FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 21 



Comparing Tables 4 and 6, it appears tlmt Sumter County had a 

 better yield of cotton than the State average, and a poorer yield of 

 hay. The fact that Sumter County produces better yields of cotton 

 than many other areas of the State is evidence that cotton should 

 have an important place in the organization of Sumter County farms 

 as long as cotton production is profitable in the State. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FARM RECEIPTS* 



Changes of considerable importance in the distribution of farm 

 receipts took place from 1913 to 1918. Cotton with seed is of course 

 the outstanding cash enterprise. Few other enterprises contributed 

 as much as 5 per cent during either year, and most of them only 1 

 per cent or less. There was, however, a decline in the relative returns 

 from cotton in 1918, and a noticeable increase in returns from pea- 

 nuts, corn, and live stock, especially hogs. 



Comparing the 1913 and 1918 results, the decrease in the receipts 

 from cotton and the increase in corn, peanuts, and live stock were 

 apparently due more to the change in farm organization, whereby 

 the cotton enterprise was decreased and the other enterprise in- 

 creased, than to changes in price relations. The details of these 

 changes in farm receipts on farms operated by owners and tenants 

 are shown in Table 8, while figure 4 represents graphically the dis- 

 tribution of farm receipts on the white-owner farms. 



