58 BULLETIN 896, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 9a.— Variation in cost of producing cotton (net cost per pound of lint) on 75 farms 
in Ellis County, Tex. 
Acreage. Production. : : 
Farms in 
Cost Be SSS Se eaehveost 
pour Acres |Cumula-| Total | Cumula-| ,,8%0UP 
of lint per | tiveper| pounds | tive per (eaet siae 
group. cent. per group. cent. one farm): 
$0. 14 115 1.4 23, 400 1.6 | * 
sb | o sens Sees Ded: Seer ee 1 Gigi tes ee eet 
.16 733 10.4 153, 875 12.3 | ‘eR 
17 694 18.9 130, 545 21.4 | *#eeKK 
18 1,135 32.8 206, 026 35.7 | #eEEE RRR 
19 656 40.9 123, 480 44,3 | #eER RK 
20 1, 042 53. 7 202, 020 58.3 | *kieKtliek 
21 713 62. 4 120, 210 66.7 | #eERREK 
22 579 69. 5 91, 818 73.10 | ee 
23 720 78.3 110, 393 80.8 | RPE: 
24 375 82.9 65, 872 85.4 | FE 
25 430 88. 2 68, 547 90.2 | rk 
26 180 90. 4 29, 445 92.2 | ** 
27 242 93. 4 36, 000 94.7 | rs 
. 28 154 95.3 27, 486 96.6 | * 
she it a eee ae ikea aes ansoses o 966. |e ae ae oe 
30 80 96. 3 9, 533 Oise 2 |) 
RS [ee me eee OG nel es ceees ares ee yi Se Seer aes 
BY dl oe adeoised one bea Ser mioacaa ae OES SE eee 
Sie lle Sats bears A90N3,0) |e nae ee eee OES ail ee epee rere 
34 300 100.0 39, 375 100.0 | * 
8, 148 100.0 | 1, 438, 025 100. 0 75 
Therangein production costs on these farms was from 14 cents to 34 cents per pound oflint. The average 
cost for all farms was 20.5 cents per pound. A little over 58 per cent of the total cotton on 53.7 per cent of 
the acreage was produced at or below an average cost. It would require a price of 24 cents to cover the 
cost of 85.4 per cent of the total production of these farms. Average yield, 176 pounds of lint; range of 
yields per farm, from 100 pounds to 288 pounds. 
