FARM OWNERSHIP AND TENANCY IN TEXAS. 



9 



There was a decided tendency toward a decrease in land held in 

 holdings of 1,000 acres or more, the total decrease from 1899 to 1919 

 being 21.3 per cent of the amount held in 1899. The percentage 

 decrease for all holdings above 500 acres was 8.8. Holdings of from 

 200 to 500 acres in size, however, showed a slight increase of 6.4 per 

 cent over the amount held in 1899. 



Land held by nonresidents of the counties has shown a decidedly 

 greater tendency to decrease in the larger-sized holdings than has 

 all land, the total decrease in land in all nonresident holdings of 200 

 acres or more decreasing 21.4 per cent since 1899. 



Table 5.- 



-Estimated possible increase in black land tenancy resulting from the 

 breaking up of farms of 500 acres or more. 1 



Period. 



Total 

 increase 

 in num- 

 ber of 

 tenant 

 farms for 

 decade. 



Decrease (— ) or 

 increase (+) in 

 number of farms 

 of— 



Possible 

 increase 

 in num- 

 ber of 

 tenant 

 farms 

 resulting 



from 

 change. 2 



Per 



cent that 



possible 



increase 



was of 





500 to 

 1,000 

 acres. 



1,000 



acres and 



above. 



total 

 increase 

 in ten- 

 antry. 8 



1880-1890 



12, 650 



25,465 



3,434 



1,541 



-f 36 

 -338 



- 92 



- 48 



+ 40 

 -127 



- 31 



- 98 



*675 

 4,489 

 1,120 

 1,749 



4 5. 3 



1890-1900 



13.7 



1900-1910 



32.6 



1910-1920 



113. 5 







1 These data are computed from Census publications. 



' This figure was arrived at as follows: Farms of from 500 to 1,000 acres each were assumed to average 750 

 acres in size; and farms of 1,000 acres or more, 1,250 acres in size. These acreages were multiplied by the 

 Increase ordecrease in the number of their respective size farms, giving total increase or decrease of acreage 

 in farms above 500 acres. This total acreage was divided by the average size of the farm at the end of the 

 decade, giving the figure in the column above. 



1 Preceding column divided by first column of table. 



< Decrease. 



Table 6. — Extent of concentration of ownership of land in holdings of different 

 sizes in Ellis, Hill, McLennan, and Bell Counties, for different periods} 



I. ALL LAND KNOWN AND RENDERED. 





Holdings of 200 acres 

 and over. 



Holdings of 500 

 acres and over. 



Holdings of 1,000 

 acres and over. 



Holdings of 200 to 

 500 acres. 



Year. 



Total acres. 



Per cent 

 of 1899 



Total 



Per cent 

 of 1899 

 acreage. 



Total 

 acras. 



Per cenl 

 Of 1899 

 acreage. 



Total 

 acres. 



Per cent 

 of 1899 

 acreage. 



1919 



1,507,626 

 1,641,267 

 1,637,313 

 1,584,606 

 1,636,963 



98.1 

 100. 3 

 100.0 

 103. 1 

 100.0 



764, 770 

 760,766 

 792. 557 

 831,809 

 838,685 



91.2 

 90.7 

 94.5 



'KI.2 

 100.0 



362,147 

 364,641 

 385,005 

 416,287 

 459, 975 



78.7 

 79.3 

 83.7 

 90.5 

 100.0 



742,856 

 780,601 

 744,756 

 752, 797 

 698,278 



106.4 



1914 



111.8 







1904 



1899 



106. 7 

 107.9 

 100.0 





















.[) <>u NED BY NONRESIDENTS. 



1919 154,107 



1914 1X2,185 



1909 



1904 I 



1899 



1 Data taken from I I ord . 



90672— 22 2 



7,6 





05. 8 



47,945 



51.6 



81, 126 





117,358 



83. 1 



69 m 



76.0 



64.827 



M 1 



118,283 



83.8 



67,802 



73.0 





-: r. 



119,240 



81.4 





70.7 



3,422 



LOO 



in. !12 



100.0 



92, 828 



100.0 



54,769 



I I I . r, 

 118.4 

 123 6 

 



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