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FARM MANAGEMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 
After labor, fertilizer is the largest item of expense. AIl groups 
applied a smaller quantity of fertilizer in 1918, but the increase in 
price increased the actual expense for 1918 over that for 1913. Cost 
of seed purchased is small. Most farmers through this area raise the 
necessary seed for farm use. Cost of ginning and other machine work 
ranged from 3.7 per cent to 7 per cent of the total farm expense, and 
taxes and insurance amounted to about 3 per cent. Miscellaneous 
items aggregated 2 to 8 per cent. 
With these expenses offsetting from 53 to 65 per cent of total re- 
ceipts, it can readily be seen that if for any reason receipts should 
drop 35 to 47 per cent there would be little if any left for interest on 
capital and for the farmer’s labor and management. Production of 
farm feed and of home supphes in abundance is of great aid in tiding 
over such slumps. 
TABLE 9.—Average distribution of farm expenses, Sumter County, Ga., 534 
farms in 1913 and 550 in 1918. 
Owner farms. Tenant farms. 
Farm. Tenant. Landlord. 
1913 1918 
1913 1918 1913 1918 1913 1918 
WHITE FARMERS 
Numbenor tarms =)... 3 2008 S523 2 280 49 56 49 56 
Averagefarm expense perfarm......- | 704 | $1,099 | $1, 899 $1, 018 $1, 869 $86 $146 
Per ee of farmexpenserepresented 
Wine DANCES TiO | seOst | St: [ok Geil. eae Rapes ee 
Cotton chopping and picking... 3.9 8.0 5.4 8.7 tA | asses chek | es ep 
Miscellaneous paid labor. .-...... 20 4 8 .4 SQ spears ee sepa pre ee 
Share-cropperlabor..........-... 41.5 23. 2 41.0 25. 1 CU de (ol) = sores es ed alee Soe 
Unpaid family labor. ...........- 1.4 5.1 5.6 555 Datla weeeneen Eaoeeeee 
Total labor......----0---++-+++- 57.4 45.8] 58.0] 49.5| 58.9 |........ EAC 
Repairsand depreciation of— | | 
(Machinery saer ee sacee ne; 4.3 3.4 3.1 3.6 S825 ae eens ees 
Dywretking tea: 5s2 813 Sadi) 1.5 1.9 7 ACW REE ae Ss Sere 24.4 29.5 
Other buildings =>. S:... =< 4,4 3.2 Belt poanease eater. SCS CREE 
Repairs, fences, drains, and ter- 
TACOS re Sa SN StS croc age 5 .3 ol! eid peyaets ae S725) 1.4 
Feed, hay, etc., purchased. - 2 1.2 77 1.3 di ( eece pee Se A 
Feed, grain, ete. % purchased .. Spake 5 3.5 1.2 3.8 IR pl emcee resets comet 
Horseshoeing 22 94 i Se -l 2 2 2 a2 | Sie- SS RPAAS. 
Breeding fees and veterinary..... 3 .3 2 .3 S21) neo Sas | ama Nee 
Seeds and plants..../............ 15 1.4 2.0 1.6 PAV ree aes ee pasaasae 
Fertilizer— 
Wiareland sake ereee sees 9.0 18.0 10.1 19.5 LORS ene 1.4 
Cropperlandss.-—. 2. se. oe 22 10.0 8.4 6.3 9.0 624 Jes. e228 Basccese 
Total fertilizer. .-.......... FOU OU eto 4a etGe asl O85 I 16.50 asoe 1.4 
Ginningand other machine work 
Migede sy 5 23 Hoe ee oe sce 4.7 3.7 5.6 6.0 Bob d Ga2h en. ae 6 
Taxes and insurance............. 3.1 3.3 3.0 2.6 St a(i)s|| Sealey 26.7 
Enberestionm loan. = 5s: J23. - sce 5- 1.3 ai 2.1 oul 2.3 wig |Soee sees bao tesese 
ES UNE ie | es Se mn ie RE! beh al etn A .3 2 of: Ay yal arkansas JA 
Cashion Gata hays ore. sh 3555 = eae seeks | eesbeec | ceppe ost |e ssteuns .3 6.2 |.....-.-|-------- 
OGEREXPeNnSesss 5. = wise soos L2 2.6 1.4 3.2 las: 31] 3.5 S¢/ 
Per cent of receipts required for farm | 
ECXPEHSO sees a Ncicicc cine sae sec some 65 56 56 47 | 64 | 58 | 22 16 
