done at the rate of from one-half acre to 
+ slightly more than 1 acre per day, under average conditions. 
h) 
TABEE) DOCK Hoe: 
Reporting. | Acres per farm. 
| Cc Av | Tee 
State and county. : Per foe dig pELoedial pao eal teed enols 
Num- | cent In by by | “mam).| over. | per 
ber. .| of total| cotton.| wage con- acre: 
records. labor. | tract. | 
Georgia: 
Laurens County......--.-.-----.- 75 88 | 48.89 | 47.88 1.01 1 1.6 | 11.2 
Greene Countys=--- 552-222. 2-3 78 100 | 53.17 | 47.25 5.92 1 1B 15.2 
Sumter County-...-.-.-. Boge oasis 79 99 | 52.83 | 46.86 5. 97 1 159) 17.9 
Alabama: . Loe | 
Tallapoosa County ....-.-...----- 86 97 | 13.11 | 12.68 43 1 a; 5 | 16.6 
Marshall County. ....... oe 90 100 | 13.88] 13.7 15 1 Ps (pi OES 
Dale County. - 222225235222 89 99 | 13.61} 13.07 .54 1 1.4 12.9 
South Carolina: | 
Anderson County............-.-- 87 98 | 32.45 | 31.48 .97 1 1.9 15.5 
Barnwell County........--------- 91 100 | 43.25} 32.83) 10.42 1 2.6 | 17.5 
Texas: 
I isiCountyes. sees ese ee 75 100 | 108.64 | 108.11 |.-.....- 1 2.0 8.5 
Rusk County<< =sss=22-- oSc22c-n 71 95 | -34.94 | 34.54 |_....... 1 Heal 6.6 
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CULTIVATE. 
The term “plowing” cotton is in much more general use in the 
South than cultivating. Such operations as barring off, siding and 
sweeping middles are all essentially intertillage processes. The fact 
that only 25 per cent of the total number of operators who were inter- 
viewed gave estimates on cultivation does not mean that on the 
remaining farms the cotton received no spring or summer cultivation. 
It does imply, however, that some other operation similar to barring 
off, busting middles, etc., was substituted for cultivation. (See 
Table XXXIV.) 
TABLE XX XIV.—Cultivate. 
Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
State and county. Per | Times | 
Num- | cent of} In Cover aoe: M cre OMe | wut 
ber. total |cotton.| ered. aie : aS mee 
records. | 
| | 
Georgia: lta 
Laurens County ...-.---- 30 35 | 48.97 | 48.97 4.4 1 1.0 12.9 12.9 
Greene County......---- 5 6 | 58.30} 54.30 ES, 1 ils? Pye Al 2.6 
Sumter County.......... 1 1] 65.00 | 65.00 2.0 1 2.0 Be 0 7.4 
Alabama: | | 
Tallapoosa County....... 51 57 12.93 | 12.93 .8 1 ie) 14.6 14.6 
Marshall County.......-- 32 36 13. 41 13. 41 4.2 1 1.0 13.4 13. 4 
Dale Countyas-s=2- 2 37 4] 12523 ND OB B50) 1 1.0 12.6 1256 
South Carolina: 
Anderson County.....--- 16 18 | 26.31 | 25.06 1.6 1 1.0 366) 35 83 
Texas: 
Ellis County.=.---.-..--- 75 100 | 108. 64 | 108. 64 5.5 1 2.0 7.8 15.6 
Rusk County-.-.-..-.----.- 46 61 33. 78 30. 24 4.0 1 2.9 6.9 13.0 
