Factors Affecting Cotton Production In Louisiana PDF Download

Excerpt from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bereau of Plant Industry; Miscellaneous Papers: Cotton Problems in Louisiana; The Use of Congo Red in Culture Media; A Simple and Economical Method of Burning Lime The higher prices that have ruled in the cotton market in recent years do not mean that there has been a corresponding increase in the profits Of large farms or plantations. The cotton crop still has to be picked by hand. Hopes Of cotton-picking machines are not yet realized. The scarcity and higher cost Of farm labor in the South is one of the general factors Of cotton production that has changed rapidly in the last few years. The cost Of picking has almost doubled in five years in some parts Of Texas, and many laborers have been attracted from Louisiana. The rapid increase Of city and town populations in the South has also drawn heavily, and espe cially upon the more intelligent and efficient part Of the laboring population Of the farming districts, for the towns afford more regu lar employment as well as higher Wages. With some Of the laboring population increased wages mean a still further decline in efficiency, because a living is assured by fewer days of work. Instead Of working four or five days in a week they may get along by working only two or three days. The breaking up Of large estates for sale or rent to small farmers is another factor in reducing the supply Of labor available for the large planter, for the small farmers can live from their own land and are no longer in the market as general laborers. It. Is useless fpr large landowners to plant cotton unless pickers can be had when the harvest season arrives. Miscalculations on this point Occasion losses of millions Of dollars every year. 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.