TENANCY AND L AND O W N ERSH I P 



is much cheap and unoccupied land. There are 

 eighteen counties in the northern part of the state 

 in which the percentage of tenancy is below five. 

 These counties, with their farm values and per- 

 centages of tenancy are given in the following 

 table : 



TABLE 12. THE RELATION BETWEEN TENANCY AND LAND 

 VALUES IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF WISCONSIN. 



Number of 

 Farms in 



Counties. the County. 



Burnett 1,198 



Iron 83 



Price., 885 



Taylor 1,168 



Shawano 3,140 



Kewaunee 2,193 



Lincoln 924 



Marathon 4,376 



Florence 191 



Marinette 1,300 



Manitowoc.... 4,073 



Door 2,209 



Oconto 2,241 



Washburn 449 



Ashland 489 



Vilas 83 



Bayfield 465 



Oneida 350 



While the percentage of tenancy is low in the 

 northern part of Wisconsin it is relatively high in 

 the southern part. The fourteen counties which 

 showed the highest percentage of tenancy, in 

 1900, form a solid block in the southern part of 

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