An economic analysis of narrow-row cotton production: Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974

and Nitrogen Requirements Per Acre for Maximum Cotton Yields, Alternative Planting Patterns, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1971Texas, -1973 53 53 19.Coarse-Textured Soils, Optimal Irrigation and Nitrogen Requirements Per Acre for Maximum Cotton Yields, Alternative Planting Patterns, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1971Texas, -1973 54 20 54 20.Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Plots, Per-Acre Requirements of Nitrogen and Irrigation Water Necessary for Potential Profit Maximization and Potential Yield Maximization, Floyd County 56 21.Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Plots, Per-Acre Requirements of Nitrogen and Irrigation Water Necessary for Potential Profit Maximization and Potential Yield Maximization, Lubbock County 57 22.Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Plots, Per-Acre Requirements of Nitrogen and Irrigation Water Necessary for Potential Profit Maximization and Potential Yield Maximization, Dawson County 58 vi APPENDIX TABLES la.Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre, Irrigated Single-Row Cotton 40" Bed, Fine-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 83 lb.Producer Ownership of Harvesting Equipment Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre 85 2a.Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre, Irrigated Double-Row Cotton 10"-14" Spacing on 40" Bed, Fine-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 86 2b.Producer Ownership of Harvesting Equipment Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre 88 3a.Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre, Irrigated Broadcast Cotton, 10" Spacing Flat Planted, Fine-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 89 3b.Producer Ownership of Harvesting Equipment Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre 914a.Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre, Irrigated Single-Row Cotton, 40" Bed, Medium-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 92 4b.Producer Ownership of Harvesting Equipment Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre 94 5a.Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre, Irrigated Single-Row Cotton, 32" Bed, Medium-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 95 5b.Producer Ownership of Harvesting Equipment Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre 97 6a.Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre, Irrigated Double-Row Cotton, 10"-14" Spacing on 40" Bed, Medium-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 98 6b.Producer Ownership of Harvesting Equipment Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre 100 7a.Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre, Irrigated Three-Row Cotton 8" Spacing on 40" Bed, Medium-Textured Soils, High Plains of Texas, 1974 101 vii 20a.Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre, Dryland Single-Row Cotton 4 0" (2x2) Spacing, Coarse-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 136 20b.Producer Ownership of Harvesting Equipment Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre 137 21a.Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre, Dryland Single-Row Cotton 34" (2x2) Spacing, Coarse-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 138 21b.Producer Ownership of Harvesting Equipment Estimated Costs and Return Per Acre 139 22.Estimated Machinery and Equipment Costs Fine-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 140 23.High Plains Fine-Textured Soil 40" Single-Row (Irrigated Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 142 24.High Plains Fine-Textured Soil 10-14" Spaced Double-Row (Irrigated Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 143 25.High Plains Fine-Textured Soil Broadcast 10" Spacing (Irrigated Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 14 5 26.Fine-Textured Soils, Irrigation Costs 146 27.Estimated Machinery and Equipment Costs Medium-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 147 28.High Plains Medium-Textured Soils 40" Spaced Single-Row (Irrigated Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 149 29.High Plains Medium-Textured Soils 32" Spaced Single-Row (Irrigated Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 150 Vlll 30.High Plains Medium-Textured Soils 8-14" Spaced Drilled Row (Irrigated Cotton), 40" Bed Estimated Costs and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 151 31.High Plains Medium-Textured Soils 8" Spacing, Broadcast (Irrigated Cotton), Flat Planted Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 152 32.Medium-Textured Soil, Irrigation Costs 153 33.High Plains Medium-Textured Soils 40" (2x1) Spaced Single-Row (Dryland Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 154 34.High Plains Medium-Textured Soils 32" (2x1) Spaced Single-Row (Dryland Cotton), Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 155 35.High Plains Medium-Textured Soils 10" Spaced Double-Row (Dryland Cotton), 4 0" Bed Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 156 36.High Plains Medium-Textured Soils 10" Spacing, Broadcast Cotton (Dryland), Flat Planted Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 157 37.Estimated Machinery and Equipment Costs Coarse-Textured Soils, Southern High Plains of Texas, 1974 158 38.High Plains Coarse-Textured Soils 40" Spaced Single-Row (Irrigated Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 160 39.Coarse-Textured Soils 32" Spaced Single-Row (irrigated Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 161 40.High Plains Coarse-Textured Soil 2-4 Rows Drilled 10-16" Spacing (Irrigated Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 162 ix 41.High Plains Coarse-Textured Soils (Irrigated) Broadcast Cotton Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 163 42.Coarse-Textured Soil, Irrigation Costs 164 43.High Plains Coarse-Textured Soils 40" (2x1) Spaced Single-Row (Dryland Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 165 44.Coarse-Textured Soils 32" (2x1) Spaced Single-Row (Dryland Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per ACre, Typical Management 166 45.High Plains Coarse-Textured Soils 40" (2x2) Spaced Single-Row (Dryland Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical Management 167 46.High Plains Coarse-Textured Soils 34" (2x2) Spaced Single-Row (Dryland Cotton) Estimated Costs, and Requirements Per Acre, Typical • Management 168 47. Volume of Nitrogen and Irrigation Water Necessary for Potential Maxium Yield Per Acre, Floyd County T.A.E.S.