APPENDIX. 
TaBLE la.— Variation in cost of producing cotton (net cost per pound of lint) on 85 
farms in Laurens County, Ga. ; 
Acreage. Production. ; 
| Farms in 
Cost be Sa LL ee ee 
pound | Acres |Cumula-| Total |Cumula-| ,2TOU 
Bas per |tiveper| pounds | tive per ce 
group. cent. per group. cent. : 
$0. 10 19 0.5 
-1l 78 2.5 
12 12 2.8 
13 35 3.7 
14 121 6.7 
15 56 8.1 
16 151 eS 
17 . 59 13.4 
18 347 22.1 
19 122 25. 2 
- 20 418 35.7 
.21 560 49.8 
~22 203 54.9 
- 23 71 56.7 
. 24 397 66. 7 
<2 500 79.3 
. 26 177 83.8 
S74 241 89.9 
28 108 92. 6 
29 183 97.2 
- 30 20 97.7 
Bel ee) Beeesaase 97.7 
sao) s|5oscece eee 97.7 
505 tay (esos aor ! 97.7 
34 25 98.3 
35 1 GPa 98. 7 
ality eeeosance 98. 7 
37 20 | 99. 2 
OS, sfosseeceees 99. 2 
a) aed eee 99.2 
40 30 100.0 
The lowest cost on these farms was 10 cents and the highest 40 cents per pound. The average cost for 
the 85 farms was 21 cents per pound. Essentially 50 per cent of the acreage and 56.6 per cent of the total 
amount of cotton was produced at a cost of 21 cents per pound or less. A price of 26 cents per pound would 
be necessary to meet cost of 83.8 per cent of the acreage and 86.8 per cent of the production on these farms. 
Everaee yield, 277 pounds per acre, the lowest individual yield being 105 pounds, and the highest 560 
ounds. 
E The average yield of cotton per acre, as reported for the various cotton-growing States, was appreciably 
lower in 1919 than in 1918. Labor and fertilizer costs were higher in 1919 than in 1918, which indicates 
that the average cost per pound of cotton was considerably higher for 1919 than for the preceding year. 
How these factors affected the cost on the individualfarms will be determined by a further study on these 
farms covering the 1919 crop. 
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