BULLETIN 648, TJ. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTL T EE. 

 Table II. — Distribution of farm area (106 farms, Brooks County, Ga.). 



Total 



acres 



per 



farm. 



Acres of 

 crop 



land per 

 farm. 



Per cent of farm area ra — 



Crop t Woods 

 land. pastured. 



Other 

 pasture. 



Woods 

 not 



pastured. 



Waste, 



swamp, 



etc. 



Total 



woods 



and 



waste. 



331 145 



43.9 



11.4 



2.8 



30. 5 11. 4 



1 



53.3 



DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 



The average capital per farm and the manner in which that capital 

 is distributed among its different elements are shown in figure 4. 

 Three-fourths of the average farm capital consists of real estate, 

 leaving one-fourth as working capital: and nearly three- fourths of 



ITEMS 



u O <*- 

 x c rr 



< a. 



E o 

 uj re 

 a. u 



ACRES PER FARM 

 10 20 30 40 50 



CORN 



PEANUTS 



COTTON 



OATS 



COW PEAS 



WATERMELONS 



RYE. 



MISCEL. 



5 5.0 



45.2 



38-1 



26.6 



I 5.0 



T.7 



6.0 



7.5 



37 9 



31.2 



26 3 



1 8.3 



10.3 



5.3 



4.1 



5.2 









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■ First Crop |22 Sttond & Interplonted Crops 



Fig. 5. — Acres of crops per farm. 



the real estate value consists of land ($4,970). The average dwelling 

 is worth $1,154, and the average values per farm of the tenants' 

 houses and other buildings equal $300 and $364, respectively. Nearly 

 half of the remaining investment consists of live stock, and more 

 than 60 per cent of this is work stock. For every acre of land in 

 crops, these farms had $7.34 invested in live stock, $4.66 in feeds and 

 supplies, and $2.28 in implements and machinery. 



The average market price of the land of these farms was found 

 to be $20.50 per acre, while the crop land alone was valued at $30.30 

 per acre and would rent for $3.09. Thus the renting value amounts 

 to approximately 10 per cent of the market value of the crop land. 

 But it should be borne in mind that this rent is based on the land in 

 its present state of fertility, which has been built up by the extensive 

 growing and pasturing off of such crops as peanuts. If cropped for 

 several successive seasons with cotton, this light, sandy soil would 

 then rent for much less. A large part of the woodland other than 

 waste is valued at but little less than the crop land, since it carries 



