FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 45 
different classes of farmers are fairly constant, but the prices of 
different commodities show wide variation. Cotton and cotton seed 
were over 100 per cent higher in 1918 than in 1913, while prices of 
corn, oats, cowpeas, and hogs increased considerably less. 
TABLE 23.—Average prices received for products sold, Sumter County, Ga., 534 
e farms in 1913 and 550 in 1918. 
White-tenant : Colored-tenant 
White farms. Colored farms. 
owner owner 
farms. arms 
Tenant. |Landlord. Tenant. |Landlord 
; 1913. 
Selling price: 
COGEONIS eS tt cates oe per pound..} $0.123 $0. 123 $0. 123 $0. 119 $0. 120 $0. 120 
Wottoniseed: fats saks sok ce- perton..| 26.25 29s 9B =i | eras eee 23. 09 PABST WBE soc 
WONT ieee nods daiise dusk per bushel... . 94 29635) AE AEG. «98 sD5N. acrnenmete 
ORT Sate ee NN Sain Naiate stew es do.... .70 SICOt le see AaG|naae chen aces cia ale teers miere 
NAGE Seas Gera ere mane 5 Pian res LESTE RN Me ne ts CORN PS |S ak el Cade Lae 
UY CRs ae Nae Wats cei tenn Uranate do POY Shale BESO AUR as oe et a ra a malo | Miceaneey MIL ee 
Wow CAISCOd as paeiscsicenistoan ene Ox 2) 2B ikall socks wee eee eee 1.56 AR SIF | Seis he 
DYNA oe ciscea caleeneciwcas per ton 19. 70 LOROO MS 2 ote Pearse eee tare geee ens | ak eee 
IBOATS ard clad Seinincinaia dace ane AO COR Ieee 4 Aa sted En AN Pant tena raeette Leh Al ce ecb | MERC Doas Silage wD) 
Siruprtss fe eeettee ea: per ¢ gallon... . 52 sO Soa oe .53 Palsy bo Siena 
Sweet potatoes............ per bushel. - . 92 nha | Bee eee .99 6958 || see oe 
1918. 
Selling price: 
Colton st ees oes5 see per pound.. . 298 . 288 . 290 . 285 . 288 291 
CotlOnmbsled 2 sc cjcc ccc oer per ton..| 69.07 Ge Sta eee ee 65. 87 665355 |S asce eee 
WORME ESN eciat esto nen. per bushel. . 1. 44 dT eatoy el bese Ba ie 1. 43 BSB) lnae aos soc 
(CERISE Sains Pees Ser oe eels do.... 1.11 Ie atl lee RSS? tae oH Re ener a nea See Sa! 
\ Wi seaman aeeramermeeGanerc dom 2. 27 Qs 58°s | So eee 228 ci apres - ER EER OE ss 
IEUVIC Sameera Gate f aia.c wette persis nee dow TO heed AI Preise Iles ahi te Se | epee mie |e ire oe 2 GLa ak 5. 
Cowpeaiseed en tos seen e. cone: dow 2. 11 PAE S| Se 2.25 Por Resets ect 
18 Bi fae Sees Sei a Saar san eas era per ton.. 25. 87 PARA Sigel I ik Peete ee eres Me Oe Sia ee eee Bel hee aes ae 
Reaniitstecscoccsc cece ec eee O....| 99.48 LO A eal lees ashe icess| einer Oot o asl Geese aoe 
SINUP Ieee ee os cee ohs per gallon. x ela eat a ay Lis a eater te inal OLS pee 
Sweet potatoes............ per bushel... 1.02 eee ee ee 1.34 SECON Utes See 
TABLE 24.—Average farm prices in Georgia, 1911-1920. 
[Data from Bureau of Crop Estimates.] 
1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 
Cotton...-.. pound..} $0. 102 | $0.118 | $0. 128 | $0.078 | $0.115 | $0.192 | $0. 290 | $0. 290 | $0.374 | $0. 169 
Cotton seed...-ton..| 18.18 | 22.11 | 25.16 | 21.45 | 37.68 | 57.09 | 69.38 | 67.88 | 73.71 26. 50 
Cornm=e. bushel..| . 93 ..92 . 95 . 93 . 90 1. 32 1. 80 1s. 1. 94 1.33 
Oates ees dos (Al . 65 . 66 . 70 . 67 . 86 ile) 1.10 1g 7Al 1.08 
Wheat.......- do....} 1.20 EAA 1. 20 1.33 1, 28 2. 02 2. 66 PA 2. 66 2. 52 
Rivenat sake do....| 1.41 1. 37 1.18 1515 1.18 1.47 2.16 2. 06 2.27 PPA L 
Cowpeas.....- Cl eee eer IA No | 2. 02 2. 34 2. 50 3. 78 Deak: 
(Haye. faces 2: ton. .| 19.13 18. 28 17. 23 E25 16. 01 17. 60 20. 92 25. 79 29. 72 23. 83 
Peanuts....pound..| .056 - 055 . 056 - 054 . 052 - 062 - 078 070 - 105 054 
= .-bushel..| . 95 . 80 86 . 84 74 1.05 1. 26 1. 40 1. 47, 1.10 
OFSSe se aioe ccle eee 
‘hundredweight..| 6.52 | 6.94 re chy eeepc. 7.16 9.42 | 14.67 | 15.02 | 13.36 10. 42 
Beef cattle.......... 
7.10 5. 28 
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Or 
pe) 
hundredweight..| 3.62 3. 83 4, 38 4,41 4,31 5. 57 Ue 22 
1 The price for each year is the average monthly price from September of one year to August of the fol- 
lowing year. 
The data in Table 24 and figure 7, giving the average farm prices 
in Georgia of some of the more important farm products for the 
period 1911 to 1920, show that prices in 1913 were typical of normal 
conditions for the period 1911 to 1915, while prices in 1918 were typi- 
cal of the period 1916 to 1920. In 1919 prices were highest, and all 
