@article{Shaw:307562,
      recid = {307562},
      author = {Shaw, Dale L. and Wilmot, Charles A. and Heron, Betty K.},
      title = {Cotton Gin Operating Costs in West Texas, the Lower Rio  Grande Valley, and the Blacklands of Texas, 1973 Season},
      address = {1975-11},
      number = {1473-2020-1291},
      series = {Agricultural Economic Report No. 318},
      pages = {19},
      year = {1975},
      abstract = {Compared with the 1972 season, average ginning volumes   and  rates of capacity utilization in the 1973 season were  substantially higher for cotton gins in West Texas,  appreciably lower in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and  essentially unchanged in the Blacklands.  Weighted average  total costs per bale, compared with the 1972 season, were:  West Texas--$25.00, down 4 percent; Lower Rio  Grande  Valley--$35.13, up 51 percent; and the Blacklands--$25.74,  up 12 percent. Weighted average out-of-pocket costs per  bale, compared with the previous season, were $0.08 lower  in West Texas, $9.64 higher in the Lower Rio Grande Valley,  and $.2.78 higher in the Blacklands.  During the 1973  season, average ginning revenues per bale from all sources  were:  West Texas--$40.95, Lower Rio Grande Valley--$45.97,  and Blacklands--$35.25.  The resulting per bale weighted  average profit margins above total costs were West  Texas--$15.75, the Lower Rio Grande Valley--$10.84, and the  Blacklands--$9.51.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/307562},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.307562},
}