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the coefficients as indices solely of the relative desire of the 

 Negro to enter the different tenant classes, or solely of the 

 ability to enter them. They represent a measure of the 

 extent to which this desire and ability combined, work 

 themselves out in population movement across county lines. 

 To sum up the relationships between increases in farmers 

 and the increases in population between 1900 and 1910, our 

 coefficients indicate: 



1. Increases in total number of farms operated by Negroes 

 are closely associated with increase in Negro population. 

 So close is this relationship that it stands out as the prin- 

 cipal cause of migration within the rural districts of the 

 State. Th e superior far m opportunities of the Upper Pied- 

 mont a nd Wiregras s have been drawing the population away 

 fro m the old Black Be lt * 



2. Increases and decreases in number of farm laborers 

 are almost unrelated to population movement. 



3. Owing to the large proportion of farms which are 

 operated by share tenants who move from place to place 

 frequently, and to the number of laborers who move to 

 enter share tenancy, the relationship between increases in 

 share tenants and increases in population is high. 



4. Owing to the smaller proportion of the rural Negroes 

 who were renters in 1910, the relative stability of this class, 

 and the difficulty of entering it, increases in the renter class 

 have been less closely related to population movement. 



5. Owing to the fact that the owner class is the smallest 

 numerically, the most stable, and the most difficult to enter, 

 increases and decreases in ownership have had less effect 

 on population movement than the other two classes of 

 farmers. 



MIGRATION DURING THE WAR 



During this tremendous shifting around of rural popula- 

 tion from 1870 to 1910 a few of the migrants became per- 

 manently detached from the land and moved to the cities 



