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the crop area devoted to cotton and 38.4 per cent devoted to corn, 

 while those in the largest size group had 64.3 per cent of the crop area 

 in cotton and 22.3 per cent in corn. Every one of the 100 farmers 

 raised both cotton and corn; 21 of these men had below 40 per cent 

 of their crop area in cotton, and 12 had over 70 per cent; 15 had Less 

 than 20 per cent of their crop land in corn, and 37 had over 40 per 

 cent. 



Table XVI. — Relation of size of farm to distribution of crop area on 160 farms 

 operated by tohitc owners, Sumter County, (In. 



Crop. 



Percentage of crop area in each specified tilled acreage group. 



50 acres 

 and less. 



51 to 100 

 acres. 



101 to 150 

 acres. 



151 to 250 

 acres. 



251 to 450 

 acres. 



Over 4.50 

 acres. 



Wage cotton 



Share-cropper cotton . 



Total cotton 



31.5 

 14.4 



22.1 

 25.7 



13.1 

 39.4 



19.9 

 37.3 



25.9 

 30.9 



25.7 

 38.6 



45.9 



47.8 



52.5 



57.2 



64.3 



Wage corn 



Share-cropper corn . 



Total corn 



34.3 

 4.1 



22.3 

 13.9 



14.8 

 16.2 



13.7 

 15.2 



16.9 

 10.4 



9.5 



12.8 



38.4 



36.2 



31.0 



28.9 



27.3 



22.3 



Oats for grain 



Wheat and rye for grain 



Cowpea hay and seed 



Second crop 



Other hay and forage 



Second crop 



Peanuts 



Second crop 



Sorghum 



Sugar cane 



Sweet potatoes 



Watermelons 



Garden, truck, etc 



Fruit and nuts 



Total per cent of crop area used for second 

 crop 



6.3 

 .2 

 1.3 

 12.4 

 1.3 



2.8 



1.6 



.1 



.7 

 1.1 



.7 



8.5 

 .1 

 .8 

 10.1 

 2.2 

 1.0 

 1.7 

 1.4 

 .2 

 .5 

 .6 

 .4 

 .9 

 .1 



12.5 



9.1 



.7 



.8 



11.3 



.8 



.4 



2.5 



2.5 



.2 



. 5 



.6 



.4 



.6 



.3 



9.1 



.8 



11.4 

 .8 

 1.3 

 1.2 

 2.1 

 .3 

 .3 

 .3 

 .1 

 1.0 

 C 1 ) 



14.8 



11.9 

 .1 

 .8 



13.4 

 .9 

 1.3 

 .4 

 .3 

 .2 

 .2 

 .5 

 .4 

 .4 

 .1 



15.0 



9.0 



.2 



.3 



14.3 



.7 



.7 



.2 

 .3 

 .4 

 1.0 

 .1 



14.3 



1 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



Oats for grain were grown on three-fourths of these farms, but 

 the acreage generally was small. On one-half of the farms report- 

 ing, less than 10 per cent of the crop area was in oats. Only a few 

 grew wheat or rye for grain, and the proportion of area devoted to 

 these is about the same in all aize groups. 



Cowpeas are of great importance to all these farmers as a second 

 crop. Of all the land devoted to such crops 85 per cent is occupied 

 by cowpeas. There is no wide variation in the different size groups 

 in area devoted to second crops or hay and forage crops. Practically 

 all the minor crops shown in Table XV are, relatively speaking, 

 grown more extensively on the small farms than on the large farms. 

 The larger farms devote more area to cotton. The small farms tend 

 more to diversification than do the large plantations. Unless the 

 man on the small farm raises feed for stock and products for home 

 use he generally suffers a very serious financial setback in case of a 

 poor year. 



