. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. HOPE AND REALIZATION. Disking land preparatory to planting cotton; and the final cultivation beforethe crop is laid by in July. COTTON 209 valued at about seventy-five dollars; a total of fivehundred and twenty-five dollars,—a reasonablylow estimate, you will admit. On this amounttaxes will be three dollars. Interest:—The investment should realize sixper cent.: this is a simple business propositionwith banks, as well as with all investing calls for a charge against cotton for thirtydollars
. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. HOPE AND REALIZATION. Disking land preparatory to planting cotton; and the final cultivation beforethe crop is laid by in July. COTTON 209 valued at about seventy-five dollars; a total of fivehundred and twenty-five dollars,—a reasonablylow estimate, you will admit. On this amounttaxes will be three dollars. Interest:—The investment should realize sixper cent.: this is a simple business propositionwith banks, as well as with all investing calls for a charge against cotton for thirtydollars. Depreciation:—The average working life of ahorse or mule is ten years; therefore the cotton crophere must make good an annual depreciation of fif-teen dollars, and also keep in repair stock, imple-ments, and tools, which on the cotton farm is atleast ten dollars, or a total of twenty-five dollars. Maintenance:—At least twenty-five cents peracre is expended each year in maintaining the must be kept up, ditches must be opened,brush and shrubs cleaned away: a cos
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