6 BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The population in 1910 was 29,092, of which 7,849 were white and 
21,243 were colored. In 1920 it was 29,640, of which 9,778 were 
white and 19,862 colored. The county in 1909 contained 291,840 
acres, of which 276,834 were in farms. There were 92,822 acres of 
cotton grown in the county in 1909 and 70.448 acres in 1919. The 
land was originally owned in very large tracts, but during recent 
decades many of these large plantations have been cut up, so that 
there now exist many small and medium-sized farms. 
The county is served by two railroads, which furnish very good 
transportation facilities. Practically all the main wagon roads of 
the county are in excellent condition. 
RAINE FAL 
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MONTHLY RAINFALL AMERICUS, GA. 1913 AND 1918 [RAINFALL 
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ANNUAL aoe 45.06 /WN. 
AN. GROWING SEASON 227 DAYS 
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ANNUAL RAINFALL $8.86 /N. 
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Fie. 2.—Monthly and annual rainfall at Americus, Ga., for 1913 and 1918, and the 
35-year average. Also the growing season in days from the last killing frost in the 
Spring to the first killing frost in the fall. 
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SOILS AND TOPOGRAPHY. 
Sumter County les wholly within the Coastal Plain, its northern 
boundary being 28 miles south of the Piedmont line. 
The soils of greatest importance to agriculture include those de- 
rived from material washed down from the Piedmont Plateau and 
from soft limestone underlying all parts of the county. These soils 
represent 88.7 per cent of the land area of the county; and while 
ranging from light sands to heavy clays, are predominantly sandy. 
Some of these sand soils are of higher value than most sands, as 
they have retentive subsoils and produce good yields of many of the 
crops grown in the county.® 
3 Soil Survey, Sumter County, Ga., U. 8. Department of Agriculture, Field Operations 
of the Bureau of Soils, 1910. 
