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8. "In considering the relative merits of ownership and tenancy 

 from the standpoint of society, we should not forget that there are 

 many men who should not be trusted with a farm absolutely under 

 their own control. The reason they fret under a landlord is because 

 they prefer to farm by easy and wasteful methods." What truth is 

 there in this view ? 



9. "On the other hand, we have the large and stubborn fact that 

 the best agriculture in the world is carried on under the tenancy 

 system. The most efficient system of general farming is found in 

 England, where the tenancy system prevails; and the most efficient 

 growing of agricultural specialties is found on the very small gardens 

 in the neighborhood of Paris, where the land is not generally owned 

 by the gardener." Can you cite similar evidence in this country? 

 Can you explain how the English tenant system has been worked out 

 so satisfactorily? Would a similar adjustment in America be 

 desirable ? 



ADDITIONAL REFERENCES 



Spillman and Goldenweiser, "Farm Tenantry in the United States," Year- 

 book of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1916, p. 321. 



Carver, Selected Readings in Rural Economics, chap. iii. 



Taylor, "The Decline of Landowning Farmers in England," University of 

 Wisconsin Bulletin q6. 



, Agricultural Economics, chaps, xi-xiii. 



Kinnear, Principles of Property in Land. 



Report of the Industrial Commission (1900), Vol. X. 



"Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the American Eco- 

 nomic Association," American Economic Review, Supplement, March, 

 1917. 



"Studies in Farm Tenancy in Texas," Bulletin of the University of Texas, 

 1915, No. 21. 



"Systems of Renting Truck Farms in Southwestern New Jersey," Bulletin 

 411, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 



TOPICS FOR SPECIAL PAPERS 



The Proper Place of Tenancy in American Agriculture. 



How Tenant Farming May Be Made Good Farming. 



Opening the Door to Ownership of Land. 



The Evils of Short Leases and How They May Be Avoided. 



The Landlord as Partner. 



Curbing the Speculator in Farm Land. 



Absentee Landlordism. 



Comparison of "Part Owner" with Encumbered Owner. 



