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BULLETIN 492, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XI. — Relation of tenure to yields of crops per acre (534 farms, Sumter 



County, Ga.). 





White operators (317 farms). 



Colored operators (217 farms). 



Crop. 



Own- 

 ers. 



Own- 

 ers 



addi- 

 tional. 



Own- 

 ers 

 part 

 rented 

 out. a, 



Ten- 

 ants. 



All 

 white 

 oper- 

 ators. 



Own- 

 ers. 



Own- 

 ers 



addi- 

 tional. 



Own- 

 ers 

 part 

 rented 

 out.o 



Ten- 

 ants. 



All 

 col- 

 ored 

 oper- 

 ators. 



Yield per acre of— 



Wage cotton bales. . 



Share cotton do 



0.61 

 .53 



0.66 

 .51 



0.57 

 .53 



0.45 

 .46 



0.58 



.52 



0.41 

 .37 



0.43 



.46 



0.33 

 .34 



0.42 

 .41 



0.42 

 .39 



Total cotton do 



.56 



.57 



.55 



.46 



.55 



.41 



.44 



.34 



.42 



.41 



Wage corn bushels. . 



Share corn do 



16.00 

 13.00 



16.00 

 11.00 



10.00 

 12.00 



12.00 

 13.00 



14.00 

 13.00 



8.00 

 8.00 



9.00 

 11.00 



9.00 

 8.00 



9.00 

 9.00 



9.00 

 8.00 



Total corn do 



15.00 



14.00 



11.00 



12.00 



13.00 



8.00 



10.00 



8.00 



9.00 



9.00 



Sweet potatoes do 



Oats for grain do 



Cowpea hay tons. . 



Cane sirup gallons . . 



103.00 



26.00 



.59 



181. 00 



117.00 



30.00 



.42 



161.00 



104.00 



25.00 



.74 



191.00 



77.00 



32.00 



.61 



202.00 



102.00 



27.00 



.61 



182. 00 



62.00 



10.00 



.25 



209.00 



107.00 



26.00 



.73 



96.00 



62.00 



8.00 



.54 



153.00 



79.00 



16.00 



.50 



138.00 



78.00 



16.00 



.49 



122.00 



" Does not include crops on land rented out. 



Only small areas per farm are devoted to raising sweet potatoes, 

 yet the differences in yield per acre upon the colored and white farms 

 would be of some importance in supplying family needs. 



A very small acreage of oats is raised for grain upon the colored- 

 operator farms, and the yield is 11 bushels less per acre than on 

 the white-operator farms. Cowpeas when grown with good methods 

 produce as high as 2 or 3 tons per acre, but owing to the wide range 

 of methods practiced upon these farms the average yield is very low, 

 the white operators getting but 0.61 ton and the colored operators 

 but 0.49 ton per acre. 



Sugar cane yielded an average of 182 gallons of sirup per acre 

 on the white-operator and 122 gallons upon the colored-operator 

 farms. The average area devoted to sugar cane by the colored oper- 

 ators was 0.45 acre. If they had realized yields equaling those of 

 the white operators they would have had 27 more gallons of sirup 

 per family. 



The share croppers are getting on the average 0.13 bale of cotton 

 and 5 bushels of corn more per acre on the white-operator farms 

 than they receive on the colored-operator farms. In a comparison 

 of the share-croppers' yields of cotton and corn with those of 

 the colored tenants, it will be observed that the croppers have a 

 considerable advantage. The colored tenants are getting on the aver- 

 age 0.42 bale of cotton and 9 bushels of corn per acre. The share 

 croppers on the white-operator farms are getting 0.52 bale of cotton 

 and 13 bushels of corn per acre. The white tenants also get better 

 yields of crops than the colored tenants. While it is true some of 

 these tenants are on the poorer soil t} 7 pes, yet that is only one 

 factor, as the greater portion of the colored tenants represented in 



