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BULLETIN 492, V. S. DKFARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XVII shows the relation of size of farm to distribution of 

 crop area on colored-tenant farms. This table reveals most strikingly 

 the similarity of crop conditions that exist in each size group. Over 

 90 per cent of the crop area on these farms is devoted to raising cot- 

 ton and corn, and the only particular variation in the distribution 

 of this area is that on the larger farms a little more area is devoted 

 to cotton and less to corn. As compared with the white owners in 

 Table XVI, these tenants have about 10 per cent more of the crop 

 area in cotton. This table is of most interest in showing how little 

 attention these farmers give to the growing of crops other than 

 cotton and corn. Besides these crops, oats for grain and forage crops 

 grown for hay are the only ones that occupy over 1 per cent of the 

 tilled area for first crops. The area devoted to second crops is mostly 

 used for growing cowpea hay and seed. Excepting in the smallest 

 size group there is no relation between size of farm operated and 

 proportion of the tilled area used for a second crop by these tenants. 

 They utilize less than one-half as much of the crop area for second 

 crops as do the white operators. 



Table XVII. — Relation of size of farm to percentage of crop area devoted to 

 each crop on 186 farms operated by colored tenants, Sumter County, Ga. 



Crop. 



Percentage of crop area in each 

 specified tilled acreage group. 



50 acres 

 and less. 



51 to 100 

 acres. 



Over 100 

 acres. 



Wage cotton 



Share cropper cotton. 



Total cotton 



Wage corn 



Share cropper corn. 



Total corn... 



Oats for grain 



Wheat and rye for grain . 

 Cowpea hay and seed 



Second crop 



Other hay and forage 



Second crop 



Peanuts 



Second crop 



Sorghum 



Sugarcane 



Sweet potatoes 



Watermelons 



Garden truck, etc 



Total cotton and com 



Total all other crops 



Total per cent of crop area used for second crop . 



64.9 

 .4 



05.3 



27.9 

 .2 



1.9 



.1 



.6.9 

 2.3 

 1.3 

 .2 

 .3 

 .2 

 .3 

 .5 

 .3 



93.4 

 6.6 

 8.5 



60.2 

 4.6 



64.8 



26.2 

 1.1 



27.3 



3.0 



.4 

 4.8 

 2.0 

 .3 

 .5 

 .1 

 .2 

 .5 

 .5 

 .3 

 .5 



92.1 

 7.9 

 5.2 



47.7 

 19.4 



18.2 

 6.8 



25.0 



(«) 



3.0 

 i 



1.3 



5.6 



1.5 



.5 



92.1 

 7.9 

 6.1 



a Less tnan one-tenth of 1 per cent. 

 RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO DISTRIBUTION OF FARM RECEIPTS. 



Table XVIII shows the relation of size of farm to distribution of 

 receipts on the farms operated by white owners. With the exception 

 of the farms of the smallest size and largest size groups, the receipts 

 from cotton and seed have about the same relative weight in all the 



