THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. 839 
In the marketing of lint the majority of farmers used a crew of 
one man and two mules. However, on a few farms the hauling was 
done with a crew of one man and one mule. The column showing 
the per cent of the total records represents the proportion of growers 
who either hauled the lint back to the farm and in turn to the ware- 
house or who hauled from the country gin to the warehouse. All 
other labor for marketing lint is accounted for under the heading 
“Seed cotton to gin.” The normal time requirement varied from 
0.8 of an hour to 2.3 hours per acre. A corresponding range was 
shown for the mule labor. 
TABLE XX XIX .— Market lint. 
Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew. . Hours per acre. 
Miles 
State and county. Per 
Num-|centof| In Ie = M Mul hauled. 
cca Potala cotton |e oes an. ule. Man. | Mule. 
records. ine. 
Georgia: 
Laurens County.....-.-. 63 74.) 51.383] 41.18 1.1 Pe AL 6. 52 15 2.9 
Greene County.-.....--.- a 49 §3 | 53.60] 31.78 16? 2.0 4, 43 8 163 
Sumter County. .......-- "34 42] 55.47 | 44.21 1.0 2.0 SHE 1.3 2.6 
Alabama: 
Tallapoosa County.....-- 32 36 | 14.59] 12.81 1.0 1.9°| 11.87 253 4,3 
Marshall County... ..---- 31 34 | 12/73 | 12.13 1.0 LB 5. 61 1.8 2.9 
Dale County...........2- 13 14 | 20.92} 14.22 1.0 2.0 7.05 2.0 4.0 
‘South Carolina: 
Anderson Countyv......-. 72 81 |} 32.81 | 23.95 1.0 1.9 3.11 8 1.4 
= Barnwell County.....-..- 79 8&7 44.88 | 30.38 1.0 1.9 4.45 1.2 2.1 
Texas: 
Rusk County. ..........- 53 7 | 31.70 | 30:75 1.0 2.0 7.38 1.4 2.8 
a One with truck, 
MARKET SEED. 
This operation was reported by 35 per cent of the farmers visited. 
(See Table XL.) Seed sold at the gin when the seed cotton was 
delivered does not come under this head. The labor involved in 
handling seed this way has been cared for under the heading “‘ Hauling 
seed cotton.” 
TaBLe XL.— Market seed. 
Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
Miles | 
State and county. fe See a Res | hauled: 
hon Paraieslleotton! por Man. | Mule. Man. | Mule. 
records. 8. 
Georgia: 
Laurens County.......-- 5 69 | 47.41] 35.61 1.2 2.1 7.11 2.0 3.7 
Greene Countyv.......... 31 40 | 62.27 | 28.38 1.0 1.9 3.91 1.3 2.4 
Sumter County........-- 20 25 | 58.85 | 47.23 1.0 2.0 6. 87 1.8 3.6 
Alabama: 
Tallapoosa County....... 17 19 | 16.82] 13.77 1.0 1.9 | 12.96 2259) 4.1 
Marshall County....--.-- 2 2| 12.50 5. 00 1.0 1.5 5. 00 1.4 is 
Dale County..........-.- 6 WAY Ups Ae | es ale 1.0 2.0 9. 83 3.1 6.2 
South Carolina: 
Anderson County.......- 57 64} 33.11 | 19.23 1.0 2.0 3. 24 1.3 2.6 
Barnwell County-.....-.. 65 71 | 47.91 | 25.91 1.0 1.9 4. 42 15 2 3.0 
Texas: 
Rusk County............ 30 47 | 32.63 | 26.26 1.0 2.0 7. 87 1.9 3.8 
