TENANCY AND L AND O W N ERS H I P 



represent, in many cases, the country homes of 

 wealthy families. 



The three classes, farms operated by, "owners, 

 part owners, and owners and tenants," may be 

 grouped together as including the farms on which 

 the owners have a direct share in the manage- 

 ment of the land. These three classes of farms 

 represented 63.7 per cent, of all farms in the 

 United States ; while the percentage was 78.2 in 

 the North Atlantic division, 71.2 in the North 

 Central division, 54.8 in the South Atlantic, 50.8 

 in the South Central, and 80.3 in the Western 

 divisions. 



The cash and share tenants, taken together, 

 operate 35.3 per cent, of the total number of farms 

 in the United States. These rented farms repre- 

 sent 30.2 per cent, of the "improved area" in 

 farms, and 23.3 per cent, of the total area in 

 farms. These same farms represent 28.4 per 

 cent, of the total value of the farm land and 

 buildings, being 30.1 per cent, of the total value 

 of all farm land (exclusive of the value of build- 

 ings), and 22.7 per cent, of the value of all farm 

 buildings. 



Section L The decline in the percentage of 

 landowning farmers in the United States. There 

 were no statistics available on the subject of land- 

 ownership, in the United States, prior to 1880. 

 The census of 1880 showed that 74.44 per cent. 



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