The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-13
SOUTH CAROLINA FARMS.
agricultural : Statistics as Shown 57
the Census Figures.

/. lSUJ, uuUlDeIcu loo, ,oOD, dtlt' hClS
valued at sl2G. 76l 80. OF this
amount s26. .955.G70. or 2l.3 per cent.
represents the value of buildings, and
800, ,S05.SG0, or 1S.i per cent. the
value Of land and improvements other
than buildings. On the same date
the value Of farm implements and
machinery was Sc. 6.629,7770, and Of live
stock, 500, 1919, $50. These values
added to that of farms, give $751;
59l, 159, the total value of farm pro-
perty."
The products derived from domestic
animals, poultry, and bees, including
animals sold and animals slaughtered
on farms are referred to in this bulle-
tin as animal products The total
value of such products, together with
the value Of all crops, is termed
total value of farm products" This
value for 1899 was s6S, ,26G, ,912, Of
which amount $685. ,499, or 1871 per
cent. represents the value of animal
products: and S5S, $50, ,4l3. or S6.3 per
cent the value Of crops, including
forest products cut or produced on
farms. The total value Of farm pro-
ducts for 1899 exceeds that for 1889
by SIG, ,92S. 927, or $50 per cent.
The gross farm income" is obtain
ed by deducting from the total value
Of farm products the value Of the pro-
ducts fed to live stock on the farms Of
the producers. In 1899 the reported
value Of products fed was S.. 1876, $50,
leaving s62, $50, 1862 as the gross farm
income. The ratio which this amonnt
bears to the total value Of farm pro-
perty" is referred to in this bulletin as
the percentage OF gross income upon
investment" For South Carolina, in
1899 it was 40.7 per cent.
The number farms reported IN
1900 was over five times as great as
in 1850, and 35.1 per cent greater
than in 1890. The total farm area,
as shown in the above table, decreaS-
ed over four million acres in the two
decades from 1850 to 1870, and during
the following 80 years there was an
increase Of but 15.5 per cent. Except
for the civil war decade, the area and
per cent. Of improved farm land in
creased throughout the half century.
The rapid increase in the number of
farms and the very slight increase in
the total acreage involved a decrease
in the average size of farms, which,
together with increase in per cent. Of
farm land improved, indicates pro-
gressiye division of farm holdings and
more complete utilization of the
soil
For the last decade increases in the
number Of farms as shown for all
counties whose boundaries were not
changed. An increase in the acreage
of farm land is reported in three
fourths Of the counties, and the in
crease in the acreage Of improved
land is still more general. The average
size OF farms for the state is 90 acres,
and varies from 4S2 acres in Beaufort
county to 1871 acres In Georgetown
county.
Between 1890 and 1900 the value
of farms increased in almost all coun-
ties, the average value for the state
in 1900 being 1916. Increases IN the
value Of implements and machinery
and of live stock are reported from
nearly all counties.
The average expenditure per farm
for labor varied greatly, being high
est in the eastern and lowest in the
northwestern counties. In Marlboro
county the average was 500 per farm.
In the number Of farms, value OF
gross products, money paid for labor
and fertilizers Orangeburg leads with
S.4OS farms. valued at 81. .994, $40. less
the buildings, producing in excess of
stuff fed to live stock $4,000, AL.
s4O1, 900 is paid for labor and 1921 ,2l0
for fertilizers.
In number Of farms the order is
Orangeburg, Spartanburg, Anderson,
Sumter, Greenville, Beaufort, Laur-
ems, Colleton, Barnwell, Williamsburg,
Abbeville, York, Darlington, Claren-
don, Aiken, Charleston, Berkeley,
Marion, Greenwood, Edgefeld, Fair
field, Lexington, Newberry, Chester,
Horny, Hampton, Oconee, Florence
with 3,173. Georgetown has the few
est farms, 1,414.
Anderson leads in the values Of farm
lands s6, 4O5, 226 and buildings 81, 344,-
$40. Spartanburg is next, Orangeburg
third, Greenville fourth. In value Of
farm implements and machinery Or
angeburg leads, Anderson next, Green
vile, Sumter, Spartanburg.
In value of lands and buildings
Florence is we'll up towards the lead
ing counties, sSl6, ,04O, buildings 54S,-
$50. Implements and machinery
s115,070.
In gross products the order Of the
leading counties is Orangeburg, Sum-
ter, Anderson, Spartanburg, Marion,
Barnwell, Laurens, Darlington, Green
vile. Florence is nineteenth. In pay
ment of labor Orangeburg is first,
Marlboro second, Pickens last. Marl-
boro is second to Orangeburg in value
Of fertilizers used.
Labor in Florence is paid s204 ,260,
fertilizers used Sl1S,720
For the several classes of farms the
average values per acre Of products
not fed to live stock are as follows:
For farms whose operators derive their
principal income from flowers and
plants. S264.29: nursery products
s12.52; vegetables $1,000; fruit s6.82:
tobacco S6.27; cotton S4.94; dairy pro-
duce 81. Is; sugar s1.3l: miscellaneous
So 20: live stock SO. %: hay and grain
50. %: and rice S261.
There are four farms whose prlnci-
pal source of income is flowers and
plants, 3 nursery products, l9 surgar,
lis fruit. 442 dairy produce, 1858
tobacco. 1,2O6 rice, 9,54e hog and
grain, 1882 vegetables, 1876 live