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i 'l'able 1. Factors in the Cost of Production of an Acre of Burley and
l of Dark Fired Tobacco.
l From a study of 287 farms in Central Kentucky, and 264 farms in
9 Western Kentucky.
_ BURLEY DARK
1 Total acres of tobacco .................................,........ 2,214.2 2,469.4
“ . Total pounds of tobacco .................................... 2,355,930. 1,961,508.
l Acres tobacco per farm ............................,,.......... 7.7 9.4 ,
[ Pounds per acre .................................................... 1.064. 794.
Hours man labor per acre .................................. 330.4 252.0
- Hours horse labor per acre ...........c.................... 97.6 84.3  
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_ Per cent of Per cent of 1
I Cost items Total Cost Total Cost ,
Man labor ..............................................................,. 38.27 49.21 ‘
B Horse work ............................................................ 7.14 13.02
P ` Barn and sticks .. .................................................. 11.87 8.49
Machinery ................................................................ 1.06 1.97
l' Manure and fertilizer ............................................ .50 3.79
r- insurance ................................................................ 2.76 3.65
p . Other costs .............................................................. 1.74 3.99
Total "operating cost" (excluding rent) ........ 63.34 84.12
C Use of land ............................................................ 36.66 15.88
Total cost per acre .............................................. 100.00 100.00
‘B The largest factor affecting unit; costs was yield. The K
SC lowest yields per acre were associated with highest. costs per  
’€ pound {llltl the highest yields per acre with the lowest costs per l
16 pound. »
00 The tobacco crop. except. in years when too large an acreage  
as resulted in overpiroduction, was shown to be the most; profitable
DE money crop for farms having conditions favorable for its pro- gl
JB duction and 1na.rl