FARM-MANAGEMENT STUDY IN ANDERSON CO., S. C. 7 



$7,748; live stock, .$596; implements, $173; feed and supplies, $250; 

 and working fund, $176. The average value of the land was $57.05 

 per acre. The average rental value of the crop land was $4.23 per 

 acre. The land in cultivation was planted in crops (see fig. 3) in the 

 following percentages: Cotton, 63.1; corn, 23.6; oats, 12.1; wheat, 

 1.8; and miscellaneous crops, 0.4. One per cent of the crop area was 

 planted in corn after a small-grain crop. Cowpeas, other than 

 those grown in corn and following some other crop, were grown on 

 9 per cent of the crop area. All the farms (see Table I) planted 

 cotton and corn. More than half planted oats for hay and more 



CROP 



£, 



PERCENTAGE OFTOTALAREA 

 IO ZO 30 40 50 60 70 



COTTON 



CORN 



OATS 



WHEAT 



MISCEL. 



COWPEAS 



63.1 

 23.6 



1Z.I 

 ..8 

 A 

 9.0 



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 1 



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Fig. 3.— Land in crops. 



than one- third oats for grain. Also, more than one- third of the farm 

 planted cowpeas unmixed with another crop, for hay alone, while 19 

 farms planted cowpeas separately for seed. Twenty-one farms grew 

 wheat. 



Table I . — Number of farms planting each specified crop, acres per farm, and yield per acre. 



Item. 



Cotton. 



Corn. 



Oats. 



Oat hay. 



Cowpea 

 hay. 



Cowpea 

 seed. 



Wheat. 



Irish 

 potatoes 

 (1915). 



Number of farms planting 



112 



40 



Pounds. 



233 



112 

 15 



Bushels. 

 16. S 



41 

 8.6 



Bushels. 

 21.7 



68 



7.3 



Tons. 



0.79 



39 

 9.9 



Tons. 

 0.73 



19 



4.4 



Bushels. 



4.9 



21 



.6 



Bushels. 



6.0 



14 



1.5 



Yield per acre 



Bushels. 



84. 7 







The average acreage of cotton per farm was 40 and of corn 15. 

 None of the other crops averaged as much as 10 acres per farm. 

 Cotton yielded 233 pounds of net lint per acre, corn 16.6 bushels, 

 and oats 21.7 bushels. Oat and cowpea hay each approximated three- 

 fourths of a ton per acre, while cowpea seed made 4.9 bushels and 

 wheat 6 bushels per acre. Many other miscellaneous crops were also 

 planted. The most important of these included cowpeas for hay 

 and seed combined grown on 25 farms, and cowpeas with sorghum, 

 grown on 10 farms. Some cowpeas were also planted in corn for 

 seed and soil improvement. Besides these crops, small patches of 

 sorghum were grown for sirup and stock feed; and sweet potatoes, 

 Irish potatoes, and truck were planted both for home use and for a 

 limited sale in the towns. A small amount of fruit was also pro- 

 duced, and practically every farmer had a garden. 



