48 BULLETIN 659, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The average rent of land was found to be $5.10 per acre. The rent 
.of cotton land is slightly lower than land rent for the other crops, 
although the difference is very small. 
MAN LABOR. 
In Table XIX is shown the distribution of man labor cost per 
acre of all crops. It is seen that the total average cost is $8.76. That 
portion of the man labor cost in hired labor amounts to $3.39 per 
acre, while family labor amounts to $1.73. The operator's own labor 
is valued at $3.64 per acre. It was found that the cost of the oper- 
ator's labor per acre decreases slightly as the size of the farm in- 
creases. The other items composing the man labor cost did not vary 
with the size factor to any appreciable extent. 
Table XIX. — Distribution of 'man labor cost for all crops (114 farms, Ellis 
County, Tex. 
Cost 
per acre. 
Paid or hired labor S3. 39 
Family labor 1. 73 
Operator labor z 3. 64 
Total man labor 8. 76 
INTER EST, TAXES 
fc INSURANCE 
DEPRECIATION 
TOTAL PER *IOO 
OF EQUIPMENT 
$ .17 J 
10.00 
13.68 
28.31 
J 
Fig. 14. — Cost of various items and total annual cost per .$100 of valuation of operating 
machinery (115 farms, Ellis County, Tex.). 
As the size of farm increases, the total amount of hired labor in- 
creases. The amount of hired labor per crop-acre is slightly higher 
on the larger farms, the average for all farms being $3.38. The total 
hired labor for the average farm is $397. 
The total value of the labor of the operator's family increases as 
the size of farm increases, but the value per acre is slightly less on 
the large farms. The average total value of family labor on all 
farms is $203. 
The average total value of the farmer's own labor on all farms, 
averaging 117.5 acres in size, is $427 per year. As the size of farm 
increases, however, the total value of the operators labor increases, 
but not in proportion to the size. The value of the operator's labor 
on .the group of farms averaging 62.5 acres is $4.45 per acre: on 
farms averaging 100.1 acres. $4.04: on farms averaging 188.9 acres, 
$3.17, and on all farms, averaging 117.5 acres. $3.64. 
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