A FARM MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN BROOKS CO., GA. 
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Of the food purchased, flour constitutes much the largest item, 
equaling 41.7 per cent of the total ; sugar comes next with 18.4 per 
cent; the beverages (coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, postum) constitute 
10.1 per cent; rice equals 6 per cent; and all other items make up 
the remaining 23.8 per cent. 
Much has been said about the production of home supplies on the 
farm, and farmers are often urged to increase the proportion of the 
family food produced at home by growing more foods and buying 
less. But in this study it has been found that the ratio of food grown 
to that consumed is of less consequence than is the actual amount 
produced. However, in a tabulation made, but not presented here, 
there was found to be a certain relation between the percentage of 
family food produced at home and the farm returns as measured by 
ITEMS 
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$100 
200 300 
400 *>50Q 
TOTAL FOOD 
SWINE PRODUCTS 
$ 453 
131 
100.0 
29.0 
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DAIRY PRODUCTS 
1 I 8 
26.2 
VEGETABLES 
80 
17.6 
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MISCELLANEOUS PRODXTS 
52 
1 1.4 
POULTRY 8c EGGS 
46 
10.2 
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FRUIT AND NUTS 
24 
5.2. 
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OTHER UVE STOCK PROD'CTS 
2 
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Fig. 13. — Value per farm of food products consumed in the home. 
the farmer's earnings. Thus, the farmers growing less than 80 
per cent of the food consumed had earnings 11 per cent lower than 
the average for farms of a similar size, while the similar return was 
7 per cent above the average for those who produced more than 90 
per cent of their own food. However, only 19 of the 106 farms fell 
in the former group, and only 28 in the latter, showing that the range 
of percentages was not so wide as would ordinarily be expected. 
When the farms were grouped on the basis of the value of food 
grown at home the farmer's earnings and per cent return on the in- 
vestment indicated considerably greater returns from the farms 
which furnished the more food. Thus, farms furnishing food to the 
value of less than $250 each gave gross labor incomes 19 per cent 
below the average, while returns were 44 per cent above the average 
on the farms supplying more than $600 worth of products. 
When the farms were grouped on the amount of food furnished per 
person, tabulations showed much the higher returns from farms 
