8 BULLETIN 41, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



has been deducted. In addition to the labor income the operator 

 received a house to live in, fuel (when cut from the farm), garden 

 products, milk, butter, eggs, etc. The labor income corresponds to 

 what a hired man receives when he is given so much cash wages, 

 together with beard and room. 



Farm owner. — The term " farm owner " is applied to the man who 

 works or manages the farm he owns. 



Owner additional. — The term " owner additional " is used to desig- 

 nate the man who owns a farm and rents additional land. 



Landlord. — The landlord is the owner of a farm which is rented 

 to a tenant. 



Tenant. — The tenant is the person operating a farm rented from 

 one landlord. 



Tenant additional. — The term "tenant additional" applies to the 

 person operating land rented from more than one landlord. 



Number and kinds of farms studied. — In the total area studied in 

 the three States TOO complete farm records were secured. These 

 were divided into four classes, according to the method of manage- 

 ment. The farms operated by owners numbered 273. None of these 

 men rented additional land, but worked only the farms they owned. 

 The farms operated by tenants numbered 247, each farm being owned 

 by one landlord, whose income from that farm was determined. The 

 third class comprised a group of farmers, 126 in all, who owned one 

 farm and rented additional land. The}^ took this means of having 

 the use of more land than they actually owned. The fourth class, 

 51 in number, is made up of a few tenants who rented land from two 

 or more landlords. These were not included in the tabulations with 

 the other tenant farmers who operated only one farm. 



Of the 700 farms studied, 57 per cent were operated by owners 

 and 43 per cent by tenants. Table I gives the number and classifica- 

 tion of the records taken in each of the States. 



Table I.- 



-Number and classification of farms studied in Indiana, Illinois, and 

 Iowa. 



Classification of farms. 



Indiana. 



Illinois. 



Iowa. 



Farms operated by- 



123 

 83 

 56 

 15 



73 

 71 

 36 



j 16 



77 





93 





37 





20 







Total 



277 



196 



227 







INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE ON RESULTS. 



In studying the profits of a region certain factors which may exert 

 a marked influence must be noted. It has been conclusively demon- 



