. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. A FARM MANAGEMEXT SURVEY IN BROOKS CO., GA. 13 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 crops assume more importance than the receipts would indicate. A considerable part of the last-named crop is grown for hog Fig. 9.—Griiulins sugar cane and evaporatiug the sirup. Nearly every farm in this sec- tion grows a patch of sugar cane, and on many of tlie farms the sirup is a source of cash receipts. CU
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. A FARM MANAGEMEXT SURVEY IN BROOKS CO., GA. 13 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 crops assume more importance than the receipts would indicate. A considerable part of the last-named crop is grown for hog Fig. 9.—Griiulins sugar cane and evaporatiug the sirup. Nearly every farm in this sec- tion grows a patch of sugar cane, and on many of tlie 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 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. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have b
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