TENANCY AND L AND O W N ER SHI P 



is much cheap and unoccupied land. There are 

 eighteen counties in the northern part of the state 

 in which the percentage of tenancy is below five. 

 These counties, with their farm values and per- 

 centages of tenancy are given in the following 

 table : 



TABLE 12. THE RELATION BETWEEN TENANCY AND LAND 

 VALUES IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF WISCONSIN. 



Number of Percentage Average Value 



Farms in Operated by of Farms and 



Counties. the County. Tenants. Improvements 



Burnett 1,198 i.i 1,029 



Iron 83 1.2 1,459 



Price 885 1.7 1,016 



Taylor 1,168 1.8 1,345 



Shawano 3,140 2.2 2,376 



Kewaunee 2,193 2.4 2,920 



Lincoln 924 2.4 1,494 



Marathon 4,376 3.1 1,961 



Florence 191 3-2 1,202 



Marinette 1,300 3.5 1,754 



Manitowoc 4,073 3.8 4,304 



Door 2,209 4-0 2,231 



Oconto 2,241 4.0 2,114 



Washburn 449 4.2 . 1,169 



Ashland 489 4.5 1,645 



Vilas 83 4.8 1,411 



Bayfield 465 4.9 1,025 



Oneida 350 4-9 i>H2 



While the percentage of tenancy is low in the 

 northern part of Wisconsin it is relatively high in 

 the southern part. The fourteen counties which 

 showed the highest percentage of tenancy, in 

 1900, form a solid block in the southern part of 

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