. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. .S"LAf''^\j't. Washington, D. C. BULLETIN No. 648 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Contribution from the Office of Farm Management. W. J. SPILLMAN, May 1, 1918 A FARM-MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA. By E. S. Haskell, A-sfiista)it Agriculturist. CONTENTS. Page. Description of area surveyed 1 Method and scope of investigation 5 Type of farming " Tenure and landlord's profits 13 Labor systems 14 Size of business 18 Quality of farm business 20 Organization '. 30 Cost of production O-
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. .S"LAf''^\j't. Washington, D. C. BULLETIN No. 648 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Contribution from the Office of Farm Management. W. J. SPILLMAN, May 1, 1918 A FARM-MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA. By E. S. Haskell, A-sfiista)it Agriculturist. CONTENTS. Page. Description of area surveyed 1 Method and scope of investigation 5 Type of farming " Tenure and landlord's profits 13 Labor systems 14 Size of business 18 Quality of farm business 20 Organization '. 30 Cost of production O- DESCRIPTION OF AREA SURVEYED. Brooks County is located in the southern part of the coastal plain, just west of the center of the southern tier of counties in Georgia, about 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The area covered by this survey is in the southern half of the county, bordering on the Florida State line. The location is shown by the shaded portion of the map, figure 1.' This area was selected for study because here has been developed a diversified and profitable type of agriculture, with cotton retained as the chief single source of income. For years these farmers have developed the sAvine industry and the production on the farm of the products consumed in the home to a point that has been equaled in but few places in t'he South. It is believed that the type of farming found here embodies features that might with profit be adopted in many parts of the cotton belt. This is particularly true now that the recent rapid advance of the cotton-boll weevil into this section has forced many farmers to face the necessity of reorganizing their farms upon a basis involving less dependence upon the 1 For assistance in collecting the data upon which this study is based, acknowledgment is due to Messrs. M. A. Crosby, C. E. Hope, A. G. Smith, and F. D. Stevens, of the staff of the Office of Farm Management; to J. M. Purdom, Jr., temporarily employed by the Office of Far
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