TENANCY AND L AN D O WN ER S H I P 



PER CENT. OF THE NUMBER OF RENTED FARMS CLASSIFIED 

 BY NUMBER OF FARMS OWNED BY ONE PERSON 



Geographic 



Divisions and 



Foreign Countries 



Farm 



Farms 



3 and 

 under 



Farms 



S and 10 and 20 



under under Farms 



10 20 and 



Farms Farms over 



The United States 52.0 14.8 u.6 9.7 6.0 5.9 



PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER OF OWNERS OF RENTED FARMS 



CLASSIFIED BY NUMBER OF FARMS OWNED 



BY ONE PERSON 



Geographic 



Divisions and 



Foreign Countries 



i 

 Farm 



2 

 Farms 



3 and 

 under 



Farms 



5 and 

 under 



10 

 Farms 



10 and 20 



under Farms 



20 and 



Farms over 



The United States 80.0 11.4 5.4 2.3 0.7 0.2 



It will be noted that the ownership of rented 

 farms is more concentrated in the southern states 

 than in other parts of the United States. This is 

 explained in the census report as follows : "Orig- 

 inally, great areas of land in the South were held 

 in large plantations and operated by slave labor. 

 After emancipation that form of labor was super- 

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