A FARM MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN BROOKS CO., GA. 



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Table XIV. — Relation of size of farm and labor of operator to value of food 

 consumed in the home {Brooks County, Ga.). 





Farms with total crop area of— 



All 

 farms. 



All 

 white 

 opera- 

 tors. 



All 

 colored 

 opera- 

 tors. 





Less 

 than 



50 

 acres. 



50 to 



74 

 acres. 



75 to 



149 



acres. 



150 to 



249 

 acres. 



250 

 acres 



and 

 over. 





18 



24 



27 



21 



16 



106^ 



86 



20 









3.7 



5.0 



6.0 



5.8 



5.7 



5.3 



5.5 



5.1 







Value of family food: 



$45. 90 

 266. 90 



$69. 60 

 375. 71 



$67. 91 

 479. 10 



$81. 09 

 543. 60 



$104. 25 

 611. 69 



$72. 70 

 453. 29 



$77. 65 

 506. 59 



$56. 30 





228. 30 









312. 80 



445.31 



547. 01 



624. 69 



715. 94 



525. 99 



584. 24 



284. 60 









84.54 



89.06 



91.17 



107. 70 



125. 60 



99.25 



106. 22 



55.80 







Per cent of family food contributed 



85. 



84. 



88. 



87. 



85. 



86. 



87. 



80. 







Per cent of food grown on farm con- 

 sisting of — 



38.4 

 7.6 



19.3 

 1.1 



31.6 



9.1 



23.9 



.6 



29.0 



9.9 



26.2 



.2 



26.9 



11.8 



25.7 



.2 



24.5 



11.0 



32.0 



.2 



29.0 

 10.2 

 26.2 



.4 



27.8 

 10.7 

 27.4 



.4 



39.9 





6.2 



Dairy products 



Other live-stock products 



14.6 

 .1 



Total live-stock products 



66.4 

 2.9 

 15.3 

 15.4 



65.2 

 4.4 

 18.2 

 12.2 



65.3 

 5.4 

 17.0 

 12.3 



64.6 

 7.8 



17.8 

 9.8 



67.7 

 4.2 



18.5 

 9.6 



65.8 

 5.2 

 17.6 

 11.4 



66.3 

 5.5 

 17.7 

 10.5 



60.8 

 2.7 





16.7 





19.8 







Per cent food contributed by farm is 



72 



78 



61 



48 



42 



54 



57 



48 







a Corn meal and hominy, sirup, sugar cane, peanuts.' 



The total value per farm of that part of the family living fur- 

 nished by the farm and the relation that this factor bears to the farm 

 returns from other sources have been shown for farms of different 

 size in Table VI. Further details of the values x of family food, both 

 purchased and grown at home, are given in Table XIV. Approxi- 

 mately 85 per cent of the family food consumed is furnished by the 

 farm, and this proportion is substantially the same for all sizes of 

 farms, though somewhat lower for the colored farmers. The figures 

 show that there is a close relation between the size of the farm and 

 the amount of food consumed, both per family and per person. 2 

 Thus, the average value of food consumed on the group of farms 

 under 50 acres is $312.80 per family, or $84.54 per person, as com- 

 pared with $715.94 and $125.60 on the farms of 250 acres and over. 

 It will be seen further that the food supplied by the larger farms 

 furnishes a more varied and better quality of diet than that on the 

 smaller ones. In other words, the larger farms support a much 

 higher standard of living as well as furnish larger net returns in 

 other forms. 



1 The food values given are based upon the average prices on the farms and in the local 

 markets, and are conservative. 



2 A person, as the term is used in this bulletin, means the equivalent of an adult fed 

 in the farm home throughout the year. The number of adults per farm includes hired 

 help and others boarded in the operator's home. 



