UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1068 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics 

 G. W. FOBSTER, Acting Chief 



Washington, D. C. ▼ May 12, 1922 



FARM OWNERSHIP AND TENANCY 

 IN THE BLACK PRAIRIE 0? TEXAS 



By 



J. T. SANDERS 



Assistant Agricultural Economist 



CONTENTS 



• Page 



Purpose and Extent of Investigation 1 



The Development of Tenure Problems in the Black Land 4 



Economic Aspects of the Forms of Tenure 15 



Agricultural History of Farm Operators 31 



Domestic, Social, and Educational Conditions in Relation to Tenure. . . 60 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1922 



