26 BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FARM EXPENSES 
WHITE OWNER FARMS 
SUMTER CO., GEORGIA, 1913 AND 1918 
EXPENSE FOR PER CENT OF TOTAL EXPENSES 
30 40 50 
Gua eT eae 
LABOR [paiva] 
WZ LLL LLL LLL 
REPAIRS AND 
DEPRECIATION 
FEED PURCHASED 
SEED PURCHASED 
FERTILIZER 
GINNING & OTHER: } 
MACHINE WORK HIRED 
a-WAGE LABOR 
b-CROPPER LABOR 
INSURANCE c-UNPAID FAMILY LABOR 
d-MACHINERY 
e - BUILDINGS 
J -FENCES 
§-WAGE LAND 
h-CROPPER LAND 
i -GINNING 
J-OTHER MACHINE WORK 
INTEREST ON LOANS 
(YEARLY ) 
_ OTHER EXPENSES 
Fic. 5.—BHxpense for labor represented slightly over 50 per cent of the farm expenses in 
1913 and almost 60 per cent in 1918. The expense for wage labor decreased from 1912 
to 1918 and that for share-cropper labor increased. Fertilizer representing about 20 
per cent of the farm expenses showed a percentage decrease from 1913 to 1918, and 
feed bought represented less than one-half as much of the farm expenses in 1918 as 
in 19138. 
Purchased feed is not a large item of expense in this area, but it is 
interesting to note that it was very materially reduced in 1918, the 
cash outlay being less than half as great for each tenure as in 1913. 
