FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA.. 51 
yields per acre, and various other factors must be considered in con- 
nection with such comparisons. 
TABLE 28.—Relation of size of farm and yield of cotton per acre to farm income, 
labor income, and per cent return on capital on white-owner farms, Sumter 
County, Ga., 1913-1918. 
1913 1918 
Per Per | Family 
Farm | Labor | °€2t | Farm | Labor | Cent | living 
: return |. | return | from 
income.|income. on _|mcome. income. aa the 
capital.) capital. farm. 
100 tilled acres and under.............-....++- $462] $116| 4.1/ $1,064; $549| 9.1) $558 
225 pounds and less cotton per acre. ......| 262 7 1.4 726 321 6.5 518 
225 to 300 pounds cotton per acre.......... 389 22 2.7 | 1,304 699 10. 2 603 
Over 300 pounds cotton per acre........-.. 668 284 6.7 | 1,861, 1,101 12.5 630 
OR Co}250 triled ‘acress2- see. e = Meo 1,369 508 7.5 | 2,841] 1,389 10.6 787 
225 pounds and less cotton per acre--.-.... 814 34 3.6 | 1,649 6.8 705 
225 to 300 pounds cotton per acre..-....... 1,109 277 6.0 | 3,083 | 1,569 10.6 798 
Over 300 pounds cotton per acre-....-....- 2,016 | 1,074 11.1 | 4,037 |. 2,378 13.8 875 
Over Zo0 tilledacres: 2. s22-.2-) 5.2 --as---- 3, 987 970 7.2 | 9,661 | 4,666 12.0 917 
225 pounds and less cotton per acre-.-....-. 1,662 | —491 SaCe lh ade zed |e Ake 9.1 849 
225.to 300 pounds cotton per acre.-.--...--.- 3,601 766 6.9 | 10,264 | 5,153 12.6 881 
Over 300 pounds cotton per acre.-.......-- 6,585 | 2,577 9.3 | 12,636 | 7,537 15.5 1,096 
PAUP ISEM Se ee ee eae tee Reece maw eee = 1,665 474 @-0))) jonabio | 181s IL-3 716 
225 pounds and less cotton per acre-.--.-.. 918 |} —161 3.5 | 2,224 751 8.2 632 
225 to 300 pounds cotton per acre........-- 1, 248 261 6.0 | 4,757 | 2,410 12.0 758 
Over 300 pounds cotton per acre. ......-.. 2,632 | 1,145 9.5 | 5,318 | 3,156 14.6 847 
TABLE 29.—Relation of size of farm and yield of cotton per acre to farm income, 
labor income, and per cent return on capital on colored tenant farms, Sumter 
County, Ga., 1913-1918. 
1913 1918 
Per Per yamiy 
Farm | Labor _°62t | farm | Labor | Ce@t | living 
. F | return |. — | return | from 
income.|income. “(,, |income. income. “>, FHA 
capital |capital. farm 
———— ee eee | 
50 tilled acres and less..--................-.-- $346 $205 8.2 $806 $603 17.3 $308 
150 pounds and less of cotton per acre... .. 215 40 1.3 549 365 9.8 286 
151 to 225 pounds of cotton per acre......-. 313 200 8.4 855 | 651 19.4 298 
Over 225 pounds of cotton per acre........ 520 364 15.0 | 1,102 | 872 23.1 358 
Over stilled-acres = 5.42 2252 tbs. 2: 782 470 12.7] 1,986; 1,431 19.9 509 
150 pounds and less cotton per acre....... | 325 77 4.8} 1,138 668 12:5 | 428 
151 to 225 pounds of cotton per acre-...... 723 374 9.7 | 2,175; 1,600 21.2 542 
Over 225 pounds of cotton per acre........ | 1,014 722 19.3 | 2,398 | 1,806 22.9 523 
PR AP ENS epee ms pee So 556 332 11.2} 1,545 | 1,122 19.5 34 
150 pounds and less of cotton per acre. .-.. 253 53 2.8 862 526 11.8 362 
151 to 225 pounds of cotton per acre...-.-.-. 511 284 9.4} 1,741 | 1,288 21.0 462 
Over 225 pounds of cotton per acre.......-. 803 568 18.1} 1,946 | 1,480 22.9 465 
From these tables it may readily be seen that both size of business 
as measured by acres of tilled land and yield of lint cotton per acre 
are very important factors influencing the farm earnings in Sum- 
ter County. Obviously there is opportunity for greater earnings on 
large farms than on small farms, although along with opportunity 
for higher earnings on the large farm goes the greater risk, so that 
the large farm poorly organized and managed stands to incur the 
heavier loss when disaster comes. Within each size-group there was 
a group of farms returning double the yields of another group, and 
with much higher earnings. Thus opportunity for higher earnings 
through better yields per acre is quite apparent. 
