34 BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
ing over $2,000 labor income in 1913, 19 had over 250 acres of crops, 
and of the 104 in 1918 43 had over 250 acres of crops. (See Tables 
28 and 29 (p. 51) for the average earnings of different sized white 
owner and colored tenant farms.) 
PER CENT RETURN ON CAPITAL, 
The return on capital was over one-half more for each tenure in 
1918 than in 1913. (See Table 12.) 
The landlords contribute mainly capital to the farming business, 
and their earnings are measured by per cent returned on capital. 
The landlords renting to white operators had an average capital of 
$4,795 per tenant in 1913, returning 6.4 per cent, and of $8.037 per 
tenant in 1918, returning 9.4 per cent. Landlords renting to colored 
operators had an average capital of $2,719 per tenant in 1913, return- 
ing 8.6 per cent, and of $4,991 per tenant in 1918, returning 14.1 per 
cent. 
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TABLE 13.—The distribution of farms by the amount of farm income, Sumter 
County, Ga., 534 farms in 1913 and 550 in 1918. 
| Tenant farms. 
Owner farms. ; i 
i Totaltenant | Tenant’s Landlord’s 
ee ET farms. share. share. 
1913 | 1918 | 1913 | 1918 | 1913 | 1918 | 1913 | 1918 
WHITE FARMERS. | 
Number of farms.......2.......---2---] 268 280 49 56 | 49 | 56 | 49 | 56 
Per ct.| Per ct.| Perct.| Perct.| Perd.| Perd.| Percd.| Pad 
Ower SOU0O0 SF 24h! “FOr tL Vel Eee iL SOPRA AT Tit Sveais reer ss s_ 265 AI ee ae 
SUV TITG ES. PUT GRR nN 0.7 Ae) ie ed eee ieee Be eS 
7.508 CoSi0000. Fe) ELC 2.2 Bod WO . aes © SWCLLOG |oi Get) i aeaees 
S5MNT LOR OD eee ae | ae EE 7 ig 1h) (REE eae) ES | SOs ee 
$1001 to $5,000.06. 0 Sa as an] On siii2 oohos4t 6 | acg Wie taal ede 
SORT PACS pe i rT pasa 8 eae a ee ae ay eee 3.6 
525010053. 00085485. I) Oe 4.5 5.4 2.0) 3.6 2.0 Whi aes Bee 3.6 
STEN ote pee ON me Nr NDE Sey BS ae | 12 | £1)  ¥ots|cte eee 
S(0l to s2, 0006). k . SATAY 4 7.5 9.6 6.1 | 16.1 ZN Sona), SIT 3.6 
SOU Cost 00 = ete Se 1722 | dda 3 Ges 6.1} “2141= 2008 8.9 
Sal to $1000 8 Acs! beriai¢ 19.8] 17.5] 22.5 | 176 | 2.5 WL) 245) 375 
EEO ST SS Re EE RC 28.0) d2te | 40 16.9" ~ Sola ee 41.0 
Bie SAI. 52. 2.1551 eye ee 3.0 Tai We [See ice). 6.1 (At pera ea! 1.8 
== I ee TT ee Bee ee EBS Le /<s_ eee | Nets: Eeapre Eee eee 13840123 See 
COLORED FARMERS. | | 
Number offarms..:_._......-...-.--- i ee 186 166 186 166 186 166 
Per ct Per ct.| Per ct. | Per ct. | Perct.| Perd.| Perd | Per ct 
PUL COD1 M00 e - oe nne oe oe eaecenes|=se—cs--) st eee ees Cf xO. GT). S22 538 Hip |/2eseste Pile sete 
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STA on: ire es Te eel are R Falea ss sae Osa eee eee AY fee se ea 
BEANO ODD oe aE er 3.2 LH) 0.5 BoA |S Eales 1.2 
Sra 53,000 13 eee ees Fa iS dee ee 5 Tae Peete ys et ae 
Bi AN ED Se 7a ae new | 2:7] 229 38) 95 eee 4.8 
SLOT tp $1, SOD Tt!) ters Ok losis. | %.8}] 125 7.0, 24.7 4.84) 36-9 4NE nace 15.1 
STG TT ee eee ee | 719.4) |. 20-8 b= BA Drege iad he SiO eesaene 40.4 
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50) £0) — Seta ee Po ae on eal cope seculackeeeee 1,5: Ab2 8.1 _ Fearn cancel See 
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