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THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. 3 
doing the picking. The weather conditions throughout the harvest 
period are also significant because of the influence on the rapidity of 
ripening and subsequently on the length of the picking period. 
TABLE XXX V.— Pick cotton. 
Acres per farm. mepor 
| cent of Fas 
Wansereree ea total |Pounds| Yield | ee 
State and county. waar _Picked | Picked} yield per per = 
: In by by |picked| day. | acre.! _ 
cotton. | wage con- by Bes 
labor. | tract. | wage. 
3 : 
reorgia: | 
Laurens County.........--------- 85 | 46.68] 29.39 | 17.29 61 152 781 | 57.0 
Greene Gounbye.-5-o=--- s- aes 78 | 53.17 | 37.95 | 15.22 65 151 743 45.0 
SuméenCounbya.- 2s. .--- 552-22 80} 52.36 | 36.12 | 16.24 ia 157 728 46.9 
Alabama: 
iRallapoosa. County. —_--- =... === eli TS) |) ea 2.01 86 155 484 33.8 
MarshalliCounty=..- ==. 22 =.= S05} 13588) | e125 715 1.13 91 155 632 | 46.6 
WaleiCoun tysees == 7a <oS=2 90 | 13.63 | 10.38} 3.25 69 143 574 | 44,1 
South Carolina: | 
Anderson County =. -22 22-228. 2. 89°} 32.20 | 27.50 4.7 82 159 696 | 46.8 
iRannwell:County.—- --..2 <2------ 91} 43.25 | 24.95 | 18.30 55 142 723 49. 2 
Texas: 
PHNSIWOumiye a at SISA. Fok 7) | 108.64 | 12.71 | 95.93 11 236 510 | 23.8 
iske GOUMEy ee ase et a= 75 | 34.24 | 22.15 | 412.02 65 183 533 31.8 
1 Weighted average. a Five acres washed out. 
TaBLE XXXVI.— Weigh (man and horse labor).! 
| 
Reporting. | Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
State and county: : Per z 
NU Area ecu ico | Man. |. Male | Man” | Mule: 
| records. 
Georgia: | 
aurens| Countyee.- == s-5—2se2s54] 54] _ 64) 50.80} 50.80 | ike 1.97] 2.3 3.8 
Greene Coun byazssss.s- 2 se So 4 69 | 60.80 52.18 ei! 1.9 | 2.8 5.0 
euMNTber COUN bye. oe eee ee see 36 45 | 59.51 | 57.42 | 1.4 TLS | 2.0 3.4 
Alabama: | 
‘Tallapoosa County. .-.----------- 17 19} 17.24 7.24 | 1.3 2.0 1.8 3.0 
MarshallCountyve-2-s-.-2 2 = =4 i 1 1} 15.00} 15.00 | 1.0 2.0 1.3 2.6 
Pale Couniiyee stance ee se oe 11 12 | 22.73 22.73 1.0 2.0 | 1-9 3.8 
South Carolina: 
Anderson: County==.2. .=..4)-2.2.0- 41 46 | 31.07 28.14 1.6 1.9 | 2.4 3.1 
Barnwell County... 5.22.52... 39 43 | 54.73 | 47.68 Bi) be 2G | 2.1 3.0 
| | 
WEIGH. 
Several crew sizes were used in weighing up the seed cotton. 
The most common crew consisted of one man and two mules. (See 
Table XXXVI.) Weighing, in this connection, includes the mule 
labor of hauling cotton to cribs in the field or to the farm buildings 
at night. The normal man time for all groups varied from 1.3 to 2.8 
hours per acre, while the normal mule labor requirement ranged 
from 2.6 to 3.8 hours per acre. Approximately 14 per cent of the 
farmers who were interviewed used man labor only in weighing up 
cotton. The normal requirement on these farms varied from 1.1 
hours per acre to 3 hours per acre. In Ellis County, Tex., it was a 
common practice to pay a contract price of a dollar per bale for 
weighing in the field. 
