The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24
COTTON AT LOW PRICES
? AND
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO.

It has been said that planters cannot afford to use
Guano when Cotton is at present low prices we
propose to show that its use can be dispensed Win
better when Cotton is 20 cents per ID. than when it
brings 124 cents
The profit realized by the planter is exactly the
difference between what his Cotton costs per lb to
raise it. and what it nets him in the market. The
cost to the planter governed entirely oy the guam
tity of Cotton realized from the labor employed and
paid for In other words the cost is governed by the
nuantitv produced per acre. The LABOR employed
to cultivate one hundred in Cotton, that yleds
25 bales, costs the planter precisely the same as
though the 100 acres cultivated yielded 90 or 70
bales IF in one case the product be 25 bales and in
another So the cost of the Cotton per pound is just
double in the former to that of the latter. This IS
manifestly true
It can be readily perceived, that while at LOW
price for Cotton profit could not be made with pro-
duct of only % bales from 100 acres the same would
be profitable at 25 to 80 cents per lb. 1t is equally
plain. that, if 25 bales from 100 acres would pay
prot at 25 cents per h. so bales from 100 acres
would pay profit at 1s2 to Is cents per ID. Hence
if it be true that Soluble Pacific Guano, applied at the
rate of 200 lbs per acre. only doubles the CROP Ut Is
shown by incontestible evidence that in average
seasons 100 lbs doubles the crop, and 200 lbs in
creases it three-fod) planter can better dispense
with its use when Cotton is 25 cents per Id. than
when it is 12 to Is cents
let us suppose illustrating the profit arising
from the use of the Guano at say 123 cents per To-
and B are neighboring planters, each employ labor
70
cases costing the same:
A makes, without the use OF Soluble .oo,,-
Pacific Guano. no..................25 70 bales, oVolos'
e5 bales cotton, 5OOlbs. each @ 123c q fb 15eS 81
B, with use of soOlbs. Soluble Pacific 49,.
Guano, per acre, makes. ........ 6O bales, ooolos
so bales cotton, 500 lbs each @ 1910 y 1b. $3125 90
Deduct cost of Guano, say 10 tons q $7O. 700 oo
ss,4s5 OF
It will be seen that realizes, at the low price o.
Cotton, 1853 dollars more from the labor employed
than A, who did not apply Guano
We have assumed in this calculation that 200 H.
only doubled the CROP while it will be seen by refer
ence to numerous letters from planters, published in
another column, that the actual increase resulting
ptst SSaSoA, "HSiA SSSAA
highly adverse to the favorable action of the Guano
has largely exceeded the above estimated result in
aScases where figures are given of exact results.
It's true if Cotton were 20 cents per h., the profit
arising from the use of the Guano would be very
much greater, and it cannot be assumed prices will
continue 80 low as at present
1t is generally conceded that the present low price
of Cotton israused by the Franco Pussian war. II
this be true the cause is temporary, and cannot in
the nature of things continue to affect prices fol
another crop.
1t is the policy of every planter to realize the
largest products from the labor employed and the
number of acres cultivated, hence, can he afford to
dispense with an agency which, at small compare,
tive outlay per acre, will render the labor employed
and paid for, yield double and triple the results that
would be obtained by the same labor without its
use? JOHN S. REESE 6 GO.
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