'FARM MaNaGEMEI^T IN SUM'fEB COtJNTY, GA. 



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After labor, fertilizer is the largest item of expense. All groups 

 applied a smaller quantity of fertilizer in 1918, but the increase in 

 price increased the actual expense for 1918 over that for 1913. Cost 

 of seed purchased is small. Most farmers through this area raise the 

 necessary seed for farm use. Cost of ginning and other machine work 

 ranged from 3.7 per cent to 7 per cent of the total farm expense, and 

 taxes and insurance amounted to about 3 per cent. Miscellaneous 

 items aggregated 2 to 3 per cent. 



With these expenses offsetting from 53 to 65 per cent of total re- 

 ceipts, it can readily be seen that if for any reason receipts should 

 drop 35 to 47 per cent there would be little if any left for interest on 

 capital and for the farmer's labor and management. Production of 

 farm feed and of home supplies in abundance is of great aid in tiding' 

 over such slumps. 



Table 9.- 



-Average distrilution of farm expenses, Sumter County, 

 farms in 1913 and 550 in 1918. 



Oa., 534 





Owner farms. 



Tenant farms. 





1913 



1918 



Farm. 



Tenant. 



Landlord. 





1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



WHITE FARMERS. 



Number of farms 



268 



$3, 128 



280 

 $4,704 



49 

 $1,099 



56 

 81,899 



49 

 $1,016 



56 

 $1,869 



49 



$86 



56 



Averagef arm expense per farm 



$146 



Per cent of farmexpense represented 

 by- 

 Wage hands 



11.9 

 6.5 

 1.1 



30.0 

 1.4 



7.9 

 3.9 

 2.7 

 41.5 

 1.4 



9.1 



8.0 



.4 



23.2 



5.1 



5.2 



5.4 



.8 



41.0 



5.6 



9.8 



8.7 



.4 



25.1 



5.5 



5.2 



5.4 



.9 



41.7 

 5.7 







Cotton chopping and picking 







Miscellaneous paid labor 







Share-cropperlabor 







Unpaid family labor 













Total labor 



50.9 



57.4 



45.8 



58.0 



49.5 



58.9 













Repairs and depreciation of— 



4.7 

 1.5 

 4.0 



.6 

 .6 



1.8 

 .2 

 .2 



1.0 



4.3 

 1.5 



4.4 



.5 

 .2 

 .5 

 .1 

 .3 

 1.5 



3.4 

 1.9 

 3.2 



.3 

 1.2 

 3.5 

 .2 

 .3 

 1.4 



3.1 

 2.3 

 3.1 



.1 



.7 

 1.2 

 .2 

 .2 

 2.0 



3.6 



3.2 







DweUing 



24.4 

 40.7 



1.2 



29.5 



other buildings 







39.7 



Repairs, fences, drains, and ter- 

 races. .. . 



.2 

 1.3 

 3.8 

 .2 

 .3 

 1.6 



'¥ 



1.3 

 .2 

 .2 



2.0 



1.4 



Feed, hay, etc., purchased 





Feed, grain, etc., purchased 







Horseshoeing 







Breeding fees and veterinary 







Seeds and plants 













FertiUzer- 



Wageland 



12.4 

 11.8 



9.0 

 10.0 



18.0 



8.4 



10.1 

 6.3 



19.5 

 9.0 



10.1 

 6.4 





1.4 



Cropperland 











Total fertihzer 



24.2 



19.0 



26.4 



16.4 



28.5 



16.5 





1.4 







Ginning and other machine work 

 hired 



4.7 

 3.1 

 1.3 



3.7 

 3.3 



.7 



5.6 



3.0 



2.1 



.3 



6.0 



2.6 



.7 



.2 



6.1 

 .7 



2.3 

 .3 

 .3 



1.3 



64 



6.2 



.6 



.7 



.2 



6.2 



3.1 



58 



'"'36.'2" 



.6 



Taxes and insurance 



26.7 



Interest on loan 





Mule hire 







Cash rent 













1.2 



65 



2.6 



56 



1.4 



56 



3.2 



47 



3.5 

 22 



.7 



Per cent of receipts required for farm 

 expense 



16 







