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THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. 
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TABLE 4a.— Variation in cost of producing cotton (net cost per pound of lint) on 89 
farms in Tallapoosa County, Ala. 
Cost per 
pound 
of lint. 
Acreage. 
Acres | Cumula- 
per tive per 
group cent. 
17 Tot) 
pea Cog 158) 
eee aS a 1.5 
6 2.0 
72 8.2 
Piles BARN 8.2 
15 9.5 
89 ile 
117 Qe 
19 28.7 
eee eee ate 28.7 
17 30. 2 
78 36.9 
63 42.3 
43 46.0 
30 48.6 
B25) 50.7 
31 53.4 
25 ORO 
7 56.1 
154 57.4 
14 58.6 
28 61.0 
23 63.0 
SS ais 63.0 
21 64.8 
55 69.5 
10 70.4 
25 225 
32 Wen, 
5 75.6 
29 78.1 
22 80.0 
a eae 80.0 
17 81.5 
25 83.6 
Production. 
Total Cumula- 
pounds tive per 
per group. cent. 
5, 215 2.6 
epee SO gba 2.6 
as ae Se ORIN 2.6 
1, 462 3.3 
16, 435 11.5 
Ee ea Ieee: 11.5 
2, 500 12.7 
21,696 23.5 
20, 200 33.5 
3,775 35.4 
AL SSS EL Sh 35.4 
3,320 BYifoa 
13, 750 43.9 
12,470 50.1 
8, 500 54.3 
3, 550 56. 1 
3, 750 58.0 
5,915 60. 9 
3, 500 62 6 
980 63.1 
3, 250 64.7 
2, 200 65.8 
4,130 67.9 
3, 000 69.4 
ees IRAE 69.4 
3, 500 Fila 
8, 500 75.3 
1, 857 76.2 
3, 000 Tot 
4, 054 79.7 
900 80.1 
4,375 82.3 
4,071 84.3 
RE NS i 84.3 
4,040 |* 86.3 
3, 000 87.8 
Farms in 
each cost 
group 
(each star 
one farm). 
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There was a range in production costs on the farms visited in this district of from 16 cents to $1.07 per 
pound of lint. 
This group represente 
shown in the above table. 
Average yield, 172 pounds; range of yields per farm, from 73 pounds to 375 pounds. 
Twenty-four farm operators had costs which varied from 51 cents to $1.07 per pound. 
only 16.4 per cent of the acreage and 12.2 per cent of the production and is not 
The average cost per pound of lint was about 36 cents per pound for all farms. 
To cover 84 per cent 
of the cotton grown on these farms would require a price of 48 cents per pound. 
