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ranks next to cotton, equaling half the value of that crop. The pea- 
nut crop then ranks fourth, and the oats, rye, hay, and sweet potato 
^rops assume more importance than the receipts would indicate. 
A considerable part of the last-named crop is grown for hog pasture. 
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Fig. 9. — Grinding sugar cane and evaporating the sirup. Nearly every farm in this sec- 
tion grows a patch of sugar cane, and on many of the farms the sirup is a source of 
cash receipts. 
CURRENT EXPENSES. 
The current expenses include 82 per cent of the total farm expenses 
for the year if we do not consider the value of the operator's own 
service ($405) as a farm expense. The remaining 18 per cent con- 
sists of depreciation of buildings, machinery, and work stock, and de- 
creases in the inventories of live stock and feeds and supplies. 
The amounts and the relative importance of the principal items 
of current expenses are shown in figure 10. Labor constitutes more 
than half of these expenses, and half of this labor expense consists of 
cropper labor ($400). The latter represents the difference between 
the value of the cropper's share of the crops he produces and his ex- 
pense for seed, fertilizer, and ginning, bagging, and ties. Wage 
labor equals 38 per cent of the labor expense, and the unpaid family 
labor makes up the remaining 12.5 per cent. Commercial fertilizers 
constitute slightly less than one-fifth of the current expenses, and 
feeds purchased less than one-twentieth. The three remaining im- 
portant items of expense are, in order, repairs to buildings, fences, 
and machinery; ginning, bagging and ties; and taxes. 
TENURE AND LANDLORD'S PROFITS. 
Of the 106 farms included in this study, only 7 were operated by 
tenants. Of these, 5 paid a cash rent and 2 gave a stated amount of 
