INDEX 



345 



Rural attitudes in South. See 



Attitudes. 

 Rural population in South. See 



Population. 



ganders, J. T., study of Texas 



farmers by, 230-33. 

 Sand Hills, 15. 

 School attendance, in Cotton 



Belt, 171, 232. 

 Scott Plantation, 103-4. 

 Sea island cotton, 13, 42. 

 Sea Islands, 16, 42. 

 Sectionalism, 5. 

 Share system, 56. 

 Share tenants, case studies of, 



257-71. 



Sheppard, Morris, Senator, on in- 

 come of cotton farmer, 235. 

 Shiftlessness, of cotton tenants, 



307-8. 



Single crop system, evils of, 218. 

 Slavery, philosophy of, 51-52; 



transition from to free labor, 



54-60. See Plantation and 



Cotton system. 

 Slaves, clothing of, 47-48; diet 



of, 47-48; inherent inferiority 



of, 51-52; introduction of, 38; 



social relations with, 49-50. 

 Sledding, 132. 

 Simkins, Francis Butler, on 



Tillman Movement, 140. 

 Single Crop. See Crop. 

 Smith, Alfred G., on laying by 



cotton, 165. 

 Smith, Bradford B., on cotton 



cycle, 118. 

 Smith, G. D., on method of boll 



weevil control, 105. 

 Smith, J. Russell, 14; on erosion, 



26. 



Snaps, 132. 

 Social classes in South. See 



Classes, social. 

 Soil exhaustion, 18. 

 Soil regions of Cotton Belt, 15- 



23, 130-31. See Frontispiece. 

 Soule, Andrew M., on cotton 



prices, 128; on migration, 138. 

 South, as a region, 7-10. 

 South Carolina, 13, 15-18, 20, 



95, 176, 184, 203, 221-22, 287- 

 88. 



Speculation, 141-42; attitude of, 

 in cotton, 108-9, 301-3; in 

 growing cotton, 206-8, 210. 



Spillman, W. J., on plant re- 

 gions, 3; on abandonment of 

 cotton farms, 129; on cash 

 crop, 186; on staple crops, 39- 

 40. 



Spinners, on cotton prices, 120. 



Spot cotton, 142. 



Staked plains, 130-33. 



Standards of living, of the cot- 

 ton farmer, 205-51; 199; cul- 

 tural factor in, 313; Industrial 

 Conference Board on, 251; 

 low, 29-40, in New England, 

 220-21; in North Central 

 States, 220-21; opinions on, 

 205-19 ; southern, 220-51 ; 

 studies of, 219-51. See Case 

 studies. 



Standing rent, 56-57, 73. 



Staple crops, 39-40. 



Sugar culture, in old South, 41. 



Sully, Daniel J., on cotton 

 farmers' living standards, 213- 

 14. 



Supply merchants, 63-64; super- 

 vision of, 164. 



Swamp lands, 20. 



JL annenbaum, Frank, 8. 



"Tar Heel," by John Charles Mc- 

 Neil, 249. ' 



Taylor, Carl C., on exclusion of 

 cotton farmers from culture, 

 313; on survey of North Caro- 

 lina farmers, 227-30. 



Taylor, H. C., on corn as a 

 southern crop, 24. 



Tenancy, analysis of, 57-58; dis- 

 tribution of by states and 

 types, 67; increase in, 1880- 

 1925, 65-66; and living stand- 

 ards, 223, 226, 227-33; rise of 

 in South, 53-68; share system 

 and, 56. See Cotton tenant 

 and Tenants. 



Tenants, credit for, 155 ; distribu- 

 tion of, 31-32; mobility of, 151- 



