FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTEE^ COUNTY, GA. 



The farmers who used the most man labor and the most mule 

 labor per acre, and who applied the most fertilizer, as a rule got 

 the highest yields and the largest net earnings. 



Average cost of producing cotton (per pound of lint) ; 



^^-(o 11 o J. [Cash, 7.5 cents. 



1913 11.8 cents {..,, ' ^ , 



[Other, 4.3 cents. 



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On farms of a given class or tenure, the cost of producing cotton 

 per pound of lint decreased with increase of size of farm and yield 

 per acre. 



Fig. 1. — Map showing location of Sumter County, Ga., where an analysis of the business 

 of 534 farms was made for 1913 and of 550 farms for 1918. 



On farms with high yields, the cost of cotton per pound was gen- 

 erally lower than on farms with low yields, though the cost per acre 

 was higher. 



AREA STUDIED. 



Sumter County is in the southwestern part of Georgia (see fig. 1). 

 Americus, the county seat, situated near the center of the county, is 

 about 150 miles south of Atlanta, 185 miles west of Savannah, and 

 95 miles north of the Florida State line. 



The county was laid out in 1831 from part of Lee County. The 

 first inhabitants came mostly from the older districts of the State. 



