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BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



to differences in method of operation, size of business conducted, and 

 yields. In 1913 the farms operated by white owners averaged 57 

 bales of cotton, as compared with 26 bales for the farms operated by 

 colored owners, 25 bales for the farms operated by white tenants, 

 and 16 bales for those operated by colored tenants. Of the 25 bales 

 produced on the white-tenant farms, the tenant received 18 bales and 

 the landlord 7 ; and of the 16 bales produced on the colored-tenant 

 farms the tenant received 12 and the landlord 4. 



Table 22. — Amount of products sold per farm on white and colored owner and 

 tenants farms, Sumter County, Ga., 1913 and 1918. 



White 

 owner 

 farms. 



White-tenant 

 farms. 



Tenant. Landlord 



Colored 

 owner 

 farms. 



Colored-tenant 

 farms. 



Tenant. Landlord. 



1913. 

 Amount sold: 



Cotton bales 



Cotton seed tons 



Corn bushels 



Oats do. . 



Wheat do. . 



Rye do. . 



Cowpea seed do. . 



Hay tons 



Peanuts do. . 



Sirup gallons 



Sweet potatoes bushels 



Cattle number 



Hogs do. . 



Cured pork pounds 



1918. 

 Amount sold: 



Cotton bales. 



Cotton seed tons. 



Corn bushels. 



Oats do. . . 



Wheat do. . . 



Rye do. . . 



Cowpea seed do. . . 



Hay tons. 



Peanuts do. . . 



Sirup gallons. 



Sweet potatoes bushels. 



Cattle number. 



Hogs do. . . 



Cured pork pounds. 



(1) 



(') 



57 

 20 

 142 

 54 



1 

 2 

 1 



46 



12 



1 



4 



163 



36 



14 



287 



28 



28 



2 



5 



2 



3 



63 



21 



850 



(1) 



(1) 





(1) 



(1) 

 (1) 



(1) 



(1) 

 (1) 



0) 



0) 



0) 



(1) 

 (1) 



0) 



2 



4 



230 



0) 



0) 



10 



13 

 4 

 1 

 2 

 117 



(I) 



m 



0) 



1 Less than one-half a unit. 



This table emphasizes the changes in the farm organization for the 

 two years. Cotton and oats were the crops with a decrease in acreage 

 in 1918 over 1913. In 1918 there was increased production of corn, 

 wheat, cowpea seed, peanuts, sweet potatoes, cattle, and hogs, espe- 

 cially on the farms operated by white owners. It would seem that 

 the change in production that has taken place, by virtue of which 

 the farms have become more self-sustaining, not only as to food and 

 feed production, but as to soil fertility maintenance as well, is an 

 important improvement in the business management of these farms. 



SELLING PRICES. 



The prices received for farm i^roducts have an important bearing 

 upon the farm earnings. (See Table 23.) The prices received by the 



