FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMMER COUNTY, GA. 5*7 



Did the farms with the high yields grovo^ a greater diversity of 

 crops than those with the law yields? 



With the exception of the large-size group of farms, the data show 

 about the same percentage of the crop acreage in cotton for the farms 

 with the high yields as for those with the low yields. However, on 

 the farms with the high yields a greater percentage of the crop land 

 was utilized in growing second and interplanted crops, thus effecting 

 greater diversification without cutting down the cotton acreage. 

 While the farmers with the high yields devoted no greater propor- 

 tion of their acreage to growing crops other than cotton than the 

 farmers with low yields, yet they had more crop acres, and with the 

 advantage of higher yields were able to sell more of all kinds of 

 crops and more live stock and live-stock products. 



Did the farmers with high yields of cotton give less attention to 

 growing home suyylies^ thus making it necessary to expend more 

 cash for the family living than those with low yields? 



No. The farmers with high yields of cotton not only sold more 

 cotton and more products other than cotton, but they produced more 

 for family use than those with low yields. On the high-yielding 

 farms the family living from the farm was valued at over $100 more 

 per farm than on low-yielding farms of similar size, and on the large 

 farms with high yields more than twice as much was produced for 

 family living as on the small farms with low yields. 



Did the farm^ers with high yields make their gains hy spending less 

 money than those with low yields orhy m^aking the money expended 

 count for more per dollar in the operation of thsir business? 



The data show that for each size group of farms and for both 

 years the farmers with the good yields spent more money in the 

 operation of their farms, often 50 per cent more per acre, than the 

 farmers with the low yields. This difference in expense was largely 

 for labor and fertilizer. The farmers with the good yields had rela- 

 tively less expense for feed. Justification for the increased expense 

 may be found by comparing the percentage of receipts required for 

 expenses for the various groups of farms shown in Tables 30 and 

 31. The operators of the most profitable farms, small, medium, or 

 large, having the largest business turnover and having increased 

 their receipts in greater proportion than their expenses, received the 

 largest returns as pay for their own labor and management and inter- 

 est on capital. 



Did the farmers on poorly organized farms with low earnings value 

 their own labor as high as those on the better-organized farms with 

 more satisfactory earnings? 



No. The operators of the farms with the low yields valued their 

 own labor and management lower than those with the high yields. 



