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FARM MANAGEMENT 



notice, but have not escaped the attention of farmers. 

 The number of farmers who own as much land as their 

 money will allow, and who rent additional land, is rapidly 

 increasing. The number increased about a third from 1900 

 to 1910. There are now over half a million such farms in 



TABLE 69. TENANT'S CAPITAL AND LABOR INCOME WITH CASH 

 AND SHARE RENT l 



1 New York, Cornell Bulletin 295, p. 541. 



the United States. Nearly one-fifth (18 per cent) of the 

 farmers who own land rent additional land. 



These farmers usually have less capital than those who 

 do not rent more land. Table 70 shows that in two coun- 

 ties these part-owners had less land than owners, yet by 

 renting more land they had larger farms than the owners 

 and made larger labor incomes. 



The additional acreage is usually farmed with the same 

 horses, machinery, and men that would be required any- 

 way. 



201. Types of farming with small capital. Tables 17 



