52 BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 30.—Summary of the farm business, by size of farm and yield of cotten 
per acre, white-ouwner farms, Sumter County, Ga., 1918. 
Tilled area groups..-......-- 100 acres and under. 
225 226 225 
Yield, pounds, lint cotton...) or to one or 
less. 300. . less 
Number of farms.-........... 24 39 37 20 
Acres! per darm: 22 5252.82 136 125 102 280 
Per cent of farm area in— 
Pasture land........ Sora 7 15 8 7 
Tilledjland ~ -..5..-.2--<< 41 51 61 55 
Tilled land rented out-.-.-.... 2 4 2 4 
Crop area per farm........... 53 58 61 143 
Per cent of crop area in— 
Cottons. cP eee sess 50 47 50 57 
Corn St Se: eee 36 37 32 28 
Small grains............. 6 7 10 9 
Ojiiercrops=:.-8 342+ - 2s 8 9 8 6 
Used for second and inter- 
planted crops............-- 9 12 14 12 
Cotton per acre, pounds lint.. 188 258 371 188 
Corn per acre....... bushels... 10 12 14 11 
Fertilizer, crop acre, pounds. . 277 302 422 287 
Months of labor per farm.... 30 32 38 76 
Number work stock per farm. Zod |. | 2x4 2.6 5.1 
Capital per farm........... $3,641 | $5,251 | $5,480 /$11, 134 
Per cent of capital in— 
CERES OS nee 82 &2 79 83 
LL eg a 62 64 60 69 
Dwelling? <4 1 So 13 11 10 6 
Other buildings...... 7 7 9 
Working capital.......... 18 18 21 1 
Work stock.........- 6 6 7 
Other live stock. -.-... 2 2 2 
iMachinery=-----5-2-- 3 3 3 
Other wees see id 7 9 
Value real estate per acre...- $22 $34 $43 $3 
Receipts per farm......... $909 | $1,164 | $1,802 | $2,732 
Per cent of receipts from— 
Cotton and cotton seed. . 77 82 88 76 
COribtesy- F222 tls: 3 2 2 2 
Other crops: 2S Pe. 5 6 4 7 
Cattle and dairy products 3 2 1 3 
LOGS Hoyer ie So se co 1 2 3 7 
Poultry and eggs...-..... 2 2 1 2 
Opler ssc eee 9 4 1 3 
Farm expenses..........:.- $647 $775 | $1,134 | $1,918 
Per cent expense for— ; 
Hired-labor===. =. «cess 37 32 46 43 
Hamily: labor...) 2.8 7 10 2 5 
Repair and depreciation: 
Machinery..........-. 2 4 4 
Dwelling............ 4 4 3 
Other buildings...... 3 4) 4 
Repair fence, drain, etc... 3 1 | 2 
Feed bought............. 5 3 2 
seed. bought=5_/....L27.£ 1 i] 1 
Pergilizer =). 04s 1.) REG f 26 26 | 26 2 
Machine work hired..... 4 7 5 
Taxes and insurance..... 4 4 3 
Other: 4Q5--2-. ba. a. tf 2 4 2 
Per cent of receipts required 
for farm expemses.......... 71 67 63 7 
Harm incomes. .2- 0 ss2c.- $262 $389 $668 $814 
Interest on capital at 7%.-.-.- 255 367 384 780 
Lapor iscomey.----.. + ---- a 22 284 34 
Operator’s labor.........-.-. 213 246 294 418 
Per cent on capital........ 1.4 2.7 6.7 3.6 
Unpaid family labor. ......-. $46 $74 $27 $95 
Family income...........--. 308 | 463 695 909 
Tnterest.on indebtedness... -. 22, | 19 41 93 
101 to 250 acres. 
bo OO OV Or Ol He DD He 
Over 250 acres. 
a eee 
Over 
to 
300. | 300. 
| 
17 24 
1,109 1, 432 
4 3 
53 51 
15 14 
420 518 
57 62 
27 24 
10 10 
6 4 
13 11 
260 337 
14 20 
408 499 
208 79 
14.2 19.7 
‘$11, 885 ($13, 457 ($30,758 $40,501 | $57, 253 
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$3, 040 
$6,327 
83 83 
71 68 
3 4 
9 11 
17 17 
7 7 
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2 2 
7 8 
$30 $33 
$10,681 | $17, 822 
85 85 
3 3 
3 3 
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| $7,080 | $11,237 
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4 4 
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2 2 
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25 24 
3 4 
4 3 
3 3 
66 63 
$3,601 | $6,585 
2,835 | 4,008 
766 | 2,577 
808 | 1,241 
6.9 9.3 
Ow ewe aon 
3,610 | 6,585 
274 | 381 
1 Less than 1 per cent. 
