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Tex., to 154 hours per acre in Barnwell County, S.C. In six dis- 
tricts having fairly uniform methods of culture there was a variation 
of from 131 hours per acre to 145 hours for man labor. 
The more extensive cultural methods employed in Texas, in 
comparison with those used in the southeastern portions of the 
Cotton Belt, explain in some measure the differences in the total 
man-labor requirement. The lower yields reported for the three 
Alabama areas will account for the lower labor requirement of those 
areas in contrast with that of the five districts in Georgia and South 
Carolina. There was considerable uniformity in the average require- 
ments for man labor in the latter districts. The lowest average 
mule-labor requirement occurred in Ellis County, Tex., whereas 
the highest was found in Sumter County, Ga. It is interesting to 
note that in no less than eight districts the variation for the mule 
labor was but from 59 to 68 hours per acre. 
FARM RECEIPTS. 
In making this study it was the purpose to secure not only complete 
information with respect to production costs for cotton, but also to 
obtain a fairly complete statement of the total receipts and the 
major items of expense on each of these farms. (See Table XLII.) 
TasBLe XLII.—Farm area, receipts, ecpenses,! and farm income (842 records). 
é Number | Acres per} Total Total Farm 
State and county. offarms.| farm. | receipts. | expenses.! income. 
Georgia: 
WAUIRENS: COUNUY isis om cs hats orcs Shei sai= Soe sie > Sie dese otal 85 172. 99 $4,616 $2, 076 $2, 540 
GreenelCountyaeesaaes. pases Sas cee ee eee 78 280. 06 5, 217 2, 267 , 950 
Sumber COwmMby snr sa erast- mites see cleeterare ole rare sya 80 188. 16 5, 513 2,699 2,814 
Alabama: 
MallapooseiCountyeessemeece eee EP ee nee aoe 89 203. 53 1,041 648 393 
Marshall oumtye=-hiss. sae one tees eee ee erect ie 90 58. 48 1,118 594 524 
iD ale COUNTY eesti her eco terete = seeesice 90 169. 92 2,079 823 1, 256 
South Carolina: 
ATG eCrSOMMMOUMN bYysse e-em nee ese cee ee est ee 89 94. 87 2,823 1, 209 1,614 
arnyelluC oumtiya mate me aoe ee ee cote Saceae 91 137.36 3, 920 2,021 1,899 
Texas: | 
HO ULISKC OUIM iy eee eer eta ei ete Se oa ee 75 167. 90 7,079 2, 200 4,879 
Isic OODITUATS 5 45 beseocte SESS One aeCceeren esate 75 145.31 2,515 951 1, 564 
1Certain minor items of expense missing. 
The average total farm receipts, as reported by districts, varied 
from $1,041 in Tallapoosa County, Ala., to $7,079 in Ellis County, 
Tex. There was a range in the average total farm expenditure from 
$594 in Marshall County, Ala., to $2,699 in Sumter County, Ga. 
The individual farms in each district displayed considerable variation. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FARM RECEIPTS. 
Farm receipts have been divided into six groups, three of which 
deal with cotton. (See Table XLITI.) It is important to know the 
chief sources of income on the farm. When the outstanding enter- 
