The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-02-08
COTTON AT LOW PRICES
AND
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO


1t has been said that planters cannot afford to use
Guano when Cotton is ut present low prices We
propose to show that its use can be dispensed with
better when Cotton is % cents per lb. 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 is governed entirely by the guam
tity Of Cotton realized from the labor employed and
paid for In other words the cost is governed by the
quantity produced per acre. The LABOR employed
to cultivate one hundred acres in Cotton that yields
20 bales, costs the planter precisely the same as
though tho 100 acres cultivated yielded SO or rs
bales. If in the product be 25 bales and in
another co. the cost Of the Cotton per pound is just
double in the former to that of the latter This is
manifcstly true
1t can be readily perceived, that while at a LOW
price for Cotton profit coud not be made with pro-
duct Of only 25 bales from 100 acres the same would
be profitable at 25 to 80 cents per b. 1t is equally
plain, that if IS bales from 100 acres would pay a
profit at 25 to 30 cents per b SO bales from 100
would pay profit at 12} to Is cents per h. Hence
if it be true that Soluble Pacific Guano applied at the
rate Of 900 lbs per acre, only doubles the crop, tit is
shown by inconcstiblc evidence that in average
seasons 100 lbs doubles the crop, and 300 lbs in
creases it thrccfold) planter can better dispense
with its use when Cotton is 25 cents per lb. than
when it is 12 TO Is cents. 49,. ......-
Let suppose illustrating the profit arising
from the use Of the Guano at say 12t cents per H.
A and B arc ncighboring planters, each employ labor
plant and cultivate 100 acres the labor in both
cases costing the same:
A makes, without the use of Soluble
Pacific (yunnO bolos 500 he
25 bales cotton, 500l lbs each a. 12lc u lb. 5G2 80
B, with use of 20Olbs. Soluble Pacific
Guano, per acre, makes. ....... % bales, 500 lbs
SO bas cotton, 500 lbs. each o. l2!c II H. $3l25 0O
Deduct cost Of Guano, say 10 tons O. $40. 700 OO
$2,425 0C
1t will be seen that B realizes at the low price OF
Cotton, 8j3 dollars more from the labor employed
than A, who dill not apply Guano.
We have assumed in this calculation that 200 lb
only doubled the crop while it will be by refer
cncc to numerous letters from pantcrs published in
another column, that the actual increase resulting
from this application the past season. which has been
highly adverse to the favorable action Of tho Guano
has largely exceeded the above estimated result in
all cases where figures given Of eruct results.
1t is true if Cotton 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 30 low as at present.
1t is generally conceded that the present low price
OF Cotton is caused by the Franco Prussian war If
ills DC true, the cause is temporary and cannot in
the nature Of things, continue to affect prices for
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 10
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 s. co.