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yields per acre, and various other factors must be considered in con- 

 nection with such comparisons. 



Table 28. — Relation of size of farm and yield of cotton per acre to farm income, 

 labor income, and per cent return on capital on white-otvner farms, Sumter 

 County, Ga., 1913-1918. 



1913 



Farm 

 income. 



Labor 

 income. 



Per 

 cent 



return 

 on 



capital. 



Farm 

 income. 



Labor 

 income. 



Per 

 cent 



return 

 on 



capital, 



Family 

 living 

 from 

 the 

 farm. 



100 tilled acres and under 



225 pounds and less cotton per acre 

 225 to 300 pounds cotton per acre. . . 

 Over 300 pounds cotton per acre. . . 



101 to 250 tilled acres 



225 pounds and less cotton per acre 

 225 to 300 pounds cotton per acre. . . 

 Over 300 pounds cotton per acre. . . 



Over 250 tilled acres 



225 pounds and less cotton per acre 

 225 to 300 pounds cotton per acre. . . 

 Over 300 pounds cotton per acre. - . 



All farms 



225 pounds and less cotton per acre 

 225 to 300 pounds cotton per acre. . . 

 Over 300 pounds cotton per acre . . . 



$462 



262 



389 



668 



1,369 



814 



1,109 



2,016 



3,987 



1,662 



3,601 



6,585 



1,665 



918 



1,248 



2,632 



sue 



7 

 22 



284 



508 

 34 



277 

 1,074 



970 

 -491 



766 

 2,577 



474 

 -161 



261 

 1,145 



4.1 

 1.4 

 2.7 

 6.7 

 7.5 

 3.6 

 6.0 

 11.1 

 7.2 

 3.7 

 6.9 

 9.3 

 7.0 

 3.5 

 6.0 

 9.5 



$1,064 

 726 

 1,304 

 1,861 

 2,841 

 1,649 

 3,083 

 4,037 

 9,661 

 7,224 

 10,264 

 12, 636 

 3,711 

 2,224 

 4,757 

 5,318 



$549 



321 



699 



1,101 



1,389 



420 



1,569 



2,378 



4,666 



2,417 



5,153 



7,537 



1,813 



751 



2,410 



3,156 



9.1 



6.5 

 10.2 

 12.5 

 10.6 



6.8 

 10.6 

 13.8 

 12.0 



9.1 

 12.6 

 15.5 

 11.3 



8.2 

 12.0 

 14.6 



$558 

 518 

 603 

 630 

 787 

 705 

 798 

 875 

 917 

 849 

 881 

 1,098 

 716 

 632 

 758 

 847 



Table 29. — Relation of size of farm and yield of cotton per acre to farm income, 

 labor income, and per cent return on capital on colored tenant farms, Sumter 

 County, Ga., 1913-1918. 





1913 



1918 





Farm 

 income. 



Labor 

 income. 



Per 

 cent 



return 

 on 



capital. 



Farm 

 income. 



Labor 

 income. 



Per 



cent 

 return 



on 

 capital. 



Family 

 living 



from 

 the 



farm. 





$346 

 215 

 313 

 520 

 782 

 325 

 723 

 1,014 

 556 

 253 

 511 

 803 



$205 



40 



200 



364 



470 



77 



374 



722 



332 



53 



284 



568 



8.2 

 1.3 

 8.4 

 15.0 

 12.7 

 4.8 

 9.7 

 19.3 

 U.2 

 2.8 

 9.4 

 18.1 



$806 



549 



855 



1,102 



1,986 



1,138 



2,175 



2,398 



1,545 



862 



1,741 



1,946 



$603 



365 



651 



872 



1,431 



668 



1,600 



1,806 



1,122 



526 



1,288 



1,480 



17.3 

 9.8 

 19.4 

 23.1 

 19.9 

 12.5 

 21.2 

 22.9 

 19.5 

 11.8 

 21.0 

 22.9 



$308 



150 pounds and less of cotton per acre 



151 to 225 pounds of cotton per acre 



Over 225 pounds of cotton per acre 



Over 50 tilled acres 



286 

 298 

 358 

 509 



150 pounds and less cotton per acre - 



151 to 225 pounds of cotton per acre 



Over 225 pounds of cotton per acre 



All farms . 



438 



542 

 523 

 434 



150 pounds and less of cotton per acre. .... 



151 to 225 pounds of cotton per acre 



Over 225 pounds of cotton per acre 



262 

 462 

 465 



From these tables it may readily be seen that both size of business 

 as measured by acres of tilled land and yield of lint cotton per acre 

 are very important factors influencing the farm earnings in Sum- 

 ter County. Obviously there is opportimity for greater earnings on 

 large farms than on small farms, although along with opportunity 

 for higher earnings on the large farm goes the greater risk, so that 

 the large farm poorly organized and managed stands to incur the 

 heavier loss when disaster comes. Within each size-group there was 

 a group of farms returning double the yields of another group, and 

 with much higher earnings. Thus opportunity for higher earnings 

 through better yields per acre is quite apparent. 



