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BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



from none to one-third. That is to say, many of the farms had thus 

 far not been infested with this pest, while others had suffered serious 

 loss. The data obtained by the Bureau of Crop Estimates showed 

 that for the State of Georgia as a whole the loss due to the bollweevil 

 in 1913 was only one-tenth of 1 per cent, while in 1918 it was 11 per 

 cent 



Table 2.- 



-Percentage ntUisatUm of crop land, Sumter County, Oa., 534 1arms 

 in 1913 and 550 in 1918. 





White 



jwners. 



White tenants. 



Colored 



owners. 



Colored tenants. 





1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



Number of farms 



268 

 179 



280 

 181 



49 

 85 



56 

 102 



31 

 107 



48 

 111 



186 

 59 



166 



Crop acres per farm 



72 









Per cent of crop area. 



Cotton: 



First crop 



56.8 

 .1 



37.1 

 ........ 



36.7 

 . 2 



i!o 



8.3 



3.6 



.3 



.1 



4.9 



.4 



1.0 



.6 

 8.8 

 8.9 



0) 



15.6 



1.4 



.1 



2.4 



3.6 

 9.2 

 26.9 



.4 

 .5 

 .2 



03.3 

 .2 



44.6 

 .1 



61.6 

 .5 



47.9 



65.5 



52.4 



Second crop 





Interplanted 



.1 



40.0 



.1 



.4 



3.1 



2.6 







Com for gi'ain: 



First crop 



28.0 

 .1 



26.3 

 .1 



39.3 

 .7 



29.6 



26.9 



36.4 



Second crop. . . 



.1 



Interplanted 





Oats for grain: First crop 



9.3 

 .1 

 .1 



5.4 

 .1 



""2.i' 

 



4.4 



3.2 



.1 



3.1 

 .1 



2.6 



3.1 



Wheat for grain: First crop 



2.0 



Rye for grain: First crop 





Cowpea seed: Second crop 





1.4 



1.6 



.1 



.2 



.2 



.1 



Peanuts for market: 



First crop 



.2 



4.4 

 .2 



.3 

 .3 



1.4 



Second crop 





Interplanted 









Hay and annual pasture: 

 Cowpea-s— 



First crop 



1.0 



5.8 

 4.2 



(^) 

 0) 



.3 



5.5 

 .2 



.2 

 5.0 



8.7 



.4 

 3.1 



8.1 



.2 

 3.9 

 15.4 



.5 

 1.6 

 3.6 



.4 



Second crop 



4.4 



Interplanted 



7.4 



Velvet beans- 

 First crop 



(^) 



Second crop 















Interplanted 



1.3 

 .5 



3.4 



7.5 



.2 



.2 

 .5 

 .1 



11.8 



1.2 



.2 



2.0 



1.9 

 5.4 

 22.5 



'.% 

 .7 



.4 



."i" 



3.6 

 3.5 



8.8 



.4 



i 



4.6 



.8 



.1 



2.3 



2.6 

 4.6 

 22.3 



.5 

 .6 

 .2 



.3 

 .1 

 .1 



3.0 

 2.0 

 3.9 



.4 

 .5 

 .3 



5.4 



Peanuts- 

 First crop 



1.0 

 .2 

 .9 



3.7 

 6.7 

 5.1 



.3 

 .3 

 .2 



1.4 



Second crop. . 



(') 



Interplanted 



1.1 



Total hay and annual pasture- 

 First crop 



2.9 



Second crop 



5.0 



Interplanted 



14.0 



Sugar cane and sorghum for sirup: 

 First crop 



.4 



Sweet potatoes: First crop 



.7 



Watermelons: First crop 



.2 



Castor beans: First crop 



.1 



Tobacco: First crop 





.1 



3.5 



.8 

















.1 



.9 









.4 

 .5 







Garden and truck: First crop 



.7 



.5 



.6 



-.6 



.4 



Grown by wage labor: a 



First crop 



52.9 

 6.9 

 4.9 



47.1 



51.8 

 9.7 

 17.4 



48.2 



.2 



12.6 



71.3 

 10.1 



.2 



28.7 

 .1 



62.0 

 0.4 

 16.1 



38.0 



69.9 

 4.3 



8.4 



30.1 



70.5 

 5.8 

 18.7 



29.5 



.4 



4.1 



90.7 

 2.2 

 3.9 



9.3 



87.6 



Second crop. . 



5.2 



Interplanted 



12.6 



Grown by cropper labor: 



First crop 



12.4 



Second crop. . 





Interplanted 



.2 



6.4 



.4 





1.4 







Total: 



First crop 



100.0 

 C.9 

 5.1 



100.0 



9.9 



30.0 



100.0 



10.2 



.2 



100.0 

 6.4 

 22.5 



100.0 

 4.3 



8.8 



100.0 

 6.2 



22.8 



100.0 

 2.2 

 3.9 



100.0 



Second crop. . 



5.2 



Interplanted 



14.0 







1 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



s Including crops grown by the farmers' own labor and that of his family. 



