A Farm Management Study In Anderson County South Carolina

Author : A. G. Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528491822
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Farm-Management Study in Anderson County, South Carolina (Classic Reprint) written by A. G. Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-12 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Farm-Management Study in Anderson County, South Carolina Cost of producing the principal crops on the. 112 farms studied Cotton, 10. 89 cents per pound gross lint, corn, $1 per bushel, oats, 43. 3 cents per bushel; oat hay, $13. 88 per ton; and cowpea hay, per ton. Cotton was produced at its market value when yields were 240 pounds of net lint per acre and corn when yields were 17 bushels per acre. Taking the crops as a Whole, man labor Was the largest item of cost and mule labor next. The rent of the land and the fertilizer cost were practically the same. I The farms made 3 65 per cent On the investment, and after deduct ing 8 per cent On the movable capital, the return on the investment in land and buildings Was 3 per cent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.