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the state. These counties are given in the follow- 

 ing table : 



TABLE 13. TENANCY AND LAND VALUES IN THE SOUTH- 

 ERN COUNTIES OF WISCONSIN. 



Number of Percentage Average Value 



Farms in Operated by of Farms and 



Counties County Tenants Improvements 



Rock 3,829 35.4 6,769 



Milwaukee... 2,576 31.2 10,342 



Walworth 2,754 29.7 7,703 



Kenosha 1,298 29.1 7,387 



Lafayette 2,501 27.6 6,610 



Green 2,540 26.4 6,589 



Dane 6,346 26.2 6,125 



Racine 2,118 24.8 6,478 



Columbia 3,439 24.0 5,208 



Grant 4,219 20.7 5,106 



Waukeshaw.. 3,549 20.0 6,595 



Iowa 2,547 18.9 5,319 



Jefferson 3,453 18.2 6,365 



Dodge 4,994 18.1 7,313 



These tables show clearly that, in general, the 

 percentage of tenancy is high, in the state of Wis- 

 consin, in the districts which have been longest 

 settled and where land values are relatively high. 

 And yet, there are here, as in the other compari- 

 sons, many exceptions to the general rule; and 

 this makes it necessary to emphasize the fact that 

 many forces are operating together in bringing 

 about the condition with respect to landownership 

 and tenancy. 



Section III. Landownership and tenancy 

 among the negroes. In the southern states where 

 the percentage of tenancy is high, in comparison 

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