FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 



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Table 38. — Percentage distribui 

 for Sumter County, Ga 



ion of the items of cost in producing 

 ., 534 farms in 1913 and 550 in 1918. 



cotton 





White-owner 

 farms. 



White-tenant farms. 





Total farm costs. 



Tenant 



's costs. 





1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 





$39.04 

 .122 



$76. 95 

 .246 



829.38 

 .110 



$55.55 

 .206 



82L84 

 .103 



$42.49 



Average total cost per poiuid of lint 



.200 



PercentaL'e of total cost represented by: 

 Labor- 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



37.0 



9.2 



Per cent. 

 24.7 

 19.0 



Per cent. 

 33.3 

 19.3 



Per cent. 

 32.8 

 25.3 



Per cent. 



Cash 



33.3 



9.8 







23.4 







Total 



43.1 



46.2 



43.7 



52.6 



58.1 



63.8 









15.8 

 6.1 

 2.1 



12.3 

 5.2 

 2.1 



16.0 

 5.8 

 2.0 



10.4 

 5.8 

 L7 



2L3 



7.4 



.5 



12.6 





7.0 





.5 







Interest on capital— 



Casb 



2.6 

 22.2 



l.S 



24.7 



.5 

 2L3 



17.5 



.6 

 3.7 



4.9 









Total 



24.8 



26.2 



2L8 



17.5 



4.3 



4.9 







Other costs- 

 Cash 



7.7 

 .4 



7.6 

 .4 



8.9 



L8 



7.8 

 4.2 



7.8 

 .6 



9.9 





L3 







Total 



8.1 



8.0 



10.7 



12.0 



8.4 



11.2 







Total costs: 



Cash 



67.6 

 32.4 



05.7 

 34.3 



57.9 

 42.1 



59.0 

 41.0 



70.4 

 29.6 



70.4 





29.6 







Total ,.. 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 









Colored-owner 

 farms. 



Colored-tenant farms. 





Total farm costs. 



Tenant 



's costs. 





1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 



1913 



1918 





$25. 18 

 .118 



$5L61 

 .223 



$25.57 

 .105 



!»46.81 

 .192 



$19. 82 

 .106 



$35. 43 



Average total cost per pound of lint 



.209 



Percentage of total cost represented by: 

 Labor- 

 Cash 



Per cent. 

 18.6 

 22.3 



Per cent. 

 23.6 

 23.4 



Per cent. 

 9.7 

 34.8 



Per cent. 

 12.7 

 36.2 



Per cent. 

 12.3 

 44.1 



Per cent. 

 16.4 





46.8 









Total 



40.9 



47.0 



44.5 



48.9 



56.4 



63.2 







Fertilizer, cash 



14.2 

 6.7 

 2.1 



14.3 

 5.3 

 2.2 



16.5 

 5.7 

 2.1 



13.4 

 6.2 

 1.7 



20.9 



7.3 



.6 



16.9 





8.0 





.6 







Interest on capital- 

 Cash 



5.0 

 21.3 



1.6 



21.8 



.9 



20.4 



.1 



22.7 



LI 

 2.9 



.1 



Noncash 



5.1 







Total 



26.3 



23.4 



21.3 



22.8 



4.0 



5.2 







Other costs- 

 Cash 



7.9 

 L9 



6.8 

 1.0 



8.0 

 L9 



6.7 

 .3 



8.3 

 2.5 



5.3 





.8 







Total 



9.8 



7.8 



9.9 



7.0 



10.8 



6.1 







Total costs: 



Cash 



54.5 

 45.5 



53.8 

 46.2 



42.9 

 57.1 



40.8 

 59.2 



50.5 

 49.5 



47.3 





52.7 







Total 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 







I Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



