A FAEM MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN BROOKS CO., GA. 



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ranks next to cotton, equaling half the value of that crop. The pea- 

 nut crop then ranks fourth, and the oats, rye, hay, and sweet potato 

 crops assume more importance than the receipts would indicate. 

 A considerable part of the last-named crop is grown for hog pasture. 



Fig. 9. — Grinding sugar cane and evaporating the sirup. Nearly every farm in this sec- 

 tion grows a patch of sugar cane, and on many of the farms the sirup is a source of 

 cash receipts. 



CURRENT EXPENSES. 



The current expenses include 82 per cent of the total farm expenses 

 for the year if we do not consider the value of the operator's own 

 service ($405) as a farm expense. The remaining 18 per cent con- 

 sists of depreciation of buildings, machine^, and work stock, and de- 

 creases in the inventories of live stock and feeds and supplies. 



The amounts and the relative importance of the principal items 

 of current expenses are shown in figure 10. Labor constitutes more 

 than half of these expenses, and half of this labor expense consists of 

 cropper labor ($400). The latter represents the difference between 

 the value of the cropper's share of the crops he produces and his ex- 

 pense for seed, fertilizer, and ginning, bagging, and ties. Wage 

 labor equals 38 per cent of the labor expense, and the unpaid family 

 labor makes up the remaining 12.5 per cent. Commercial fertilizers 

 constitute slightly less than one-fifth of the current expenses, and 

 feeds purchased less than one-twentieth. The three remaining im- 

 portant items of expense are, in order, repairs to buildings, fences, 

 and machinery; ginning, bagging and ties; and taxes. 



TENURE AND LANDLORD'S PROFITS. 



Of the 106 farms included in this study, only 7 were operated by 

 tenants. Of these, 5 paid a cash rent and 2 gave a stated amount of 



