42 BULLETIN 896, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
prises are given and the returns from each enterprise are segregated 
as in this table, it becomes possible to study the relative importance 
of the various crops or by the different classes of live stock. 
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TaBLeE XLIII.—Distribution of receipts (842 records). % 
| z 1) ; 
Percentage of receipts from— z 
State and county. ber of Mis- 
records.| Total | Cotton | Cotten| Total | Other | Live | cana. 3 
crops. | lint. seed. | cotton.| crops. | stock. ace : 
a SER et Gay a, 7 
Georgia: ; 
WanrensiCounty-— se eee ee 85 93 TR 14 91 2 3 4 4 
Greene: County: <. cas seas eee 78 91 75 14 90 1 2 7 . 
SUM LereCOuntVe = eee eee 80 87 68 12 80 7 7 66 3 
Alabama: y 
walianoosa Countveseeesee eee 89 81 66 Q 75 6 15 4 
Marshall: Countvass ee eee et 90 89 83 5 88 1 4 7 
WaleiCounbyaee eee eee hee eee 99 80 38 ff 45 b35 15 5 
South Carolina: 
Anderson Countye-— eee 89 95 g2 13 Sal eee ee 2 3 
iBarnwelliCounty=)- 25s eee tele 91 9g 82 13 95 3 1 1 
Texas: 
list Caun Gye neice eee 75 97 SI 12 93 4 2 1 : 
EUS ke COUNTY assets ee eee 75 90 7 12.5 86 4 5 5 
a 2 per cent of receipts were from increase in feed and supplies in Sumter County, Ga. 
b 33 per cent of receipts were from sales of peanuts in Dale County, Ala. 
In this analysis the percentage of receipts from cotton lint and | 
cotton seed are shown separately. These two sources of income have | 
also been combined and the total percentage of receipts from cotton | 
is given. ‘There were seven districts out of ten in which the com- 
bined receipts from lint and seed cotton constituted 85 per cent or 
more of the total farm receipts. In these same districts the receipts 
from cotton seed approximated 12 to 14 per cent of the total farm 
receipts. 
In Dale County, Ala., 35 per cent of the total farm receipts came 
from crops other than cotton. Thirty-three per cent of this amount 
was obtained from the sale of peanuts. Both Dale and Tallapoosa 
Counties, Ala., reported approximately 15 per cent of farm receipts 
as coming from the sale of live stock and live-stock products. 
Other crop sales and live stock together constituted 14 per cent of 
the farm receipts in Sumter County, Ga. 
BASIC COST FACTORS. 
The prominence of the man-and-mule-labor factor in the produc- 
tion of ‘cotton is shown very clearly in a review of the distribution of 
costs as reported for the 842 farms discussed in this bulletin. The 
actual cost in money, figured at current rates, may be considered as 
of minor importance in the long run, although there is a very insistent 
demand for such figures. It is much more desirable to have accurate 
data as to the hours of man and mule labor that are required in 
growing an acre of cotton than to possess figures which give merely 
