HUMAN FACTORS IN COTTON CULTURE 

 TABLE II 



INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE OF TENANCY IN 

 COTTON STATES 1880-1925 



In cotton growing areas in ten southern states, accord- 

 ing to 1920 census figures, there were 1,030,321 farm 

 owners and managers to 1,345,805 tenants, a ratio of 45 

 owners to 55 tenants. Of these renters 284,180 were 

 classified as cash tenants, 487,770 as croppers, and 

 550,879 as share tenants or third and fourth renters. 

 Thus out of a hundred cotton renters approximately 21 

 are cash renters, 37 are croppers and 42 are share ten- 

 ants. They are distributed by states as follows: 



