A FARM MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN BROOKS CO., GA. 
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Table XIV. — Relation of size of farm and labor of operator to value of food 
consumed in the home (Brooks County, Ga.). 
Farms with total crop area of— 
All 
farms. 
All 
white 
opera- 
tors. 
All 
colored 
opera- 
tors. 
Less 
than 
50 
acres. 
50 to 
74 
acres. 
75 to 
149 
acres. 
150 to 
249 
acres. 
250 
acres 
and 
over. 
Number of farms 
18 
24 
27 
21 
16 
106 
86 
20 
Number of adults per farm '. 
3.7 
5.0 
6.0 
5.8 
5.7 
5.3 
5.5 
5.1 
Value of family food: 
$45. 90 
266. 90 
$69. 60 
375. 71 
$67. 91 
479. 10 
$81. 09 
543. 60 
$104. 25 
611. 69 
$72. 70 
453. 29 
$77. 65 
506. 59 
$56. 30 
228. 30 
312. 80 
445. 31 
547. 01 
624. 69 
715. 94 
525. 99 
584. 24 
284. 60 
84.54 
89.06 
91.17 
107. 70 
125. 60 
99.25 
106. 22 
55.80 
Per cent of family food contributed 
85. 
84. 
88. 
87. 
85. 
86. 
87. 
80. 
Per cent of food grown on farm con- 
sisting of — 
38.4 
7.6 
19.3 
1.1 
31.6 
9.1 
23.9 
.6 
29.0 
9.9 
26.2 
.2 
26.9 
11.8 
25.7 
.2 
24.5 
11.0 
32.0 
.2 
29.0 
10.2 
26.2 
.4 
27.8 
10.7 
27.4 
.4 
39.9 
6.2 
14.6 
Other live-stock products 
.1 
Total live-stock products 
66.4 
2.9 
15.3 
15.4 
65.2 
4.4 
18.2 
12.2 
65.3 
5.4 
17.0 
12.3 
64.6 
7.8 
17.8 
9.8 
67.7 
4.2 
18.5 
9.6 
65.8 
5.2 
17.6 
11.4 
66.3 
5.5 
17.7 
10.5 
60.8 
2.7 
16.7 
Other products a 
19.8 
Per cent food contributed by farm is 
72 
78 
61 
48 
42 
54 
57 
48 
a Corn meal and hominy, sirup, sugar cane, peanuts. 
The total value per farm of that part of the family, living fur- 
nished by the farm and the relation that this factor bears to the farm 
returns from other sources have been shown for farms of different 
size in Table VI. Further details of the values x of family food, both 
purchased and grown at home, are given in Table XIV. Approxi- 
mately 85 per cent of the family food consumed is furnished by the 
farm, and this proportion is substantially the same for all sizes of 
farms, though somewhat lower for the colored farmers. The figures 
show that there is a close relation between the size of the farm and 
the amount of food consumed, both per family and per person. 2 
Thus, the average value of food consumed on the group of farms 
under 50 acres is $312.80 per family, or $84.54 per person, as com- 
pared with $715.94 and $125.60 on the farms of 250 acres and over. 
It will be seen further that the food supplied by the larger farms 
furnishes a more varied and better quality of diet than that on the 
smaller ones. In other words, the larger farms support a much 
higher standard of living as well as furnish larger net returns in 
other forms. 
1 The food values given are based upon the average prices on the farms and in the local 
markets, and are conservative. 
2 A person, as the term is used in this bulletin, means the equivalent of an adult fed 
in the farm home throughout the year. The number of adults per farm includes hired 
help and others boarded in the operator's home. 
