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THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. 59 
TABLE 10a.— Variation in cost of producing cotton (net cost per pound of lint) on 75 farms 
~ ine husk County. Nex. 
| 
Acreage. Production. : 
Farms in 
(Cosi Dae | SS each cost 
pound Acres |Cumula-| Total | Cumula- | , peewee 
: per tive per | .pounds | tive per | on¢ farm) 
group. cent. per group. cent. 5 
$0. 12 30 12, 6, 825 Leelee 
13 » 38 2.7 10, 250 3.6 | ** 
14 110 7.0 30, 500 1050) 28 
eel Meu a ies So aM cea em aie BAO) | Baas een 
16 43 8.7 10, 225 2A ges ees 
17 155 14.7 33, 006 TQ Sot cierto 
18 30 15.9 4, 500 2051 ales 
19 78 18.9 15, 770 Q3e4 | bere 
20 248 28. 5 70, 600 Bios 2 lf fotots 
21 124 33.3 26, 170 ERY Th) Soest 
22 296 44.8 54, 774 202 |) eee rRRrsice 
23 155 50. 8 25, 330 GOsor Pereek 
24 203 58. 7 36, 240 68.1 | #eReerr 
25 172 65.4 27,314 (OGS5 seek 
26 266 75.8 36, 857 81.6 | eR 
27 11 80.1 20, 545 85.9 | EEE 
. 28 203 88. 0 32,175 Ops | eto83 
. 29 20 88. 8 3, 000 9353 mas 
30 115 93.3 12, 000 95.8 | + 
31 38 94.8 5, 360 96.9 | ** 
32 16 95. 4 1,545 Oe =I be 
33 25 96. 4 3, 500 98.0 | * 
34 72 99. 2 8, 000 OO analeisss 
52 20 100.0 1,590 100.0 | * 
2, 568 100. 0 476, 076 100. 0 75 
Production costs on the 75 Rusk County farms varied from 12 cents to 52 cents per pound. The farm 
operators who had an average cost of 22 cents or less harvested 44.8 per cent of the acreage and 55.2 per cent 
of the total cotton for the entire group. It would require a price of 27 cents per pound to care for 85.9 per 
cent of the production. Average yield, 185 pounds; range in yield per farm, from 80 pounds to 321 pounds. 
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