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DISTRIBUTION OF FARM EXPENSES 



WH9TE OWNER FARMS 



SUMTER CO., CSEORGIA, 1913 AND 1918 



EXPENSE FOR 



LABOR 



REPAIRS AND 

 DEPRECIATION 



FEED PURCHASED 



SEED PURCHASED 



FERTILIZER 



GINNING aOTHER 

 MACHINE WORK HIRED 



INSURANCE 



TAXES 



INTEREST ON LOANS 

 (YEARLY) 



OTHER EXPENSES 



YEAR 



1913 

 1918 



1913 

 1918 



1913 

 1918 



1913 

 1918 



1913 

 1918 



1913 

 1918 



1913 

 1918 



1913 

 1918 



1913 

 1918 $ 



1913 

 1918 



PER CENT OF TOTAL EXPENSES 

 10 20 30 40 50 







i J 



a -WAGE LABOR 



fe-CROPPER LABOR 



c- UNPAID FAMILY LABOR 



d-MACHINERY 



e -BUILDINGS 



/fences 



fe'-WAGE LAND 



Tl-CROPPER LAND 



i -GINNING 



j-OTHER MACHINE WORK 



Fig. 5. — Expense for labor represented slightly over 50 per cent of the farm expenses in 

 1913 and almost 60 per cent in 1918. The expense for wage labor decreased .from 1913 

 to 1918 and that for share-cropper labor increased. Fertilizer representing about 20 

 per cent of the farm expenses showed a percentage decrease from 1913 to 1918, and 

 feed bought represented less than one-half as much of the farm expenses in 1918 as 

 in 1913. 



Purchased feed is not a large item of expense in this area, but it is 

 interesting to note that it was very materially reduced in 1918, the 

 cash outlay being less than half as great for each tenure as in 1913. 



