THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. 55 
TABLE 6a.— Variation in cost of producing cotton (net cost per pound of lint) on 90 
farms in Dale County, Ala. 
Acreage. Production. z 
| Farms in 
Cost Des Sea See each cost 
poue Acres | Cumula- Total Cumula- StOnP 
™ of lint. per tive per | pounds | tive per (em Siar 
am group. cent. |pergroup.| cent. | M¢ farm). 
$0. 08 5 0.4 2, 200 0.9 | * 
OOS. Pitter a BY | tere Cen SN Ie eee eae 
.10 12 1.4 3, 500 Oia Nx 
ll 23 3.3 7, 050 5.4 | 
cel ae larger es are abo d) Peermecesecce Spe fe ee aa nee 
Se eel ae ee ae Soi ese eee Se dl ee ee ae 
14 14 4.3 3, 800 Ue WEES 
15 10 5.1 2, 200 Ue Gr es 
BA Gy = |e Sees ol rales eee oi GAO a | ea Aa 
17 48 9.0 13, 500 13.6 | ** 
18 53 13.3 16,250 | 20.4 | * 
19 75 19.4 21,500 | 29.4 | * 
20 13 20.5 2,880 | 30.6 | ** 
21 684 26.1 15,165 | 37.0 | eRe 
22 72 32.0 12,150 42.1 | *** 
23 58 36.7 10, 550 46.5 | *e« 
. 24 72 42.6 11,673 51.4 | **Fr* 
. 29 40 45.9 11,700 56.3 | ** 
.26 35 48.8 6,770 59.2 | ‘eK 
o20 25 50.8 4,150 61.0 | **« 
.28 12 51.8 2, 000 61.8 | * 
.29 16 53.1 4, 030 G38 Ome. 
- 30 27 55.3 4, 800 6525) 4) | 
ar 96 63.1 14, 500 71.6 | | 
32 17 64.5 2, 861 72.8 | > 
33 68 70.1 | * 12,590 78.1 | ERE | 
34 45 73.8 5, 500 80.4 | *%* 
35 30-7652 6,350 83.1 | 
36 ps eal eee AC 2,940 84.3. ** 
37 8 | 78.6 1,620 85.0 | * 
38 12. |e 719.6 2, 000 85.8 | * 
.39 Deel 80.0 800 Shall eoe 
. 40 22 81.8 2, 500 87.2 | * 
41 123 82.8 2, 000 88.0 | % 
AD ten Pees cee S2S8 Fal es ee ee SS: Oe Rene cee 
43 8 83.5 874 88.4 | * 
44 18 85.0 2, 500 89.5 | * 
| 45 IZ 86.4 4, 250 91.3 | ESS 
| 46 TORS 87.7 2,098 92.2 | *es 
In this district there was a range in production costs of from 8cents to 93cents perpound. Eighteenfarms 
which are not included in Table 6a had costs from 49 cents to 93 cents per pound; thesefarmsrepresented 
12.3 per cent of the cotton acreage and 7.8 per cent of the production for the 90 farms. The average cost 
for all farms in this group was practically 28 cents per pound. Average yield, 194 pounds; range of yields 
per farm, from 69 pounds to 467 pounds. In this district a price of 37 cents per pound would be required 
to cover production costs on 85 per cent of cotton. - 
