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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I3TH ANNUAL REPORT 



The largest towns in the Gulf hammock region in central Florida 

 in 191 5 were Crystal River, with 900 inhabitants, Center Hill, witii 

 495, Coleman, 389, Bushneir 343, and Webster 307. In 1916 the 

 leading religious denominations among the white church members 

 in Sumter County were Baptist, southern ^Methodist, Church of 

 God, southern Presbyterian, and Church of Christ ; and among tne 

 negroes. Baptist, African Methodist, Colored Methodist, Primitive 

 Baptist, and A. M. E. Zion. 



Agriculture. For statistics of agriculture we are practically com- 

 pelled to depend on the returns for Sumter County, for the same 

 reason already given under population. The leading features of 

 agriculture in that county in 1889-90, 1899- 1900, and 1909-10 arc 

 shown in Table r. 



TABLE I. 

 Agricultural Statistics of Gulf Hammock Region (Sumter Co.), 1890-1910. 



1889- 

 1890 



1899- I 1909-1910 



19001 Total White IColov'd 



Per cent of land in farms 



Per cent of land improved 



Improved acres per inhabitant 



Inhabitants per farm 



Per cent of farmers white 



Per cent of farmers, owners 



22.8 

 6.2 

 4.3 

 5.0 



Per cent of farmers, managers 

 Per cent of farmers, tenants __ 



86.3 



13.7 



) 



21.8 

 5.5 

 3.3 



8.2 

 83.6 

 89.7 



0.9 

 9.4 



20.5 

 6.1 

 3.4 



8.8 

 81.0 

 82.4 



0.4 

 17.1 



19.4 

 5.5 

 4.7 

 7.3 



1.1 



0.7 



1.3 



15.8 



83.4 



0.5 

 16.1 



79.0 





 21.0 



Average number of acres per farm 

 Average improved acres per farm 

 Value of farm land per acre ($) _- 

 Value of farm land per farm 



Value of buildings per farm 



Value of implements and machinery. 



Value of live-stock, poultry, etc. __. 



Number of dairy cows per farm 



other cattle per farm __. 



horses per farm 



mules per farm 



hogs per farm 



sheep per farm 



poultry per farm 



Number 

 Number 

 Number 

 Number 

 Number 

 Number 



of 

 of 

 of 

 of 

 of 

 of 



80.2 

 21.9 



3450 



30 



1(54 



1.6 

 11.1 



1.0 



0.1 

 10.1 



2.1 

 1G.3 



Expenditures per farm for fertilizer. 



Expenditures per farm for labor 



Expenditures per farm for feed 



Annual value of crops per farm 



Annual value of animal products __. 

 Expend, fertilizer per acre improved. 



Expend. labor per acre improved 



Value of crops per acre improved __. 



17.00 



288 



0./ 



109.2 

 29.0 

 6.20 

 678 



205 

 58 

 338 

 2.3 



28.5 

 1.8 

 0.2 



12.5 

 1.5 



42.5 

 ""^23^80 



39.40 



389 



0.86 

 1.43 



101.2 I 

 30.4 I 

 17.921 

 18151 



I 



4091 



1231 



480| 



8.4 I 



14.0 I 

 1.8 I 

 0.2 I 



22.7 I 

 2.6 I 



24.3 1 



118.2 I 

 33.8 I 

 17.901 

 2121| 



I 

 472i 

 1441 



28.1 

 19.7 

 18.25 

 512 



13<^ 

 34 



10.2 I 0.6 



1.8 

 0.2 



1.0 

 0.1 



99.001 



189.00| 



42.50 1 



\ 8951 



I 

 f 881. 



3.261 



6.25 1 



29.501 



