UNITED STATES DEPAKTM^NT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1034 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics 

 G. W. FORSTER, Acting Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



June 28, 1922 



FARM MANAGEMENT AND 

 FARM ORGANIZATION IN SUMTER COUNTY 



GEORGIA 



AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS OF 534 

 FARMS IN 1913, AND 550 FARMS IN 1918 



By 



H. W. HAWTHORNE, Assistant Farm Economist 

 H. M. DIXON, Associate Farm Economist, and 

 FRANK MONTGOMERY, Assistant Farm Economist 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Summary of Results 3 



Area Studied 5 



Utilization of the Land 7 



Farm Organization and Business Analysis 



of Farms 8 



Size of Farms 10 



Crops Grown and Yields^ 11 



Receipts 21 



Expenses. 25 



Capital 28 



Farm Organization and Business Analysis 



of Farms— continued. 



Farm Earnings 31 



Family Farms 38 



Choice of Enterprises 43 



Diversity 46 



Factors Affecting Successful Operation of 



These Farms 50 



Bearing of Farm Organization on Cost of 



Producing Cotton 58 



Appendix 72 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1922 



