STUDY OF .b'ARMlJSU; IN SUMTER COUNTY, GEORGIA. 



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formed by wage hands. Under the share-cropper system a share of 

 the crops is given for the labor, while the operator furnishes the land, 

 equipment, work stock, pays part of the expenses, and supervises the 

 work. 



Table VII shows for each class of tenure the percentage of crop 

 land devoted to each crop when grown as a first crop and as a second 

 crop. The accompanying chart (fig. 4) presents graphically the per- 

 centage distribution of crop area on the 160 white-owner farms. 

 Under the present organization of these farms cotton is the crop of 

 far greatest importance. It is well adapted to this region and does 

 well on both clay and sandy soils. It occupies 59 per cent of the 

 crop area of the region. This crop is handled by both wage and 

 share croppers, but the proportion of the cotton area operated under 

 these two systems varies under the different classes of tenure. In 

 case of the colored owners and colored tenants a very small propor- 

 tion of the area is farmed under the share-cropper system. The 

 three classes of white owners have about 57 per cent of their crop 

 area devoted to cotton, while the white tenants have over 63 per cent. 

 Both colored owners and colored tenants have a higher percentage of 

 their crop area in cotton than do the white operators. 



Table VII.- 



-Relation of tenure to distribution of crop area (53'f farms, Sumter 

 County, Ga.). 





White operators. 



Colored operators. 



Crops. 



Owners. 



Owners, 

 addi- 

 tional. 



Owners, 

 part 



rented 

 out. 



Tenants. 



Owners. 



Owners, 

 addi- 

 tional. 



Owners, 



£ Tenants - 



out. 1 





160 



38 



70 49 



12 



11 



8 



186 







Percentage of tilled area in — 



21.7 

 34.9 



22.4 

 35.0 



23.8 

 33.1 



40.5 

 22.8 



52.0 



7.8 



46.0 

 17.5 



29.0 58.2 



Share-cropper cotton 



33.1 ! 7.3 



Total cotton 



56.0 



57.4 



56.9 



63.3 



59.8 



63.5 



62.1 1 65.5 







Wage corn 



15 

 13.5 



16.7 

 13.5 



15.1 

 11.3 



20.4 

 5.9 



26.1 1 21.4 



4.3 | 4.8 



13.7 24.5 





17.3 ! 2.4 



Total com 



28.5 



30.2 



26.4 



26.3 



30.4 | 26.2 



31.0 i 26.9 







Oats for grain 



9.4 



.4 



.0 



12.3 



1.1 

 .7 



1.3 



1.3 

 .3 

 .3 

 .4 

 .3 

 .7 

 .1 



14.3 



7.5 



.3 



.4 



10.5 



1.2 



1.0 



1.1 



1.2 



.3 



.3 



.4 



.1 



.7 



.1 



12.7 



10.2 



.5 



2.0 



7.7 



1.2 



.9 



.9 



.4 



.3 



.2 



.3 



.1 



1.0 



(") 



9.0 



5.4 



.1 



.3 



8.3 



1.6 



1.5 



1.3 



.5 



.2 



.2 



.5 



.1 



.7 



C«) 



10.3 



4.0 

 .3 

 (a) 

 12.4 



2.9 



2.4 

 .7 



1.0 

 .1 

 .4 

 .4 

 .1 

 .9 



4.2 



2.2 



2.7 





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Cowpea hay and seed 



1.7 



9.7 



.9 





11.4 

 3.2 

 .7 

 .3 

 .4 

 .1 

 .2 

 .6 

 .1 

 .3 



5.7 



Other hay and forage 



2.0 



.8 





1.1 



.4 







Sorghum 



.1 



. 7 

 .6 

 .4 

 .6 



.2 



Sugar cane 



.4 



Sweet potatoes 





Watermelons 



.3 



Garden, truck, etc 



.5 



Total per cent of crop area 

 used for second crop 



15.8 



9.7 



12.5 



6.5 



o Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 

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