FAKM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 



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different classes of farmers are fairly constant, but the prices of 

 different commodities show wide variation. Cotton and cotton seed 

 were over 100 per cent higher in 1918 than in 1913, while prices of 

 corn, oats, cowpeas, and hogs increased considerably less. 



Table 23. — Average prices received for products sold, Sumter County, Oa., 53^ 

 farms in 1913 and 550 in 1918. 



White 

 owner 

 farms. 



White-tenant 

 farms. 



Tenant. Landlord. 



Colored 

 o\/ner 

 farms. 



Colored-tenant 

 farms. 



Tenant. Landlord. 



Selling price: 



Cotton 



Cottonseed 



Corn , 



Oats , 



Wheat 



Rye 



Cowpea seed 



Hay 



Peanuts 



Sirup 



Sweet potatoes. 



1913. 



.per pound. 



per ton. 



.per bushel. 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



per ton. 



do... 



..per gallon, 

 .per bushel. 



SelUng price: 



Cotton 



Cotton seed 



Corn 



Oats.... 



Wheat 



Rye , 



Cowpea seed. . . 



Hay 



Peanuts 



Sirup 



Sweet potatoes. 



1918. 



.per pound. 



per ton. 



.per bushel. 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



per ton. 



do... 



..per gallon, 

 .per bushel. 



$0. 123 



26.25 



.94 



.70 



2.64 

 2.23 

 19.70 



.293 



69.07 



1.44 



1.11 



2.27 



2.28 



2.11 



25. 87 



99.48 



1.11 



1.02 



$0,123 

 23.93 



.78 



$0,119 

 23.09 



$0. 120 

 21.37 

 .95 



L56 



19.00 



.51 

 L12 



.288 

 67.98 

 1.38 

 1.31 



2.58 



.290 



.285 

 65.87 

 L43 



66.35 

 L33 



2.54 



27.06 



102. 99 



1.11 



1.16 



2.28 

 '2."25" 



1.11 

 1.34 



1.15 

 1.01 



$0. 120 



Table 24. — Ave7~age farm prices in Georgia, 1911-1920} 

 [Data from Bureau of Crop Estimates.] 





1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



Cotton pound.. 



Cotton seed ton . . 



Corn bushel.. 



Oats do 



Wheat do 



Rye do 



Cowpeas do 



$0. 102 

 18.18 

 .93 

 .71 

 1.20 

 1.41 



$0. 118 

 22.11 

 .92 

 .65 

 1.21 

 L37 



$0. 128 

 25.16 

 .95 

 .66 

 L20 

 L18 



$0. 078 

 2L45 

 .93 

 .70 

 1.33 

 1.15 



$0. 115 

 37.68 

 .90 

 .67 

 1.28 

 1.18 



$0. 192 



57.09 



1.32 



.86 



2.02 



L47 



2.02 



17.60 



.062 



L05 



9.42 



5.57 



$0. 290 



69.38 



L80 



1.12 



2.66 



2.16 



2.34 



20.92 



.078 



L26 



14.67 



7.22 



$0. 290 



67.88 



L77 



1.10 



2.51 



2.06 



2.50 



25.79 



.070 



L40 



15.02 



7.59 



$0. 374 



73.71 



L94 



1.21 



2.66 



2.27 



3.78 



29.72 



.105 



L47 



13.36 



7.10 



$0. 169 

 26.50 

 1.33 

 1.08 

 2.52 

 2.21 

 2.27 



Hay ton. 



Peanuts pound. . 



Sweet pota- 

 toes bushel.. 



Hogs 



19.13 

 .056 



.95 



6.52 



3.62 



18.28 

 .055 



.80 



6.94 



3.83 



17.23 

 .056 



.86 



7.75 



4.38 



17.25 

 .054 



.84 



7.41 



4.41 



16.01 

 .052 



.74 



7.16 



4:31 



23.83 

 .054 



LIO 



hundredweight.. 

 Beef cattle 



10.42 



hundredweight.. 



5.28 



1 The price for each year is the average monthly price from September of one year to August of the fol- 

 lowing year. 



The data in Table 24 and figure T, giving the average farm prices 

 in Georgia of some of the more jmportant farm products for the 

 period 1911 to 1920, show that prices in 1913 were typical of normal 

 conditions for the period 1911 to 1915, while prices in 1918 were typi- 

 cal of the period 1916 to 1920. In 1919 prices were highest, and all 



