FARM-MANAGEMENT STUDY IN ANDERSON CO., S. C. 7 
$7,748; live stock, $596; implements, $173; feed and supplies, $256; 
and working fund, $176. The average value of the land was $57.05 
per acre. The average rental value of the crop land was $4.23 per 
acre. The land in cultivation was planted in crops (see fig. 3) in the 
following percentages: Cotton, 63.1; corn, 23.6; oats, 12.1; wheat, 
1.8; and miscellaneous crops, 0.4. One per cent of the crop area was 
planted in corn after a small-grain crop. Cowpeas, other than 
those grown in corn and following some other crop, were grown on 
9 per cent of the crop area. All the farms (see Table I) planted 
cotton and corn. More than half planted oats for hay and more 
CROP 
PER 
CtNT 
10 
PERCENTAGE 
fcO 30 
OF TOT A LAREA 
40 50 
60 
70 
COTTON 
CORN 
OATS 
WHEAT 
MISCEL. 
COWPEAS 
63.1 
23.6 
1 Z.I 
1.8 
.4 
9.0 
' 
£3 StCONO CHOP ON LUND. 
FIRST CROP ON LAND ^B f 
■ 
1 
Fig. 3.— Land in crops. 
than one- third oats for grain. Also, more than one- third of the farm 
planted cowpeas unmixed with another crop, for hay alone, while 19 
farms planted cowpeas separately for seed. Twenty-one farms grew 
wheat. 
Table I . — Number of farms planting each specified crop, acres per farm, and yield per acre. 
Item. 
Cotton. 
Corn. 
Oats. 
Oat hay. 
Cowpea 
hay. 
Cowpea 
seed. 
Wheat. 
Irish 
potatoes 
(1915). 
Number of farms planting 
112 
40 
Pounds. 
233 
112 
15 
Bushels. 
16.8 
41 
8.6 
Bushels. 
21.7 
68 
7.3 
Tons. 
0.79 
39 
9.9 
Tons. 
0.73 
19 
4.4 
Bushels. 
4.9 
21 
.6 
Bushels. 
6.0 
14 
1.5 
Yield per acre 
Bushels. 
84.7 
The average acreage of cotton per farm was 40 and of corn 15. 
None of the other crops averaged as much as 10 acres per farm. 
Cotton yielded 233 pounds of net lint per acre, corn 16.6 bushels, 
and oats 21.7 bushels. Oat and cowpea hay each approximated three- 
fourths of a ton per acre, while cowpea seed made 4.9 bushels and 
wheat 6 bushels per acre. Many other miscellaneous crops were also 
planted. The most important of these included cowpeas for hay 
and seed combined grown on 25 farms, and cowpeas with sorghum, 
grown on 10 farms. Some cowpeas were also planted in corn for 
seed and soil improvement. Besides these crops, small patches of 
sorghum were grown for sirup and stock feed; and sweet potatoes, 
Irish potatoes, and truck were planted both for home use and for a 
limited sale in the towns. A small amount of fruit was also pro- 
duced, and practically every farmer had a garden. 
