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be more clearly shown in connection with the comparisons of the rates 

 of accumulation of wealth by operators of the different tenure classes. 

 In comparing- these figures on reverses in the different tenure groups, 

 it should be borne in mind that a tenure reverse from the owner stage 

 is a more serious reverse than a reverse from the share-tenant stage, 

 and that a reverse from the cropper stage is the least serious of all 

 reverses. 



WEALTH USED AND PROPORTION BORROWED AT TIME OPERATORS ENTERED EACH 



TENURE STAGE. 



Very little wealth was needed for operators to begin the share- 

 cropper stage. In fact 20 of the 28 reporting had no wealth to begin 

 with (Table 19). These 20 croppers doubtless were half hands, who 

 depended entirely on labor performed for the landlord, and advances 

 he made to them, for their living expenses during the year. The 8 

 croppers reporting wealth owned an average of $380 and borrowed 

 $191. or about one-third of the total wealth used. 



Table 19. — Average wealth used and amount borrowed at the beginning of the 

 share cropper, share tenant, and owner stages, operators classified by present 

 tenure. 



y present tenure of 

 operators. 



Operators at begin- 

 ning of cropper 

 stage. 



Operators at begin- 

 ning of share- 

 tenant stage. 



Operators at begin- 

 ning of owner 



stage. 



Oper- I Oper- 

 ators who atorswho 

 owned i owned no 

 wealth. wealth. 



Oper- 

 ators who 

 owned 



wealth. 



Oper- 

 ators who 

 owned no 

 wealth. 



Oper- 

 ators who 

 owned 

 wealth. 



Oper- 

 ators who 

 owned no 

 wealth. 





X 20 



21 

 S2x7 

 8284 



49.6 



136 

 8525 

 8415 



44. 1 



. 67 

 346 



36.9 



15 



6 



SI, 167 

 SI, 90S 



62. 



36 

 $2, 436 



83,910 



61.6 



103 

 $2,780 

 $3,397 



54.9 



1 





$380 









8194 

 33. 8 



877 



8149 



8720 



thai wz bor- 









55 







('-'. 











$282 





Per a 















24 



2 















$184 



$550 





















' Bon ' pera Ina md Ih tag ■ •■ pen e dui in • the first year In 



tlth borrowed for t] md land debt during th Qj I ear of ownership. 



ad owners at i ime of be ;lnning as a cropper. 



ft ill be noted thai over one-third of operators who are now 



croppei . and of operators who are share tenants and owners, owned 



ealth when they began as share tenants. These operators either 



began on a very mall scale or had concession such a free use of 



teams, tools, etc., from kin folk. 



