6 BITLLETIX 1034, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The j)opulatioii in 1910 was 29,092, of which 7,819 were white and 

 21,243 were colored. In 1920 it was 29,640, of which 9,778 were 

 white and 19,862 colored. The county in 1909 contained 291,840 

 acres, of which 276,834 were in farms. There were 92,822 acres of 

 cotton grown in the county in 1909 and 70,448 acres in 1919. The 

 land was originally owned in very large tracts, but during recent 

 decades many of these large plantations have been cut up, so that 

 there now exist many small and medium-sized farms. 



The county is served by two railroads, which furnish very good 

 transportation facilities. Practically all the main wagon roads of 

 the countv are in excellent condition. 



Fig. 2. — Monthly and annual rainfall at Americus, Ga., for 1913 ajid 1918, and the 

 35-year average. Also the growing season in days from the last killing frost in the 

 spring to the first killing frost in the fall. 



SOILS AND TOPOGRAPHY. 



Sumter County lies wholly within the Coastal Plain, its northern 

 boundary being 28 miles south of the Piedmont line. 



The soils of greatest importance to agriculture include those de- 

 rived from material washed down from the Piedmont Plateau and 

 from soft limestone underlying all parts of the county. These soils 

 represent 88.7 per cent of the land area of the county; and while 

 ranging from light sands to heavy clays, are predominantly sandy. 

 Some of these sand soils are of higher value than most sands, as 

 they have retentive subsoils and produce good yields of many of the 

 crops grown in the county.^ 



8 Soil Survey, Sumter County, Ga., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Field Operations 

 of the Bureau of Soils, 1910. 



