FARM-MANAGEMENT SURVEY OF REPRESENTATIVE AREAS. 



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Table XXX. — Relation of the fanner's income to his age and other factors on 

 213 farms operated by owners in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. 



Income. 



Age. 



Number 

 of years 

 a tenant. 



Number 

 of years 

 an owner. 



Age 



began 

 farming. 



Age 

 became 

 owner. 





52.7 

 49.0 

 48.8 

 47.3 

 48.0 



3.0 

 2.0 

 2.6 

 4.6 

 1.3 



21.3 



17.3 

 18.3 

 ] 7. 6 

 20.6 



28.4 

 29.7 

 27.9 

 25.1 

 26.1 



31.4 



$1 to .$400 



31.7 



$401 to $800 



30.5 



$801 to $1,500 



29.7 





27.4 









49.8 



2.5 



19.2 



27.4 



29. 9 







Those making the poorest incomes were 28 years of age when they 

 started farming and were past 30 when they became owners. On 

 the average the oldest men are making the least profits. 



Many of the farm owners in the North Central States whose records 

 are included in this report started in farming as homesteaders, or 

 else bought their places when land was cheap as compared to 

 present prices. On the average these men rented land for 2-J years 

 before becoming owners. This is a much shorter period than is re- 

 quired to-day. Land values in these regions are so high that many 

 years of work as a tenant are necessary before sufficient funds can 

 be acquired with which to buy a farm. The large amount of capital 

 required and the long time necessary in which to earn this may have 

 the effect of making more tenant farmers. 



In Table XXXI are given the ages of the tenants and the time they 

 began farming for themselves. No data showing how long these 

 men worked as hired men before becoming tenants are available. 



Table XXXI. — Relation of the income to the tenant's age and other factors on 

 21fl farms operated by tenants in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. 



Income. 



— $1 and more 



$1 to $200 



$201 to $400 



$401 to $600 



$601 to $800 



$801 to $1,000 



$1,001 to $1,500 



$1,501 to $2,000 



$2,001 and over 



Total or average 



Number 

 of farms. 



Age. 



Number 

 of years 

 a tenant. 



Number 



of years 



on this 



farm. 



3 



44.7 



9.0 



3.7 



25 



42.1 



12.8 



6.0 



40 



38.3 



9.2 



4.4 



41 



36.4 



8.6 



5.4 



35 



36.6 



8.4 



4.9 



33 



36.5 



9.0 



5.5 



41 



35.1 



8.9 



4.9 



12 



33.7 



6.8 



4.9 



17 



35.3 



5.3 



4.5 



247 



37.0 



8.9 



5.1 



Age 

 became 

 t?nant. 



35. 7 

 29. 3 

 29.1 

 27. S 

 28.2 

 27. 5 

 26.2 

 26. 9 

 30.0 



Eesults shown in other tables in this bulletin prove conclusively 

 that the more capital a tenant has the greater his income ; that is, the 

 larger business he operates the larger is his pay. It might be 

 expected, then, that the oldest tenants would be making the largest 



