FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTEE. COUNTY, GA. 



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The average value of these items on the farms visited in this study 

 in 1918 was equivalent to 9 per cent of the receipts on farms operated 

 by white owners, 14 per cent on farms operated by white tenants, 

 16 per cent on farms operated by colored owners, and IT per cent on 

 farms operated by colored tenants. 



Of the items of food supplied directly from the farms, pork is 

 first in value, amounting to almost 40 per cent. Dairy products 

 ranked second, and these two made up over 50 per cent of the value 

 of the food supplied by the farm. 



The combined value of the items of food, fuel, and house rent 

 furnished by the farm averaged $716 for the white-owner farms and 

 $560 for the white tenants, $597 for the colored owners and $434 for 

 the colored tenants. The average value of these items per adult 

 equivalent was $162 for the white owners, $118 for the white tenants, 

 $93 for the colored owners, and $75 for the colored tenants.^ 



The value of these products on individual farms ranges from less 

 than $250 to over $1,000. Table 16 shows the range in value of the 

 family living on these farms in 1918. Only 3 per cent of the white 

 owners and 2 per cent of the white tenants realized less than $250 

 toward their family living from the farm, as against 11 per cent 

 of the colored owners and 19 per cent of the colored tenants. Seven- 

 teen per cent of the white owners obtained over $1,000 toward their 

 family living direct from the farm, as against only 6 per cent of the 

 colored owners and 2 per cent of the colored tenants. 



Table 16. 



-Percentage distribution of farms according to family living from 

 the farm, 550 farms, Sumter County, Ga., 1918. 





White owners. 



White tenants. 



Colored owners. 



Colored tenants. 



Value of family 

 living from farm. 



Per cent 

 of total 

 number 

 of farms. 



Number 

 of adult 

 equiva- 

 lents per 

 farm. 



Per cent 

 of total 

 number 

 of farms. 



Nimiber 

 of adult 

 equiva- 

 lents per 

 farm. 



Per cent 

 of total 

 number 

 of farms. 



Number 

 of adult 

 equiva- 

 lents per 

 farm. 



Per cent 

 of total 

 nimaber 

 of farms. 



Number 

 of adult 

 equiva- 

 lents per 

 farm. 



Over $1,000 



17 

 22 

 34 

 24 

 3 



6.3 

 5.0 

 4.2 

 3.3 

 2.0 







6 

 17 

 35 

 31 

 11 



13.0 

 7.3 

 6.7 

 4.7 

 5.0 



2 



6 



24 



49 



19 



6.2 



S751 to $1,000. 



14 



43 



41 



2 



6.6 

 5.1 

 3.9 

 2.0 



9.5 



$501 to $750 



6.6 



$251 to $500 



5.6 



$250 and less 



3.8 







About one-fourth of the white owners and two-thirds of the colored 

 tenants got less than $500 family living direct from the farm, while 

 almost 40 per cent of the white owners and less than 10 per cent of 

 the colored tenants got over $750. 



«The results of studies on what the farm contributes toward the family living in sev- 

 eral sections of the United States are published in Department Bulletin No. 410, " Value 

 to Farm Families of Food, Fuel, and Use of House," and Farmers' Bulletin No. 1082. 

 " Home Supplies Furnished by the Farm." 



