STUDY OF FARMING IN SUMTEE COUNTY, GEORGIA. 19 



An average of $55 worth of labor was performed by the families 

 on the white-tenant farms. The average family income was $647. 

 Twenty-one of the 49 white-tenant farms were operated by the tenant 

 and his family. These farms averaged 38 tilled acres, of which 21 

 acres were in cotton, 13 in corn, and the rest in other crops. Tin- 

 average investment was $435. Six farms reported mortgages, aver- 

 aging $100. The family labor was valued at $83, and with the aid of 

 $37 extra labor they were enabled to make an average family income 

 of $266 per farm. One-third of these families made less than $200 

 for the year. Only three made incomes as high as $400. 



The average value of family labor on the 31 colored-owner farms 

 was $198, while the average family income was $1,041. Ten of the 

 colored-owner farms were operated almost entirely by the farm 

 family. These averaged 69 tilled acres, with 41 acres in cotton, 20 

 in corn, and 8 in other crops. Investment averaged $3,500. Six 

 farms out of the 10 were mortgaged. The family averaged 8, with 

 3 under 16 years of age, and the family labor was valued at $255. 

 They hired $34 worth of additional labor. The family income was 

 $853. Two of these families, each with 11 members, made over 

 $1,000 each. Families averaging 3 or fewer made but little over $300. 



The value of family labor per farm for the colored tenants was 

 $168, and the average size of the family was 5. The family income 

 on these farms was $504. In 140 out of the 186 tenant farms almost 

 all the labor was performed by the negro family. These tenant 

 farms averaged 47 tilled acres, with 30 acres in cotton, 13 acres in 

 corn, and 4 acres in other crops. Average value of working capital 

 was $366. One-half of these farmers reported mortgages to the 

 amount of two-thirds of their capital. Families averaged 6, family 

 labor $159, and family income $421. One-third of these family 

 farms reported 8 persons or more per family and an average family 

 income of $561. 



Besides the income that these families are receiving, they have. 

 as pointed out above, the meat and other animal products, fruits 

 and vegetables, house rent, and fuel that are furnished by the farm. 

 The value of these items that the farm furnish varies considerably, 

 according to the standard of living each family maintains. From 

 this study it is evident that this standard is much higher in some 

 cases than in others. For example, the 31 white-owner families 

 devoted an average of 20 acres to the growing of corn, small grains, 

 potatoes, and other crops for farm and home use. One-half of these 

 families raised and sold an average of $50 worth of such products 

 over and above that needed for farm and home use. These farms 

 reported the sale of such items as corn, oats, cowpea seed, peanuts, 

 sweet potatoes, cane sirup, fruit, and garden products. Seven re- 



