A FARM MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN BROOKS CO., GA. 41 



returns on the investment increased from 5.1 per cent for the farms 

 with the lowest relative number of hogs to 8.6 per cent for the farms 

 with the most hogs. 



In another table, not shown, there was found to be a close and 

 direct relation between the percentage of farm receipts obtained 

 from hogs and the profits from the year's business. It should be 

 borne in mind that these results were obtained before the advent of 

 the boll weevil, and that the farms heavily stocked with hogs were 

 not the ones that grew the largest proportion of cotton. In the 

 presence of the weevil, hog raising should offer still greater relative 

 advantages in the form of profits. 



Fig. 14. — Brooks County has long been noted for its production of hogs, an enterprise 

 that, since the invasion of the boll weevil, is partly, and profitably, replacing cotton. 



These results would seem to indicate clearly that in the production 

 of swine one of the most profitable substitutes for cotton is to be 

 found. Since this survey was made, the production of hogs in this 

 part of the State has been increasing at a remarkable rate. The 

 problem of the proper organization of farms for the production of 

 hogs in this area is the subject of a separate study. (See fig. 14.) 



COST OF PRODUCTION. 



Results obtained by cost accounting on the farm should not be 

 given a too literal interpretation. It will frequently be found that 

 cost-accounting methods indicate that certain farm enterprises are 

 being conducted at a loss, but it does not necessarily follow that such 

 enterprises should be abandoned. On the other hand, such enter- 

 prises may add materially to the profits from the year's business. 

 It may be found, for example, on a farm devoted principally to 



