TABLE I. —AMOUNT AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, EXPORTED 



FROM COUNTY 



Amount Value 



Cotton 35,950 bales ^1,510,000 



Strawberries 204,000 crates 310,000 



Tomatoes 632 cars 268,000 



Miscellaneous vegetables 150 cars 75,000 



Poultry 7,500 coops 60,000 



Eggs 20,000 cases 120,000 



Horses and mules 625 head 75,000 



Cattle 3,000 head 120,000 



Hogs 1,500 head 40,000 



Total $2,578,000 



Besides these crops, which are the source of the cash income, large 

 quantities of corn are produced throughout the county, and wheat is 

 grown in the northern parts. The corn goes chiefly into meat and horse 

 power, and the wheat is all required for home consumption. In fact, a 

 considerable amount of wheat is imported. 



Computations on tenure of farm property from the 572 farms included 

 in the sample plots show that 402 of these farms are operated by the 

 owners. The variations in size are shown in Table II. 



TABLE II.— VARIATION IN SIZE OF FARMS 



.y . f Per Cent. r^^^^. Per Cent 



Area in Acres ^I'^rZ ^^ Total ,^otal ^^ ^otal 



^^'""^ Number Acreage ^^^^ 



20 or less 29 7.2 440 1.3 



21-40 86 21.4 2,920 9.1 



41-80 148 36.8 8,977 27.9 



81-160 109 27.1 12,218 38.0 



161-240 23 5.7 4,499 14.0 



Over240 7 1.8 3,095 9.7 



Total 402 32,149 



Average area of farm, 80 acres. 



Besides the 402 farmers who own and operate their own farms, there 

 are 170 tenants. Of the families living in the county 70 per cent, are 

 farm owners. Table III shows the number of each class of tenants: 



