Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 
and Farm Economics 
G. W. FORSTER, Acting Chief 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSICNAL PAPER June 28, 1922 
FARM MANAGEMENT AND FARM ORGANIZATION IN 
SUMTER COUNTY, GA. 
AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS OF 534 FARMS IN 1913, AND 550 
FARMS IN 1918. 
By H. W. HAwtTHoRNE, Assistant Farm. Economist; H. M. Drxon, Associate 
Farm Economist; and FRANK MoNnTGOMERY, Assistant Farm Economist. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. Page. 
EVES OCIUC tH OMe tesa ei a a 1 Farm organization and _ business 
Summary mOfe TCSUItS=— = es 3 analysis of farms—Continued. 
GCA StUGICG fiir s Mier Fairs 5 Hanmvea en ines ca en eee eee 31 
Wilizationy of the Jand > — =. = 7 Ids yimilhys Nee Pe 388 
Farm organization and _ business Chorcesot enterprises. = =e eee 3 
WNALYSIS “Ole CA. TMS 22 — tty ee Ba Si |e Diversity2s22e2 st Lave eR cae — ewes 46 
SIZC=OF shar s Sears a . 10 | Factors affecting successful opera- 
Crops grown and jyields_______ Teak GION Of CHEESE TaN See ee eee 50 
ICCCID ES 23 ee 21 | Bearing of farm organization on 
HIXPCN SC Sp = see ee 25 cost of producing cotton________ 58 
Warley ee DR iif An CICK ear ares cane seen eee 72 
INTRODUCTION. 
» Baus BULLETIN presents: data regarding organization, pro- 
duction, expenses, and returns of farms operated by owners and 
tenants (renters), both white and colored. 
The studies were made to determine the significant factors that 
make for success or failure in the management of representative 
farms in southern Georgia. They bring out the bearing of such 
factors as size of business and yield per acre upon profits and the 
cost of producing cotton, and are believed to be of special significance 
in that the repetition of the farm business analysis has made possible 
1 The method used in this business analysis study is described in Farmer’s Bulletin 1139. 
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