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BULLETIN 492, U. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XII.- 



-Relat/ion of sine of farm to distribution o) c<ii>ittii on 160 farms 

 operated by white owners, Sumter County, Ga. 





Farms grouped according to the number of tilled acres per farm. 



Distribution of capital. 



50 acres 

 and less. 



51 to 

 100 acres. 



101 to 

 150 acres. 



151 to 



250 acres. 



251 to 

 450 acres. 



Over 



450 acres. 



Total. 





25 



34 



S3, 000 



41 



74 



56,365 



40 



123 



810, 226 



31 



194 

 816,190 



12 



328 



830, 921 



11 



595 

 853, 253 



160 



Number of tilled acres per farm 



158 

 813, 773 







Percentage of total capital in — 



58.5 



14.5 



1.6 



63.1 

 9.1 

 4.1 



61.3 

 10.4 

 4.3 



. 1 

 4.0 



62.7 



8.4 



5.3 



.4 



3.2 



68.5 

 4.3 

 4.6 

 2.0 

 2.1 



69.7 

 2.5 

 5.9 

 2.2 

 2.1 



65.1 





6.8 





4.8 





.9 



Other buildings 



5.7 



4.1 



3.3 









SO. 3 



80.4 



80.1 



80.0 



81.5 



82.4 



80.9 









7.2 



2.5 

 2.S 

 4.S 

 2.4 



19.7 



7.2 

 1.9 

 2.8 



4.7 

 3.0 



7.3 

 1.7 

 2.6 



5.5 

 2.8 



7.7 

 1.6 

 2.8 

 5.9 

 2.0 



8.2 

 1.0 

 2.7 

 4.5 

 2.1 



6.5 

 .4 

 2.9 

 4.5 

 3.3 



7.3 





1.3 





2.8 





5.0 



Cash 



2.7 







Total vorking capital 



19.6 



19.9 



20.0 



18.5 



17.6 



19.1 







The lowest percentage investment in land is found in the smallest- 

 size group of farms and the highest percentage in the largest-size 

 group. With the exception of the second size group the percentage 

 of investment in land increases as the size of farm increases and the 

 percentage of total real estate remains about constant. This means 

 that the percentage investment in buildings must decrease as the 

 farms increase in size. It is noteworthy that the percentage invest- 

 ment in dwelling houses decreases rapidly as the farms become larger. 

 It is 14.5 per cent on the smallest farms and only 2.5 per cent on the 

 largest farms. The percentage of investment in dwellings on the 

 small farms being so high it would seem that these farms should 

 have better dwellings than the large farms; in reality, they are not 

 so good. The average value of dwelling per farm in the various 

 size-groups, beginning with the smallest-farm group is $435, $580, 

 $1,065, $1,362, $1,313, and $1,314. With a farm investment of $3,000, 

 a $435 house comprises 14.5 per cent of the total investment; while 

 with a farm investment of $53,253 a $1,314 house comprises only 2.5 

 per cent of the total investment. Each of the three groups above 

 150 acres has the same grade of house, but on the 151 to 250 acre 

 ■farms the house comprises 8.4 per cent of the total investment, on 

 the 251 to 450 acre farms 4.3 per cent, and on the largest farms 2.5 

 per cent. Only one-fifth of the farms of the smallest size group 

 have houses worth over $500 and only one has a $1,000 house, while 

 on the farms of the largest size group only one has a house worth 

 less than $1,000. 



Quite naturally there are many more tenant houses on the large 

 farms than on the small farms and even the percentage investment 



