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The sixth landlord I was with three years. I left him with 

 no corn, no bacon, and in debt $20.00. 



Was with the seventh landlord a year. Left with 100 

 bushels corn; no bacon; no money, but out of debt. 



Was with eighth landlord one year and left with 150 

 bushels corn, 800 pounds of meat and no money. 



The ninth landlord I was with two years. Left him with 

 125 bushels corn, 800 pounds meat and $50.00 in money. 



The tenth landlord I was with one year. Left him with 

 75 bushels corn, 500 pounds bacon and no money. 



Was with the eleventh landlord two years 1911 and 1912 

 and left him with 100 bushels corn, 500 pounds bacon, and 

 in debt $130.00. 



Have been able to give each child twelve months schooling 

 so each can read and write. Can read and write myself 

 some. 3 



A cropper's statement of earnings presents the eco- 

 nomics of growing cotton without other crops to furnish 

 food and feed supplies. The excessive amount of man 

 labor required for returns on cotton is also evident : 



I, James Smith tenant farmer for Charley Childers on 

 what is known as the N. M. Bellinger farm located two miles 

 West of Lincolnton, N. C., make the following statement of 

 my cotton farming for the year of 1920. 



The landlord, Mr. Childers furnished the stock, land and 

 tools, while I did the labor and the cotton crop was divided 

 half and half alike, I receiving one-half and the landlord 

 the other half. 



13 bales of cotton grown at 15^ makes a total of $700.42, 

 cotton seed at 3Q< per bushel makes a total of $39.00, Total 

 value of crop $739.42. 



8 D. S. Mead, Autreyville, Georgia, in F. J. Bivens, The Farmer's 

 Political Economy, pp. 18-19. Pamphlet. 



