Bulletin 1034, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE lI. 
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE SEVERAL TENURES 
IN THIS STUDY 
SUMTER CO.,GEORGIA 
I913 AND 1918 
AS TO NUMBER OF FARMERS 
1913 1918 
WHITE OWNERS 
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WHITE OWNERS 
517 
AS TO CROP ACREAGE 
1913 
WHITE OWNERS 
72% 
WHITE OWNERS 
WHITE OWNERS 
WHITE OWNERS 
WHITE TENANTS 
From the standpoints of crop acreage and production of cotton, the farms operated 
by white owners were of greater importance than was indicated by the number of 
farmers and those operated by colored tenants of less importance. Farms operated 
by white owners represented about one-half of the farms, but more than two-thirds 
of the crop acreage, and they produced almest three-fourths of the cotton. Farms 
operated by colored tenants represented about one-third of the farms, but only about 
one-sixth of the crop land, and they produced scarcely one-sixth of the cotton. 
