FARM MANAGEMENT STUDY OF COTTON FARMS. 
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XXII). The value of lint and seed is $30.60 per acre. The lint 
cotton cost 8.3 cents per pound and sold at an average price (for 
5 years) of 11.2 cents per pound. 
Table XXI. — Cost per acre, value, yield, and cost per unit of various crops 
(114 farms, Ellis County, Tex). a 
Crop. 
Number 
of farms. 
Cost per 
acre. 
Val ne- 
per acre. 
Yield per 
acre. 
Cost per 
unit. 
Value 
per una. 
Cotton 
114 
101) 
23 
74 
79 
8 
1C7 
$22.65 
14.92 
10.44 
13.12 
20.77 
26. 80 
16. 75 
$30. 60 
20. 76 
9.91 
12.59 
33.03 
38. 57 
23.88 
241 pounds.. 
25.6 bushels. 
19.7 bushels. 
0.94 ton 
2.8 tons 
2.51 tons 
$0,083 
.584 
.53 
13.97 
7.42 
10. 67 
$0. 112 
Corn 
.81 
Oats 
.51 
Oat hay 
13.39 
11.81 
Alfalfa.-.. 
15 36 
average 
All crops, 
114 
20.87 
27.72 
a "Weighted averages— that is, averages for the total acreage on all farms, considered as one farm. The 
averages are not averages of the average for each farm. The data are for 1914. 
The average yield of corn is 25.6 bushels per acre, at a cost of 
$14.92. The average cost per bushel is 58.4 cents and the average 
value is 81 cents. 
INTEREST ON CASH 
TO OPERATE 
SEED 
O EQUIPMENT 
< 
QC GINNING 
Id 
°" HORSE LABOR 
% 

° MAN LABOR 
RENT 
TOTAL AVERAGE 
* .34 
.50 
.73 
1.49 
4.47 
5.08 
10 
22.65 
3 
S3 
m\Ws\\si 
mmmvKM 
Q4 mssssssssssssssssssmmssi 
Fig. 1 9. — Cost of various items and total acre cost of cotton ( 115 farms, Ellis County, Tex. ) 
In 1914 the value of both oats and oat hay was less per acre than 
the cost. Oats for grain cost 53 cents per bushel and were worth 
51 cents, while oat hay cost $13.97 per ton and was worth only $13.39. 
These data should not be considered reliable, on account of the fact 
that the yield was below normal. 
The acre cost of both sorghum and alfalfa are comparatively high, 
but fair yields are made, so that the cost of sorghum per ton was $7.42 
and of alfalfa $10.67. Sorghum hay is valued at $11.81 per ton, but 
scarcely any of this product is sold. Alfalfa sold for an average of 
$15.36 per ton. 
There appears to be justification for extending the production of 
alfalfa. There can be no doubt of this as long as the market price 
stays at about $15 per ton. There can be but little doubt that from 
the standpoint of fertility of soil there should be an extension of 
this crop. 
