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Of live stock, hogs showed by far the greatest increase, there being 

 1,873,000 head in the State in 1911 and 3,166,000 in 1920. Cows in- 

 creased from 402,000 to 461,000, and other cattle from 667,000 to 

 771.000. 



Table 27 shows the relation between the prices of various products 

 in the State over the 10-year period. Prices for cotton in 1919 stood 

 346 per cent of the average price for 1911 to 1915, while corn stood 

 209 per cent, peanuts 191 per cent, and hogs 187 per cent. The prices 

 for 1920 show large declines from those of 1919. The price of peanuts 

 in 1920 was 2 per cent below the prewar level. 



Table 26. — Acreage of crops and number of live stock in Georgia, 1911-1920. 



[Expressed in thousands (000 omitted). Data from Bureau of Crop Estimates.] 





1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



Crops: 1 



Cotton 



5,504 



3,692 



404 



145 



12 



87 



5,335 



3,910 



364 



132 



11 



234 



5,318 



4,066 



420 



140 



13 



250 



5,433 



4,000 



450 



140 



13 



250 



4,825 



4,330 



905 



325 



13 



300 



5,277 



4,000 



860 



334 



13 



300 



5,195 



4,500 



550 



244 



15 



535 



• 



5,341 

 4,590 

 550 

 280 

 30 

 696 

 314 

 130 



2,766 

 435 

 727 



5,220 

 4,820 

 500 

 240 

 33 

 600 

 202 

 142 



3,043 

 452 

 763 



4 900 





5 100 



Oats 



550 



Wheat . . 



211 



Rye 



29 



Hay 



660 





224 









83 



1,888 

 402 

 667 



79 



1,945 

 402 

 660 



95 



2,042 

 406 

 660 



94 



2,348 

 414 

 686 



125 



2,585 

 418 

 686 



148 



Llyestock:' 



1,873 

 402 

 667 



2,098 

 406 

 667 



3,166 

 461 

 771 



Milk cows 



Other cattle 



> Does not include all crops grown in the State; only shows the more important ones adaptable to Sumter 

 County conditions. 

 ' Represents number on hand Jan. 1 of each year. 



Table 27. — Percentage variations in farm prices in Georgia, 1911 to 1920, as 

 compared with the five-year average, 1911-1915, taken as 100 per cent. 



[Data from Bureau of Crop Estimates. Computed from Table 24.] 



Cotton, lint... 

 Cotton seed . . . 



Corn 



Oats 



Wheat 



Rye 



Hay 



Peanuts 



Sweet potatoes 



Hogs 



Beef cattle 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



94 



109 



119 



72 



106 



178 



269 



269 



346 



73 



89 



101 



86 



151 



229 



278 



272 



296 



100 



99 



102 



100 



97 



142 



194 



190 



209 



104 



96 



97 



103 



99 



126 



165 



162 



178 



97 



98 



97 



107 



103 



163 



215 



202 



215 



112 



109 



94 



91 



94 



117 



171 



163 



180 



109 



104 



98 



98 



91 



100 



119 



147 



169 



102 



100 



102 



98 



95 



113 



142 



127 



191 



113 



95 



102 



100 



88 



125 



150 



167 



175 



91 



97 



108 



103 



100 



132 



205 



210 



187 



88 



93 



106 



107 



104 



135 



175 



184 



172 



156 

 106 

 143 

 159 

 203 

 175 

 136 

 98 

 131 

 146 

 128 



The fact that only a small percentage of all the farms under study 

 were practicing a very high degree of diversity suggests that the 

 farmer should proceed cautiously when contemplating any very radi- 

 cal changes from the cotton type. Such changes should be made 

 slowly, since they entail general economic readjustments that are 

 essential to the success of the business. It is becoming well recognized 

 in this area, however, that a certain degree of diversification reduces 

 the risk of total failure, and is also an advantage in the control of the 

 boll weevil. 



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