. Yearbook of agriculture . at the highest cost in 1919 produced the highest averageyield at the lowest cost per pound. It is not always the greater the costthe higher the yield. Note Lee County, Ark. The distribution of costs differs with the practice, as isshown in Figure 30 for several of the more important labor per acre is relatively low in Ellis County, Tex.,where the fields are large and level enough to permit theuse of two horses and riding cultivators instead of a manto each mule. In the South Carolina and Georgia countiesthe use of fertilizer was very general and liberal
. Yearbook of agriculture . at the highest cost in 1919 produced the highest averageyield at the lowest cost per pound. It is not always the greater the costthe higher the yield. Note Lee County, Ark. The distribution of costs differs with the practice, as isshown in Figure 30 for several of the more important labor per acre is relatively low in Ellis County, Tex.,where the fields are large and level enough to permit theuse of two horses and riding cultivators instead of a manto each mule. In the South Carolina and Georgia countiesthe use of fertilizer was very general and liberal, while inEllis County, Tex., no fertilizer was used on cotton, and onlyone of the farms in Lee County, Ark., reported use of fer-tilizer. The value of the land, use cost, or rent of land is The Cotton Situation. 361 COTTON COST OF PRODUCTION TOGETHER WITH VALUES OF FARM PROPERTY AND FARM INCOMES. 1919AS REPORTED BY 763 FARMERS IN 11 COUNTIES( THE AREAS ARE ARRANGED BY TOTAL COST PER ACRE. THE HIOHEST AT THE TOP ) MAN LABOR. HORSE AND MULE LABOR AREAS SURVEYEDANDERSON CO, CO, CO. CO. CO. CO. CO, CO, CO. TEX AREA3 SURVEYEDANDERSON CO. ALABARNWELL CO. CO. GA-LEE CO, CO. CO. CO. MISSLAURENS CO, CO,TEXRUSH CO, TEX
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