FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 35 
The earnings of landlords in this region vary considerably from 
year to year, and almost directly as the price of cotton varies. With 
but very few exceptions, the landlords rented for a specified amount 
of lint cotton. Ordinarily the rent is based upon the number of 
mules necessary to operate the farm, and ranges from 2 to 3 bales 
per mule. 
The earnings returned to landlords on many of these farms are not 
comparable with the earnings of landlords in the northern States. 
More or less supervision is given many of these tenants. The land- 
Jord in many cases gives security for tenants’ credit or gives orders 
on stores for provisions and other supplies, settling with the tenants 
when the cotton is sold. 
TABLE 14.—The distribution of farms by the amount of labor income, Sumter 
County, Ga., 534 farms in 1913 and 550 in 1918. 
Per cent of total farms. 
White-tenant farms. Colored-tenant farms. 
White- Su Colored- 
Labor income. owner SoS owner 
farms. Farm.1 Tenant. farms. Farm. Tenant. 
1913 | 1918 | 1913 | 1918 } 1913 | 1918 | 1913 | 1918 | 1913 | 1918 | 1913 | 1918 
More than $10,000..........]..2--- Ea aha Sag a ea Pca LNW eae Fates Bal ere a eles 
$5,001 to $10,000........-... O70 alba eae eeSoel lawaosc S$ @Oillossces Pas Lat eee OL GH ea ae 0.6 
$4,001 to $5,000...........-- AT Nea Ds Maley sonia CASIO VEE) SEY a Ne AGS US SE | FSS a eR a ere 
$3,001 to $4,000. ..........-. Selle Os Lal eee LOMA ce brAdleze 8 G Ay (ae ae sts, ona eG .6 
$2,501 to $3,000............. 2.6} 4.3] 2.0 PAS ies Oni lecertag ail eee Deals ewes toene OAs ere 1.2 
$2,001 to $2,500............- Tb COS CEI SMS AE Gee G52) ee ON OMeeiaeal hese 4,2 
$1,501 to $2,000............- Bea Tel bat a hae: SEOn ees Laplante Pe lhal beer dls |b casts 9 dle Uh Use 
$1,001 to $1,500. .......2.2.. 7.8} 86] 4.1] 14.3] 82] 19.6] 12.9 | 20.8] 5.4] 20.5] 4.3] 13.3 
$501 to $1,000...........-..-- 14.2 | 16.1) 24.5 | 19.6 | 20.4 | 16.1 ; 19.4 | 16.7; 14.0 |] 32.5] 11.8 33. 2 
SCO $500) 225 8s eae 32.5 | 28.9 | 49.0 | 21.4 | 57.1 | 21.4 | 32.3 | 35.4 | 67.2 | 21.7 | 72.0] 32.5 
—$0 to —$500-........2.--26. 24.6] 8.9] 16.3] 8.9] 8.2] 12.5 | 29 8.3 | 11.8} 1.8] 10.8 6.6 
— $501 to —$1,000..........- FSS Wl Vee SA | eH i 1 te SRF re ANNE eG Pee .6 
—$1,001 to —$1,500......... 2.6 bod) ecetle cesta lowes GsAecles betel So Mere le eee 
eb oO lebOr— oe, O00 Meech sats (ooh 5) 4e)| 0 Deel ele he eee ee eT ee pe SOU eee eral eee 
— $2,001 to —$2,500......... rey | ane Sil a LA, lM Kec sm ce (veneer WM len a SS 
—$2,501 to —$3,000......... 4 Ee Se NN ee Se TO inset eae TAN alt Moers ORR ci ha Uc eae bye a 
—$3,001 to —$4,000.......-./...... 3 Re a UNI DP er AR bc one IL ee de dae 
Totalnumber offarms.| 268 280 49 56 49 | 56 31 48 186 166 186 166 
1 Tenant’s and landlord’s labor income combined. 
3 FAMILY INCOME. 
The family income, as previously stated, is discussed from the 
standpoint of the net returns available to pay living expenses, in- 
terest on indebtedness, and provide savings. Farms with large capi- 
tal may show relatively low labor incomes or low per cent return on 
capital, and yet, if free from debt, have relatively high incomes. 
From the standpoint of the operators of small farms, and especially 
that of most of the colored operators, many of whom have rather 
large families that do a large amount of the farm work, the family 
income is the item of most concern to the family welfare. For these 
reasons it is desirable to show the family income. (See Table 12.) 
Further data on family income are shown in Tables 30 and 31, pages 
52 and 53. 
