FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 



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In 1913, 32 per cent of the white farmers grew enough crops to 

 supply practically all feed and rations required for operating their 

 farms, while 30 per cent expended more than 5 per cent of farm 

 expenses for these items. In 1918, 65 per cent of the white farmers 

 grew practically all their feed and rations, and only 13 per cent had 

 to buy these items in amounts greater than 5 per cent of their farm 

 expenses. 



Diversity may also be considered from the standpoint of percentage 

 of crop area devoted to cotton. (See Table 25.) 



Table 25. — Comparison of farms with low and high percentages of crop area in 

 cotton, tvhite-oimier farms, Sumter County, Oa., 1913 and 1918. 



Per cent of crop area in cotton 



50 and 

 under. 



51 to 60. 



Over 60. 



Per cent of crop area in cotton. 



30 and 

 under. 



■31 to 40. 



67 



71 



277 



286 



137 



158 



23 



34 



58 



49 



12 



11 



34 



33 



255 



264 



60 



76 



6 



6 



8 



4 



14 



6 



79 



48 



1.1 



.6 



$16, 559 



$20, 260 



$47 



$57 



$1, 824 



$2,683 



$665 



$1, 265 



$555 



$625 



7.7 



10.2 



$723 



$725 



Over 40. 



Number of farms 



Acres per farm 



Crop acres per farm 



Per cent of crop area: 



In cotton 



Used for legumes 



Used for second crops 



Used for interplanted crops 



Yield of cotton per acre — pounds of lint 



Far cent of receipts from: 



Cotton 



Corn , 



Peanuts.. 



Hogs , 



Far cent of farms with enterprises other 

 than cotton each returning 10 per cent 



or more of farm receipts , 



Average number of enterprises other than 

 cotton returning 10 per cent or more of 



the farm receipts 



Capital per farm 



Value of real estate per acre 



Farm income 



Labor i ncome 



Operator's labor 



Per cent return on capital 



Family living from the farm 



75 

 243 

 112 



41 



17 



8 



7 



295 



71 

 5 



69 

 229 

 143 



56 

 17 

 9 

 7 

 260 



84 

 4 



54 

 405 

 249 



67 

 12 

 6 

 6 



37 



.5 



9,916 



$33 



$914 



$220 



$443 



4.8 



.1 

 $11,813 



$42 



$1,134 



$307 



$383 



6.4 



.1 



$20, 953 



$42 



$2, 704 



$1, 237 



$550 



10.3 



69 



277 

 167 



48 



36 



9 



23 



257 



82 

 4 

 1 



5 



.2 



$21, 631 



$63 



$3, 726 



$2, 212 



$598 



14.5 



$672 



I'arms similar in crop area and yield of Unt cotton with low and 

 high percentages of the crop area in cotton.i 



1913 



Select farms with- 



Low per 



cent of 



crop area 



in cotton. 



High per 



cent of 



crop area 



in cotton. 



1918 



Select farms with- 



Low per 



cent of 



crop area 



in cotton. 



High per 



cent of 



crop area 



in cotton. 



Number of farms 



Crop acres per farm 



Yield of cotton — pounds of Unt 

 Per cent of crop area in cotton. 



Labor income 



Per cent return on capital 



30 

 144 

 257 



41 



30 

 155 

 254 



65 



$619 



9.2 



30 

 170 



244 



27 



$722 



7.3 



30 



163 



259 



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$2, 125 



14.4 



1 To eliminate effects of size and yield in comparing farms with low and high percentages of crop area in ' 

 cotton, 30 pairs of farms were selected each year. One farm in each pair had a low percentage of crop area in 

 cotton, the other a high percentage. Each had practically the same crop acreage and the same yield of 

 cotton per acre. 



