AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 



TABLE 8. TENANCY AND LAND OWNERSHIP IN THE UNITED 

 STATES IN 1900. 



Owners Part ^nd Mana- Cash Share 

 Owners Tenantg ers Tenants Tenanti 



United States. 54.9 7.9 .9 i.o 13.1 22.2 



Geographic divisions 



North Atlantic 72.3 4.0 .9 2.0 9.8 n.o 



North Central 57.9 12.1 1.2 .9 7.5 18.4 



South Atlantic 49.3 4.9 .6 .9 18.0 26.3 



South Central 44.8 5.2 .8 .6 17.3 31.3 



Western 69.6 10.1 .6 3.1 7.7 8.9 



Alaska and Hawaii 30.5 6.1 5.6 54.9 2.9 



This table shows that the percentage of tenancy 

 is the highest in the Southern divisions and the 

 lowest in the Western division. Farms operated 

 by managers are relatively most abundant in the 

 Western and in the North Atlantic divisions. In 

 the West the farms operated by managers are 

 largely cattle and sheep ranches which are con- 

 ducted for profit, while in the East these farms 



deed, or a person who holds over for redemption, is an owner 

 and must be so marked. 



"OWNER AND TENANT. If a farm is cultivated jointly by its 

 owner and by one or more other persons working for a share 

 of the farm products, write 'owner' after the name of the 

 owner, and 'share' after the tenant on shares. 



"MANAGER. If the frnn is cultivated for its owner, or pub- 

 lic institution, by a salaried manager, superintendent, or 

 overseer, write 'manager.' 



"CASH TENANT. If the farm is cultivated by a tenant who 

 pays a fixed rental in money, or a stated amount of labor or 

 farm commodities (not a proportionate share of all), write 

 'cash.' 



"TENANT ON SHARES. If the farm is cultivated by a tenant 

 who pays for its use a share (as one-third, one-half, or other 

 proportion) of the crops raised, write 'share.'" (See Twelfth 

 Census of the United States, 1900, Vol. V, p. 759). 



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