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operyted by cash tenants increased 6,688, or 39.2 per cent.; and that 

 by share tenants increased 6,256, or 22.1 per cent. The increases 

 shown for the tenant classes have been continuous through both 

 decades. 



Of the farms of the State, 99.7 per cent, are operated by white 

 farmers, and only 0.3 per cent, by colored farmers. Of the white 

 farmers, 72.5 per cent, own all or part of the farms they operate, and 

 27.5 per cent, operate farms owned by others. For the colored farm- 

 ers, thf corresponding percentages are 59.4 and 40.6, respectively. 



No previous census has reported the number of farms operated by 

 "part owners," "owners and tenants," or "managers," but it is be- 

 lieved that the number of farms conducted by the last-named class 

 is coi'Stantly increasing. 



Farms Classified by Race of Farmer and by Tenure. 



Tables 6 and 7 present the principal statistics for farms classified 

 bv rr.cc and bv tenure. 



TA];LE 6. — Number and Acreage of Farms and Value of Farm 

 Property, June 1, 1900, Classified by Race of Farmer and by 

 Tenure, With Percentages. 



♦Comprising 6 Indians and 585 negroes. 



