FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 53 
TABLE 31.—Summary of the farm business, by size of farm and yield of cotton 
per acre, white-owner farms, Sumter County, Ga., 1918. 
Tilled area groups.-......-.-. 100 acres and under. 101 to 250 acres. Over 250 acres. 
225 226 225 226 i 225 226 
Yield, pounds lint cotton....| — or to ie or to eer or to as 
less. 300. 4 less 300 less 300 j 
Number offarms..........-- 70 29 21 35 29 29 25 27 15 
PNCHESHD CH LAD a eetecte sels clea a ( 107 118 123 308 267 269 | 1,446] 1,064 1, 085 
Per cent offarm areain— 
Pastureland............. 14 14 8 11 14 13 11 8 a 
Tilledland.............. 54 58 56 53 63 60 41 56 55 
Tilledland rented out....... 3 2 2 7 5 8] 12 9 17 
Crop area perfarm........... 55 66 66 143 156 141 422 491 410 
Per cent of crop areain— 
Cotton 22525 ea ea 35 35 31 34 40 37 31 45 35 
Corns A see ee: 43 43 41 43 36 38 33 33 39 
Small grains............. 8 9 14 12 13 14 12 12 14 
Other crops.........--... 14 13 14 11 11 11 24 10 12 
Used for second and inter- 
planted crops............-- 40 40 48 39 35 47 44 33 52 
Cotton per acre.poundslint. . 172 256 360 185 265 357 188 261 355 
Corn per acre......-.. bushel. . 12 14 15 11 14 20 14 15 17 
Fertilizer, crop acre. pounds. . 147 200 175 165 219 251 227 302 319 
Months oflabor...perfarm. . 27 35 37 64 80 82 165 257 248 
Number workstockperfarm. . 2.2 2.7 2.8 5.3 5.4 5.7 14.0 17.3 14.0 
Capital perfarm........... $5, 780 | $8,650 ($10, 858 |$17, 553 |$21, 626 |$23, 698 |$68, 664 |$73,017 | $72, 849 
Per cent of capitalin— c 
UCOUCSEALE Rs oe ek 79 79 82 83 8&3 81 87 86 86 
Mande eee 59 59 64 64 64 61 74 73 73 
Dwelling............ 12 12 9 9 8 10 3 3 4 
Other buildings...... 8 8 9 10 11 10 10 9 8 
Working capital.......... 21 21 18 17 17 19 13 16 16 
Workstock.......... 6 6 5 5 5 6 4 5 4 
Otherlivestock..... 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 
Machinery........... 3 2 2 2 2 2 |. 2 1 2 
Others aa 9 10 8 7 8 8 5 7 8 
Valuerealestate...per acre... $43 $58 $72 $47 $68 $71 $41 $58 $57 
Receipts perfarm.......... $1, 601 | $2,755 | $3,504 | $4,451 | $7,409 | $8,703 |$16, 082 |$24, 866 | $26,395 
Per cent of receipts from— 
Cotton and cotton seed - . 71 73 74 69 75 75 57 82 75 
(CONDE E Se SARA COBHOTESon 3 4 5 5 4 4 7 4 7 
Peanuts 2248 foot S52 FS 5 5 4 3 5 2 10 1 2 
Other crops.............- 6 4 3 5 5 4 7 4 4 
Cattleand dairy products. 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 (1) 
ORS eres ae oS a a eS 8 8 9 9 a 10 6 3 3 
Poultry and eggs........ 1 1 1 1 le) (2) CY) @) 
OX =) Persia nes ees herent 3 3 2 6 2 11 
SS) eS ee ees eee ee SS a SS ES 
Farm expenses.............. $875 | $1,451 | $1,643 | $2,802 | $4,326 | $4,666 | $8, 858 ($14, 602 | $13, 759 
Per cent expenses for— 
Hired labor.............. 39 48 53 54 59 60 52 59 59 
Family labor............ 10 5 2 3 2 1 1 (1) (@) 
Repairand depreciation: 
Machinery...2574 . 52% 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 
Dwelling............ 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 
Other buildings...... 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 4 4 
Repairfence, drain, ete..| (3) (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 Pie @ 
Feed bought............. 3 (@) 1 1 1 (1) 1 (1) () 
Seed bought............. 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 
Mertilizertsiss4k Pos 3. . 19 18 14 18 16 16 20 21 20 
Machine work hired..... 5 5 6 4 5 5 3 3 3 
‘Taxes and insurance... 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 
Ofher ae ee: 3 5 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 
Per cent ofreceipts required 
forfarm expenses.......... 55 53 47 63 58 54 5 59 52 
Farmincome..... Peat EAE. $726 | $1,304 | $1, 861 | $1,649 | $3,083 | $4,037 | $7,224 |$10, 264 | $12, 636 
Interest on capital, at 7 
DOECENES ese Ee 405 605 760 | 1,229} 1,514] 1,659|] 4,807] 5,111 5, 099 
Laborincome............... 321 699 | 1,101 420 | 1,569} 2,378] 2,417| 5,153 7, 537 
Operator’slabor............. 350 420 498 451 790 758 972 | 1,037 1,355 
Per cent on capital......... 6.5 10.2 12.5 6.8 10.6 13.8 9.1 12.6 15.5 
Unpaidfamily labor......... $85 $65 $29 $92 $62 $36 $113 $39 $29 
Familyincome..........-..- 811 | 1,369] 1,890] 1,741] 3,145] 4,073 | 7,337 | 10,303 | 12,665 
Interest onindebtedness..... 9 22 17 38 44 64 478 276 277 
Family living from the farm. 518 603 630 705 798 875 849 881 1, 096 
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