THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. 51 
TaBLs 2a.— Variation in cost of producing cotton (net cost per pound of lint) on 78 
farms in Greene County, Ga. 
Cost per |- 
Acreage. 
Acres. | Cumula- 
per tive per 
group cent. 
13 0.3 
meg Ss pages 433 
ap compeaN .3 
5 Drapes .3 
st BR pace 533 
Ue ene 50) 
ake Cae ENO ao) 
175 4.5 
214 9.7 
116 12.5 
79 14. 4 
82 16. 4 
8024 35. 8 
140 39. 2 
270 45.7 
437 56. 2 
353 64.7 
164 68. 7 
283 75. 5 
290 82.5 
131 85. 7 
246 | 91.6 
| 94.7 
25 95. 3 
Ris ae Sa 95.3 
43 96.3 
118 99.1 
Spams, Sha 99.1 
30 99. 8 
ede aka 99.8 
Greene a nee 99. 8 
Ba SS ote ch 99.8 
ee 99.8 
9 100. 0 
4, 1474 100. 0 
Production. 
Total Cumula- 
pounds tive per 
per group. cent. 
3, 500 0.3 
Ss ascore .3 
SRI BEERS a3 
BeBe here 13 
Seen -3 
ee es moe .3 
Baines ne tea ue a3 
72, 500 7.0 
74, 155 13.7 
33, 625 16.8 
29, 670 19.6 
19, 420 21.4 
205, 250 40. 5 
46, 600 44.8 
82, 325 52.4 
102, 115 61.9 
89, 250 70. 2 
38, 550 73.8 
70, 150 80.3 
61, 950 86. 1 
26, 650 88. 6 
53, 100 93.5 
26, 700 96. 0 
4, 000 96. 4 
Seen ates ek 96. 4 
9, 000 97. 2 
23, 350 99. 4 
Seis aio hates eae 99. 4 
4, 000 99. 8 
Set eee 99. 8 
Spi a Se pa 99. 8 
peeing cane ats 99. 8 
SRMES Gouaoee 99.8 
2, 000 100. 0 
1,077, 860 100. 0 
Farms in 
each cost 
group 
(each star 
one farm). 
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There was a range in production costs on these farms of from 8 cents to 41 cents per pound. The aver- 
age cost for the 78 farms was 22 cents per pound. Farm operators who had a cost of 22 cents per pound or 
less cultivated 45.7 per cent of the cotton acreage and produced 52.4 per cent of the total cotton. It would 
require a price of 27 cents per pound to care for 82.5 per cent of the acreage and 86.1 per cent of the produc- 
tion. Average yield, 260 pounds; range of yields per farm from 133 pounds to 450 pounds. 
