52 BULLETIN 1068, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 7. — Typical tenant homes. 



Above. — The operator is a " third and fourth share " tenant, beginning for himself in 

 the black land 10 years ago : worked as a carpenter 3 years ; has never moved since 

 "beginning to farm ; has accumulated from earnings an average of $83 per year. The land 

 on this farm is among the most fertile in the black land. Note that crops are grown to 

 the very door- — a common situation on. tenant farms in the black land. 



Below. — The operator, a share cropper, began for himself 24 years ago in Tennessee 

 and farmed in that State 10 years as a cropper, moving 5 times ; he has moved 8 times 

 and has had 4 reverses in tenure during the 14 years he has been in the black land ; he 

 attained the share tenancy stage and remained in it for 1 year only. Eleven people, 

 including a married son and wife, live in the house. The operator has lost an average 

 of $4 per year since he began for himself 24 years ago. 



