A FARM MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN BROOKS CO., GA. 



able part of the coastal plain of this and the adjoining States. 

 Farther north in the county the soils become gradually heavier, grad- 

 ing into the Ruston and Tifton series, but this survey has been con- 

 fined to farms on the lighter soils found in the southern half of the 

 county. 



The climate of Brooks County is warm and equable. The winters 

 are mild, and the summers, though long and warm, are tempered by 

 Gulf breezes. Snow falls rarely, and temperatures lower than 30° 

 F. seldom occur, though thin ice frequently forms during the winter 

 months. Killing frosts may occur any time between November 15 

 and March 1. The annual precipitation amounts to 52 inches; the 

 heaviest rainfall occurs during the months of June, July, and Au- 

 gust. In figure 2 the 

 average precipitation 

 and that for the year 

 1914 are shown by 

 months. 



Quitman, the county 

 seat, with a popula- 

 tion of about 4,000, is 

 just south of the cen- 

 ter of the county and 

 in the northern part 

 of the area included 

 in this survey. The 

 Atlantic Coast Line 

 Railroad crosses the 

 county from east to 

 west and the South 

 Georgia Railroad 

 from north to south, 

 both passing through Quitman. These two railroads provide most 

 of the area with good transportation facilities to outside markets, 

 though some parts of the area, notably in the southwestern part of 

 the county, are 8 to 10 miles or more from shipping points. The 

 public roads of the county are of sandy clay, and the principal roads 

 are being rapidly improved. 



For years Brooks County has grown nearly all the live-stock 

 feedstuff's consumed, together with a surplus to be sold in other 

 markets. As a result, the local prices for such feeds are appreciably 

 lower than those that prevail in the near-by counties which continue 

 to purchase a part of their feeds from outside sources. Thus, in 

 this county, the 1914 prices of corn and oats averaged about 75 cents 

 and 50 cents per bushel, respectively, as compared with $1 and 75 

 cents throughout the greater part of the State. 



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