92 



Yearbooh of the Department of Agriculture^ 1921. 



Fig. 112. — The extent of farm tenancy is commonly measured by the proportion of 

 farmers who are tenants ; but often of equal significance is the proportion of the im- 

 proved land, or the proportion of the value of land and buildings included in their 

 farms. In Illinois, for instance, less than 43 per cent of the farmers are tenants, but 

 these tenants operate 48 per cent of the improved land, and their farms include over 52 

 per cent of the value of land and buildings in the State. In Alabama, on the other hand, 

 nearly 58 per cent of the farmers are tenants, but the tenants operate only about the 

 same proportion of improved land as the tminiits in Illinois, and their farms include only 

 about 40 per cent of the value of land and buildings. 



