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BULLETIN 896, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 7a.— Variation in cost of producing cotton (net cost per pound of lint) on 89 farms 
in Anderson County, S.C. 
’ Acreage. Production. | 
Farms in 
Cost per / each cost 
pours Acres |Cumula-; Total Cumula- ( Bees 
: per tive per | pounds tive per one farm) 
group. cent. per group. cent. 5 
$0.08 17 0.6 4,500 OSGi es 
nA) 9 iis eerste tear 2 O4 cee oe i Oiriliekee Ramer 
SO Sl eae eee Bas erase ieee Gis ee 5eoee hee 
Siler dl Soe Renee AW jl leseeta Geerane SUE | Reo Romoge coe 
cel Diente ese E Gyles ene SON ee See es 
.13 18 1.2 7,500 iL Ss ore | as 
ela ee eee Br es assesses swindle Se es eecese 
re al cates eee dye cea terres carne Sle Thos laacoeaacc lee 
.16 65 3.5 20, 500 4.6 | * 
Sly 54 5.4 12, 750 6.4 | ** 
.18 108 9.2 29, 000 HOLE | Ses 
.19 43 10.7 10, 850 1250s is 
. 20 100 14.2 25, 050 155) 4), Sees 
ByAl 96 17.6 28, 500 1QF 55 jpees 
yaa eee eae 7 G2n Se Sess oe LOUD Netw se 
. 23 303 28. 2 77, 500 30.4 | #eerrerece 
24 209 35.5 55, 000 S852 seer 
25 252 44.3 65, 400 47,4 | *eeErrek 
. 26 409 58. 6 86, 850 59.6 | *** 
SG; 103 62.2 32, 125 O40 | es 
. 28 218 69.8 53, 855 TALS SESSA R ARS 
29 111 eat 29, 570 (TOGO | RRRED 
. 30 125 Usp 27,100 TOE N ECE 
S08 534 80. 0 14, 000 SU 
32 58 82.0 13, 000 83.5 | * 
.33 121 86. 2 28, 650 87.5 | *ereKrk 
. 34 107 89.9 28, 000 91.4 | #68 
.3d 120 94.1 21, 000 94.4 | #5 
. 36 24 94.9 6, 500 9553) | * 
.37 15 95. 4 3, 000 OS Gee 
. 38 59 97.4 12, 500 Sia) | 
SO om reas Geers OA SS Ge ee ae Oi) |e ren 
. 40 16 97.9 3, 700 98.0 | * 
In this district production costs ranged from 8 cents to 51 cents perpound. Three farms having unit costs 
of 44, 46, and 51 cents are not shownin the table. Theaverage cost for the 89 farms was 26 cents per pound. 
If the price had been fixed for this district at 26 cents per pound, 41.4 per cent of the acreage and 40.4 per 
cent of the cotton grown by these operators would have been produced at aloss. Average yield 240 pounds; 
range of yield per farm, from 150 pounds to 417 pounds. 
