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_ _, Fig. 1.- Growing burley tobacco, regardless of the impact of varies from about 300 hours in the Bluegrass to more than
Ia" increasing mechanization, still requires more hours of labor 500 hours in the Mountains.
wer acre than any other Kentuck field cro 1. The amount (Photo: Russell A- Hoot)
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.. Burley Production Costs and Returns
_ _ By JOHN H. BONDURANT For a total of 413 burley tobacco growers, repre-
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4; Lab? to Pqcducmg bUflcy_ tobacco In i$o·t¤¤k>¤ costs were obtained during the years 1951-58. These
—   aveialgnigl -109 1(;uI‘s pil HEC, 15 €XlC1€m€‘l}’ hlgh COm‘ Cogtg did not i)l()[lld(} a charge for the family l&1l)01' ])1'¢`·
_ ¢" lmirif wt llt?H; O1 ot lcl cid cllcpcl viously mentioned or a charge for use of land, interest
f lc Et? a cl pci {Imc is lclatcc lm aclcagc pci on investment, and management. The average produc-
1‘1l;m> c cicucx m gmc uctlcu TK v1€1<11><=1 ac1c· The tion costs for all nine areas was $264 per acre. These
" fl ({1 UTC Vatlcs TOT? incrc tm 50c mms Pm aclc costs included two groups of costs, cash and calcu-
_ 1 r   t lc NFly}t¤1{¤§ tg 5 lg MY Ovcl 3?O m the Bhlcglasc lated. The average direct cash costs, calculated costs,
X 0915 O _mcc A 01 aljcmgc 70 dcms Pcl aclc but and returns per acre of burley tobacco were $117, $147
- 0 variation in hours of hired labor 1S considerable be- .md $840 respectively {Ol. the firms included in this V
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l10llSlllg 3.l1(l St1`1Pp11-lg, Hlld l11()1`€ 11lt€llS1V€ Pl`()(1LlCtl()l1 1{€tu1.nS fron] tobacco Sold PBI. acre ,11.8 .1 result Of
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5 11; the   Bluegrass 1)\?géOl1, Wh€1`€ {Ul &V€Yi1g€ of both yield per acre and quality 218 1`€p1‘€S€Nt€d by
if   out ffl mm? O {VASE 3 01   SSE? IP? a?‘c> tlc price. The average yield was 1,598 pounds per acre.
“ Actow m ucucmg Do dlllolmt O ‘* 01 mc( ( lg ··)· The production costs, cash and calculated, were nearly
, " Flicm thcfsiagdpcmt of amO?“t of tobacco 1>fod¤¢<*><* one-third of the value of tobacco sold. The remainder
.   mm O A O1> §1OWc15 C15 cmlcy tobacco m thc was the return to family labor, use of land, investment
_ 4;cgmSSlm°‘1 mf tlc Dgcitg <>1o¤¤*—1¤1<><1T¤m;{thou; and management. The two principal items of cash
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,.4 P"“‘;d: lift alilbmlcy ?I1c‘lS· Emflcncy m llncdgctum labor were greatest in the Bluegrass area. Differences
» lb IC A G; E) lc mic _ ]O§ScS 1$“t“t° to fmt O tmc‘ in expenditures for hired labor are determined by
U) ‘     imc; SUFLFK cqTlm?c]{t·   Wcu lah tllc available family labor supply, acreage of tobacco per
,5 C ‘ ‘_ ibclic Mm or PIM uc Km Pc] tmc farm, expected income and wagc rates. Deviations in
_ mwub m t lc ucgmbc Luca ubc ooctoo mclc and calculated costs are largely explained by varying costs
+ horses less than the average for all burley producers. (C,,,,H,,,,c(g 0,,, p,,g,, M)
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