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The Condition of the Western Farmer. [312 



The first two columns show the changes in ownership 

 occurring each year among resident owners; the third 

 column, the number at the close of each year who had ever 

 been resident owners and still owned the land. After deduct- 

 ing the number shown in the fourth column as moving away 

 without selling, we have left in the fifth column the number of 

 owners, at the end of each year, who were actually occupying 

 their own farms. 1 



I. RESIDENT OWNERS. 



1 In this connection, the following table, indicating the average 

 length of time during which resident owners have retained title to 

 the land which they occupied, may be of interest: 



DURATION OF OWNERSHIP BY RESIDENTS. 



