A FARM MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN BROOKS CO., GA. 



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merchantable timber that would pay for bringing the land into 

 cultivation. Its value, is included in the investment of the farm. 

 While most of it gives but little or no direct return, and since it 

 represents so large a proportion of the area, the inclusion of its 

 value in the capital gives the farm a lower per cent return on the 

 investment and a lower labor income than it otherwise would show. 



CROPS. 



The relative acreages of the principal crops grown on these farms 

 are shown in figure 5. Corn represents the largest acreage, occupying 

 37.9 per cent of the whole crop area, while peanuts follow, with 31.2 



Fig. 6. — Corn and peanuts are commonly planted in alternate rows. This is a sound 



practice (see page 54). 



per cent ; cotton comes third with 26.3 per cent ; and oats fourth with 

 18.3 per cent. ■ However, more than four-fifths of the acreage planted 

 in peanuts consists of peanuts planted in corn, and hence is to that 

 extent a duplication of the area reported in corn. Throughout this 

 bulletin peanuts planted in corn are thus treated as a second crop. 

 (See fig. 6.) 



That cotton occupies a more important place on these farms than 

 its relative acreage would indicate will be shown by a later table. 

 Cowpeas for hay occupy fifth place in point of acreage, though this 

 is nearly all a second crop, being planted after oats, rye, or water- 

 melons. Watermelons come next with 5.3 per cent of the crop area, 

 followed in importance by rye with 4.1 per cent. More than one- 

 third of the rye acreage is grown wholly for grazing and as a winter 

 cover crop, while other rye and much of the oats also furnish spring 

 and winter pasture in addition to the grain harvested. The miscel- 

 laneous crops include sweet potatoes, sugar cane for sirup, sorghum, 

 velvet beans, Irish potatoes, cucumbers, chufas, millet, and a few 

 others. These miscellaneous crops occupy relatively unimportant 



