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groups of farms shown in the table did not return over $500 labor 
income, and a number of these returned no labor income. 
TaBLe 12.—Farm earnings, Sumter County, Ga., 584 farms in 1918 and 550 in 
1918. 
Tenant farms. 
Owner farms. 
Farm. Tenant. Landlord. 
1913 1918 1913 1918 1913 1918 1913 1918 
WHITE FARMERS, 
Number of farms. 20.) 2:22. ..323 50 : 268 280 49 | 56 49 56 49 56 
ATMA GM COM Css oss as ee a $1,665 | $3, 711 $872 | $2,113 $564 | $1,353 $308 $759 
Interest on capital, at 7 per cent....-- 1,191 | 1,898 395 684 59 BA a SS aes 
Laborincome: 52 2. js. tsk ssn S242 474 | 1,813 477 | 1,429 SOD ly Ah 5232) ||P spay eee eee 
Operators avOr= 4.2 closes sees 476 644 289 469 289 AGO Sic os oe eens 
Per centreturn on capital.......---.- 7.0 11.3 10.3 16.9 32.5 50. 9 6. 4 9.4 
Unpaid family labor ....-.......-.--- 42 67 56 106 56 NOG | Se oe sera Soe 
MAMI COME 2254-55 2 o-soececce es 1,707 | 3,778 928 | 2,219 6207) GIR 450) eee see eee 
Interest on indebtedness............. 126 106 (4) (4) 9 (CO) ital eo CARAS AAR Asc 
Kamilydiving irom farm 5). 22 5<5--|<csce.-s TOK ogaasoe i) Beoascoc BOY bns sesoclbeeaacan 
COLORED FARMERS. 
INE DOR OL PALMS ios se)se -e cee se 31 48 186 166 186 | 166 186 166 
HanmbnlComesse snc ceeseeseeeee scree $805 | $1,778 $556 | $1,546 $323 $343 $233 $703 
Interest on capital, at 7 per cent... .-- 542 720 224 424 33 LOE | Rea aes 
NEA DOTANCOME Ra elas ase aloe eee ee 263 | 1,058 332 | 1,122 290 (68) | sScccceelseee acts 
Operators laburt- 225s eee acces 263 367 198 367 198 BOMh | eaeecswalseae eee 
Per cent return on capital..........-.- 7.0 13.7 11.2 19.5 26.3 44.7 8.6 14,1 
Unpaid family labor....-...........- 198 353 168 307 168 BOTA Ie eel soue cee 
Harmilyein COMI es oo aes cas eee 1,003 | 2,131 724 | 1,853 490 TOO pees sacs s| ose sae 
Interest on indebtedness............ e 103 49 (1) (@) 9 GY) (apse ea eae mene ce 
Family living from farm.............|....--.- OOM erase eee | ABA As ae 434 | ede clot siee 
1 No report on landlord’s mortgages. 2 Less than $1. 
(For a clear interpretation of the earnings of these groups of farms see the tables previously discussed 
regarding crop area, capital, yields, receipts, and expenses for these same groups.) 
In 1918 the percentage of farmers making low labor incomes was 
decreased, there being but 36 to 45 per cent with labor incomes of 
$500 or under. In 1913 less than 10 per cent of the farmers in any 
tenure made over $2,000 labor income, while in 1918 26 per cent of 
the white owners, 21.5 per cent of the white tenants, 17 per cent of 
the colored owners, and 7 per cent of the colored tenants made over 
$2,000 labor income. Considering all farms in 1918, 72 per cent 
failed to make over $500 labor income and only 5 per cent made over 
$2,000. In 1918 only 43 per cent failed to make over $500, and 19 
per cent made over $2,000. 
It should be borne in mind that in this area there are a number of 
farms with a very large business. There were 71 farms with over 
250 acres of crops in 1913 and 76 in 1918. There were 38 farms 
making 100 bales or more of cotton in 1913 and 23 in 1918. Three 
farms were found in 1913 with over $100,000 capital and 14 in 1918. 
These farms represented very large businesses and their earnings 
were much higher than those of smaller farms. Of 26 farmers mak- 
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