52 - BULLETIN 896, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 3a.— Variation in cost of producing cotton (net cost per pound of lint) on 80 
farms in Sumter County, Ga. 
Cost per 
pound 
of lint. 
Acreage. Production. 
Acres | Cumula- Total Cumula- 
per tive per pounds tive per 
group. cent. per group. cent. 
50 132 15, 000 156 
Sewers bee eee aS Soe 1.5 
165 sal 46, 680 6.1 
148 8.6 44, 000 10. 4 
520 21.0 171, 900 Mil; 2 
276 27.6 78, 000 34. 8 
75 29. 4 26, 000 37.3 
463 40.5 111, 950 48.2 
277 47.1 67, 460 54. 8 
287 54.0 72, 185 61.9 
| 333 62.0 70, 100 68.8 
206 66. 9 47, 480 73.4 
67 68. 5 13, 000 74.7 
352 76.9 78, 500 82. 4 
174 81.1 25, 500 84.9 
246 87.0 48, 000 89. 6 
211 92.1 43, 500 93.9 
Sas eee WPS eres = ie rae 93. 9 
97 94.4 22, 500 96.1 
564 95. 7 8, 500 96.9 
14 96. 0 2, 250 97.1 
Bae Se N05 (Ueca IGRaceeee aces 97.1 
117 98. 8 19, 350 99.0 
Ey Greene ae OSS emer ee ees 99. 0 
| 17 99. 2 3, 605 99.3 
10 99. 4 1,750 99.5 
Bees seaoe| GORA Sal sare ae ee 99.5 
27 | 100.0 5, 000 100.0 
4,188 | 100.0 | 1,022,210 100. 0 
There was a range in production costs on these farms of from 11 cents to 38 cents per pound. The aver- 
age cost for 80 farms was about 20 cents per pound. Ifthe price had been fixed at the latter point, 46 per 
Farms in 
each cost 
group 
(each star 
one farm). 
Losleslest 
80 
cent of the acreage and 38.1 per cent of the cotton would have been produced at a loss. 
range of yields per farm, from 112 pounds to 469 pounds. 
A price of 25 cents 
per pound would include 85 per cent of the total production in this group. Average yield, 244 pounds; 
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