FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 



35 



The earnings of landlords in this region vary considerably from 

 year to year, and almost directly as the price of cotton varies. With 

 but very few exceptions, the landlords rented for a specified amount 

 of lint cotton. Ordinarily the rent is based upon the number of 

 mules necessarj^ to operate the farm, and ranges from 2 to 3 bales 

 per mule. 



The earnings returned to landlords on many of these farms are not 

 comparable with the earnings of landlords in the northern States. 

 More or less supervision is given many of these tenant's. The land- 

 lord in many cases gives security for tenants' credit or gives orders 

 on stores for provisions and other supplies, settling with the tenants 

 when the cotton is sold. 



Table 14. 



-The distribution of farms by the amount of labor income, Sumter 

 County, Ga., 534 farms in 1913 and 550 in 1918. 





Per cent of total farms. 



Labor income. 



White- 

 owner 

 farms. 



White-tenant farms . 



Colored- 

 owner 

 farms. 



Colored-tenant farms. 



Farm.i 



Tenant. 



Farm.i 



Tenant. 





1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



More than $10,000 





3.6 

 6.1 

 2.1 

 5.4 

 4.3 

 4.3 

 4.3 

 8.6 

 16.1 

 28.9 



8.9 

 4.6 

 1.1 

 1.1 























$5,001 to S10,000 



0.7 

 .4 

 3.7 

 2.6 

 1.1 

 4.1 

 7.8 

 14.2 

 32.5 



24.6 

 4.1 

 2.6 



.4 

 .8 

 .4 









3.6 





2.1 

 2.1 

 4.2 

 2.1 

 6.2 

 2.1 

 20.8 

 16.7 

 35.4 



8.3 





0.6 





0.8 



$1,001 to $5,000 



"i'o' 



4.1 



'Ti" 



24.5 

 49.0 



16.3 



7.2 



10.7 



1.8 



7.2 



8.9. 



14.3 



19.6 



21.4 



8.9 







$3,001 to $4,000 



"i'.o 



4.1 



'"8.'2' 

 20.4 

 57.1 



8.2 



5.4 

 7.1 

 5.4 

 7.1 

 19.6 

 16.1 

 21.4 



12.5 

 1.8 



'12.9 

 19.4 

 32.3 



29 



"'o.'s' 



1.1 



5.4 



14.0 



67.2 



11.8 



1.8 



5.4 



7.2 



8.5 



20.5 



32.5 



21.7 



1.8 



"i.'i' 



4.3 

 11.8 

 72.0 



10.8 



.6 



$2,501 to $3,000 



1.2 



$2,001 to $2,500 



4.2 



$1,501 to $2,000 



7.2 



$1,001 to $1,500 



13.3 



$^501 to $1,000 



33.2 



$1 to $500 



32.5 



— $0to-$500.... 



6.6 



-$501 to -$1,000 



.6 



-$1,001 to -$1,500 









6.4 













-$1,501 to -$2,000. 





















-$2,001 to -$2,500 























^$2,501 to -$3,000... . 



.3 

 .3 







I 















-$3,001 to -$4,000 







1 





































Total number of farms . 



268 



280 



49 



56 



49 



56 



31 



48 



186 



166 



186 



166 



1 Tenant's and landlord's labor income combined. 



FAMILY INCOME. 



The family income, as previously stated, is discussed from the 

 standpoint of the net returns available to pay living expenses, in- 

 terest on indebtedness, and provide savings. Farms with large capi- 

 tal may show relatively low labor incomes or low per cent return on 

 capital, and yet, if free from debt, have relatively high incomes. 

 From the standpoint of the operators of small farms, and especially 

 that of most of the colored operators, many of whom have rather 

 large families that do a large amount of the farm work, the family 

 income is the item of most concern to the family welfare. For these 

 reasons it is desirable to show the family income. (See Table 12.) 

 Further data on family income are shown in Tables 30 and 31, pages 

 52 and 53. 



