38 BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
RELATION OF CAPITAL TO FARM INCOME AND LABOR INCOME. 
The average-owner farm with less than $5,000 capital in this area 
returns a very small farm income or labor income. (See Table 17.) 
Owner farms with capital of $25,000 or more are on the average re- 
turning very good profits. The tenant beginning farming with less 
than $500 capital has little chance to make more than hired man’s 
wages, but with $1,000 or over he makes on the average much above 
hired man’s wages. For farmers with little capital the possibilities 
are much greater in renting than in owning farms. 
TABLE 17. —Relation of tutian to farm income and labor income, white owners 
and colored tenants, Sumter County, Ga. 
White owners. 
Capital. Farm income. | Labor income. 
| 
1913 1918 1913 | 1918 
SHVO AMA ESS ists cose ee so Sale = Seale ee SSIES OES Meee ne 
SHOU TOS Q0025 + hobs st gee - a S28 Be EESR, ee Ee ce) 
31,001 to $2,000 Pipe, (eR aS” Seren EW NRE Te coe $222 $359 $67 $210 
$2,001, 60'$3;000. 3. F .. 32:c¢7 ca3-032 ae - = SSE. ee - SSE 
SS OO TSC OSS Oe cps cen os eee oe ee are or Say ee ae 464 663 193 382 
$5: 00DCO:S9 5000 geen ces Leen. SEER SE, AeA eee 813 1,115 365 645 
SSOUT-TOSTAFO00 ae cece sd nS cates one coins eee ee Se Pee 1, 210 1, 806 417 1, 035 
$14°00160'$25 000. oe Lat St ery. es 2 eee - BESS ee 1,682 2, 400 435 1, 093 
SZ OUTTCO;BOOTOOO a arenas cetera ae ere Se eae ee 3, 265 4,636 902 220 
$50, 001 to $100, O00 2 qscoe ei ct bees dee chy Bo a= eee ae 5, 940 9, 766 1,154 4, 806 
Over S1OO000 252. SO | AR SRR Eee? 0s ges eee 15,025 | _ 19, 364 3, 189 8, 895 
Colored tenants. 
Capital. Farm income. Labor income. 
1913 1918 1913 1918 
S500Kam dM eSS oe os cee ps A EEE en. pt ae ee Se $223 $300 $202 $278 
SOOEEOFSIS 000. 5\ oe. 5G. Se SOAs ees ee eee SE Bases oe 498 580 449 533 
SOOM TOS 27000 Sor. 42 PARE EUS Ste Ts Siew Eat eek eee ep Sa 576 1,053 482 959 
SHO WHOSS 000... Lew etal | ey sere EE 1,759 1, 942 1, 598 1,774 
S35 OOTUO SS O00 So ee hes ee oe PAN ne ol DRY IN e B e 1, 958 
S5OOIETC OS OOOO oe es ets ss So te epee es ere eet en gare rept! | Seeing) arpa fo eS ace 
SHOOT OST D5 OOO Sse sicker Ss Hawa wmv re Soe eee el a A Ne cas Be nL faye ag | ney ee | pe 
S15 O01-CO S25; 000228. os see 2a oS oR oe ad BS A I oe |e ee |e 
$2 OOLTO/S505000 is oct ae Soc ae oe ee ee ee eo eee eee 
SSN OOLTOS1OO 000 Sach eos PERE hoc Soe Sk | Sn See | eee 
OV eriS100 000s. Gece ence Sa cS a A Re Se ee eee 
FAMILY FARMS. 
Family farms, those operated with the labor of the farmer and 
his family, are of such interest generally that the organization and 
earnings of the family farms included in this study may well be 
briefly discussed separately. 
Usually the size of these farms are such as require from 12 to 24 
months of man labor per year. Fewer acres of crops can be operated 
with the labor of the farmer and his family in Sumter County than in 
