CHAPTER -69 



Land Rental and farm Tenantry 



Methods of renting land are becoming of greater importance. Accord- 

 ing to census figures there were 2,354,676 tenants in the United States in 

 1910. This constitutes 37 per cent of all farms, as compared with 35.3 

 per cent in 1900 and 28.4 per cent in 1890. 



Typical Farm Improvements in a Farm Community where Tenantry 



Prevails. 1 



The report shows further that while 37 per cent of farms are rented, 

 22 per cent are on the share basis, 11.2 per cent on a cash basis and 2 per 

 cent on a combination cash and share rent. The system of rental for the 

 remaining 1.8 per cent is not given. 



Is Tenantry Desirable? — Much has been written relative to the evils 

 of farm tenantry, but it is not necessarily a curse to the country. The 



'Courtesy of Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N.Y. From "Farm Management," by Cord. 



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