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agriculture of the census they are, therefore, not enumerated 

 as 6,627 farms, but as 63,030 farms. 



This picture shows that the plantations in 1910 were by 

 no means" TiK*e"tHe ante-bellum plantations which consisted 

 sol ely of: large tr acts culti vated by ffangs of laborers who 

 rn seat the tap of the farm bell and _worked under the direc- 

 tio n of the overseer. The extent of acreage still remaining 

 in owner farms indicates that a considerable amount of 

 land is still cultivated in this manner. In the plantations of 

 Georgia the average size of owner farm, the part of the 

 plantation still cultivated by hired laborers, is 316.9 acres. 

 On the large plantations, those containing over fifty tenants, 

 this average rises to 1,265.3 acres. On the other hand, the 

 appearance of 57,007 tenant farms within the bounds of the 

 plantation indicate a wholesale subdivision of the original 

 farm into units varying in size from 35 to 65 acres. The 

 inquiry indicates that of the 5,200,000 acres in all Georgia 

 plantations, 3,100,000, or almost two-thirds of the acreage, 

 is in tenant farms. 



TABLE 4. 

 Classification of Georgia Farms by Tenure. 



■Number operated by 



• — Per cent op. by — » 



