UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 651 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 

 W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



May 8, 1918 



A FARM-MANAGEMENT STUDY 



IN ANDERSON COUNTY 



SOUTH CAROLINA 



Br 



A. G. SMITH, Agriculturist 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Summary 



Description of the Area 



General Characteristics of the Farms 

 Cost of Producing Crops ...... 



Methods of Measuring Success in Farm- 

 ing ... . 



Pago 



Yields 11 



Acres per Work Animal and Size of 



Faints 17 



Combination of Enterprises • . . . . 22 

 Crop Rotation 32 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



