UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 492 



Office of the Secretary 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 



W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



February 10, 1917 



AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF FARMING 

 IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 



By 



H. M. DIXON, Assistant Agriculturist, and H. W. HAWTHORNE, 

 Scientific Assistant 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Summary of Results 2 



Sources of Information ........ 3 



Area Studied 3 



Method of Procedure 6 



Utilization of the Farm Area 7 



Farm Tenure 10 



Size of Farm 35 



Diversity of Farm Receipts . ..... 52 



The Relation of Size of Farm and Yield 



Per Acre of Cotton to Profits .... 54 



The Cost of Producing Cotton .... 56 



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