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method ? By the same token, why does the landlord ever consent 

 to the smaller returns which he averages from cash renting ? 



15. If "247 tenant farmers made an average labor income of 

 $870 from an investment of less than $2,500 while farm-owners with 

 over twelve times this investment made less than half as large labor 

 incomes," would you say that the purchase of land should be the first 

 ambition of every young farmer ? 



16. What do the figures in the previous question indicate as to 

 the rate at which economic rent is capitalized in the land values of 

 this community ? Can you explain the situation ? 



17. Would the stock-share type of lease be suitable to the principal 

 kinds of farm enterprise which are carried on in your community? 

 If so, would certain of its details require modification ? How does it 

 differ from arrangements now in vogue ? 



18. If you think that the stock-share lease is not practicable in 

 your community, are the reasons for its unsuitability (a) the kinds of 

 products raised? (b) the inability or unwillingness of landlords to 

 participate to the necessary degree? (c) undesirable quality of the 

 tenant population ? (d) other reasons ? Explain fully. 



19. Is the proportion of tenancy in the United States increasing 

 or decreasing ? At how rapid a rate ? How does the rate of the last 

 census period compare with that of the one preceding ? Give reasons. 



20. How do the proportions in different sections of the country 

 compare with one another? Why? Does the tendency appear to 

 be for such differences as exist to disappear, to increase, or to remain 

 stationary ? Can you assign any reasons for this situation ? 



21. What is a "part owner" and why should he be distinguished 

 in our statistics ? Does he partake more of the nature of an owner 

 or of a renter ? How ? What qualities peculiar to himself has he ? 



22. What reasons are there for presenting the statistics of tenancy 

 in terms of the acreage held under the various tenures instead of the 

 number of operators of the different kinds ? 



23. If the figures be presented in this latter form, what different 

 conclusions is one likely to draw as to the relative prevalence of farm 

 tenancy in different sections of the country ? Does it alter one's con- 

 clusions as to a drift toward or away from tenancy ? 



24. Do the figures indicate that farm operation by managers is 

 increasing or declining ? Is it relatively important as compared with 

 other forms of operation ? 



25. Should we put in a separate class those farm-owners whose 

 property is encumbered with a mortgage ? Show what peculiarities 

 this class presents and how they are related to other groups. 



26. What arguments can be adduced to show that farm tenancy 

 in the United States is a progressive and wholesome condition ? Do 



