Cotton harvesting: A comparison of machine vs. hand picking in Elephant Butte district, New Mexico, 1957

Summary; Introduction and methodology; Cost of operating mechanical pickers compared with hand picking; Effect of machine picking on lint grade of upland and long-staple cotton; Effect of machine picking on lint yield of upland and long-staple cotton; Latest development in ginning; Use of farm labor; Costs of hand picking cotton; Custom machine harvesting rates; Investment and overhead costs for mechanical harvesters; Acknowledgments; Literature cited; AppendixResearch report containing the results of a cooperative study by the Farm Economics Research Division, ARS, USDA and the Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts to compare various aspects of machine and hand picking of cotton in New Mexico