TENANCY AND L A N D O WNERS H I P 



Geographical Divisions Percentage Average Value 



and States of Tenancy of Farms 



Rhode Island 20.1 4,206 



Vermont 14.5 2,509 



Connecticut 12.8 3,615 



Massachusetts 9.6 4,190 



New Hampshire 7.5 2,391 



Maine 4.7 1 ,627 



North Central 27.9 4,354 



Illinois 39.3 6,683 



Nebraska 36.9 4,746 



Kansas 35.2 3,718 



Iowa 34.9 6,550 



Missouri 30.5 2,962 



Indiana 28.6 3,793 



Ohio 27.5 3,746 



South Dakota 21.8 4,184 



Minnesota 17.3 4,329 



Michigan 15.9 2,966 



Wisconsin 13.5 4,042 



North Dakota 8.5 4,385 



From the above table it will be seen that, in the 

 North Atlantic division, the state in which the 

 average value of farms is highest is also the state 

 in which the percentage of tenancy is highest, and 

 that the state which shows the lowest farm values, 

 shows, also, the lowest percentage of tenancy. 

 Yet, when the division as a whole is considered, 

 the relation between farm values and the percen- 

 tage of tenancy becomes very much confused. It 

 is hard to understand why the percentage of ten- 

 ancy is so low in Massachusetts, for example, 

 where land values are relatively high. 



When the North Atlantic division is compared 

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